> ***An abridged version of this runs on the OC Register’s Food Frenzy blog*** My first experience with El Salvadorean cuisine was not a good one. I remember going to a restaurant in the Bay Area and thinking how awful these pupusas were. I was bent on never eating them again. Fast forward several years […]
Archives for December 2010
>Go Goo Ryeo — Korean barbecue at its best
> chadol baegi (beef brisket) When Go Goo Ryeo first opened we used to come here a lot. I then stopped coming when management changed, then the owners changed, and I stopped coming. This year, my friend Evelyn told me that she and her family have been coming here a lot and that they were […]
>Chomp Chomp Nation — a slice of Singapore on wheels
> Sloppy Joe slider **You can find an abridged version of this on OC Register’s Food Frenzy** I grew up in Malaysia and every year, during spring break, my parents would pack us onto an airplane and our family would spend a week in Singapore. My parents had lots of friends there one of whom […]
>Cham Bistro pickles the traditional way
>Last month I was invited to a kimchi pickling event courtesy of Cham Bistro, a Korean restaurant in Pasadena. I’m an avid fan of kimchi and was very excited to learn how to do this the traditional way. For the purpose of this post, I will detour from my regular format and instead, use photos […]
>Meringue Bake Shop — my secret love no more
> holiday red velvet For the past 40+ years, I’ve not been a fan of anything sweet. In fact, I usually pass them over and wouldn’t give them a second thought unless I have a friend with me who insists on getting something to finish off the meal. On a fateful evening in September this […]