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Fresh carrot, celery, apple juice

Last month, I went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a business trip. I like having south east asia as my destination because I know I get to have tropical fruits, … Continue reading

October 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Japanese water eggplant but Italian

Japanese eggplants are different from American ones. Japanese ones are long and lean (interestingly the same concept is not applicable to comparing all vegetable between the States and Japan. For … Continue reading

September 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Noumin Cafe, Shimokitazawa Tokyo

It’s strange to call it “peasant cafe,” but that’s the direct translation from Japanese to English for the name of this cafe. Trust me on this one that it sounds … Continue reading

July 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Black-eyed Pea Salad

Totally inspired by the summer weather, I spent about an hour chopping up vegetable for this black-eyed pea salad. Okay, I did not need to take an hour to chop … Continue reading

June 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Asian fusion night

With all these eat-out entries, I’m going to add my asian fusion night for variety. My friend, Megan, is currently in Shanghai and re-exploring the country after our study abroad … Continue reading

June 12, 2012 · 1 Comment

Japanese curry!

This is another one of my comfort foods. Japanese curry is different from Indian and Thai curry because I think it’s sweeter. It’s really easy to make if you have … Continue reading

May 15, 2012 · 2 Comments

Convenience store obento in Japan

One of the best inventions of Japanese convenience store is found in their refrigerated part of the store in flat boxes, obento! Each obento box contains various things but usually has Japanese … Continue reading

January 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Tuna vegetable stir-fry

On a day when you don’t have much in your fridge and are lazy, here’s an easy yet nutritious recipe you can try.   Ingredients: tuna, 1 can frozen vegetable, … Continue reading

August 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Curry Stirfry

Easy curry stir-fry. Ingredients: frozen veggies, as much as you want coconut milk curry powder Instructions: 1. in a medium heat wok, start defrosting the vegetables (better if naturally defrosted) … Continue reading

July 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Mapo Doufu

Had to eat it, that day. I wanted mapo doufu so badly the other day, I quickly took myself to Trader Joe’s to buy the ingredients. I was in too … Continue reading

July 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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