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Banana Pudding
If you know and love the Magnolia Bakery as much as I do, you must have tried its famous banana pudding. This recipe is my take on the...
Amiel
Oct 23, 20202 min read
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Pork Dumplings & Shrimp Dumplings
Dumpling is good all year round. I remembered my mom making them for Chinese New Year. I remembered eating dumplings at my elementary...
Amiel
Oct 16, 20203 min read
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Lamb Biryani
When I was in the Middle East, biryani was my favorite. Every time when I had to leave for a couple days, I just could not wait to go...
Amiel
Oct 9, 20204 min read
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Homemade Chicken Meatballs & Soy Milk Hotpot 豆乳鍋
Hotpot is a very diverse dish. It is wildly consumed in Asia and each country has its own twists and flares to make a pot of food, with...
Amiel
Oct 2, 20202 min read
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Osso Buco with creamy Polenta
Osso Buco is a Milanese classic, it mean "hole in the bone" and the best thing about bones is bone marrow. It's basically meat butter....
Amiel
Sep 25, 20203 min read
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Cashew Chicken
Ingredient ½ cup Cashew 2 pieces Chicken Thigh, diced about ½ inch ½ Zucchini, diced about ½ inch ¼ large Onion, diced about ½ inch 2...
Amiel
Sep 18, 20201 min read
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Sichuan Beef and Wonton Soup
Wontons and dumplings are my freezer stables. They are easy to make and you can make ahead of time, stick them in the freezer, take them...
Amiel
Sep 11, 20203 min read
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Lamb Vindaloo
I went through a vindaloo phase a few years back. For almost 2 months, I would cook a pot of vindaloo every weekend and eat for a week...
Amiel
Sep 4, 20202 min read
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JP Braised Pork vs. TW Braised Pork
角煮 (Kakuni) and 滷肉飯 (LuRouFan) both are braised pork when you say it in English. That sounds quite boring considering they are different...
Amiel
Aug 28, 20204 min read
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Pistachio Chicken Curry
This has to be the most unique curry I have ever made, in terms of colour. Surprisingly simple to make, delicious, and unique to look at....
Amiel
Aug 21, 20201 min read
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Hyderabadi-style Chicken & Potatoes with Vegan Naan
Vegan Naan Ingredient 2 cups AP flour + extra for kneading 1 tsp Activiate Yeast 1 tsp Cane Sugar 1 tsp Salt ¾ cup Warm Water ¾ tsp...
Amiel
Aug 14, 20203 min read
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Turkish Lamb Shish Kebab with Garlic Mint Yogurt Sauce
One of the things I used to eat a lot in the Middle East was shish kebab. Well, they did not come with vegetables nor bamboo skewers, but...
Amiel
Aug 7, 20202 min read
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Simple Crispy Thai Chicken
I had my mind set on making Cilantro Lime Chicken but my hands made something else. Something better, in fact. This simple Thai chicken...
Amiel
Jul 31, 20202 min read
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Summer Spaghetti with Ricotta & Mint [v]
I wasn't going to share this recipe because it's not the kind of pasta dish I usually go for, but the colors are just so pretty so I made...
Amiel
Jul 24, 20202 min read
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Summer Desserts for Breakfast
Summer is here and it's almost 100°F everyday. I admit the heat really got me and I only want some Summer dessert or dessert that I can...
Amiel
Jul 17, 20204 min read
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Schweinshaxe, German Pork Knuckle
Yes, it's 3 months till Oktoberfest, I am nowhere near Europe, and the festival that happens every September in Munich has been cancelled...
Amiel
Jul 10, 20202 min read
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Palak (Spinach) Chicken
This Indian chicken dish is very simple to make and full of flavors. For vegetarian version, just substitute chicken with mushrooms or...
Amiel
Jul 1, 20202 min read
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Mushroom Kadai with Naan Bread [v]
Naan Bread Ingredients 3 ¼ cups All Purpose Flour + more for kneading 2 tsp Sugar 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Baking Powder 2 Tsp Neutral Oil 1 Egg...
Amiel
May 14, 20203 min read
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Korean Bulgogi Lettuce Wrap
Bulgogi is a Korean cuisine classic! It means "Fire Meat" and it is delicious! There are many different pre-packaged sauces in...
Amiel
May 13, 20202 min read
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Spaghetti alla Carbonara
Spaghetti alla Carbonara. Oh Carbonara. One of the first pasta dishes that I learnt and made for my family. Also my favorite non-red...
Amiel
May 11, 20202 min read
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The Strings by InterContinental, Shinagawa
The Strings is only 3-min walk away from the Shinawaga Station, but it took us a while to get to because the station is big. Huge, in...
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UBUYA Hot Springs うぶや温泉旅館
The ryokan we stayed at was UBUYA. Find out how to book Ryokan in Japan here. From Kawaguchiko station to Ubuya is about 15min taxi ride....
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