Obsession, Exhibition, Exposition - Vancouver
Googling “Hunan Bacon” didn’t uncover very much information. The best info and picture info lead me to this post by fmed. Take a look at the first picture of the hunan bacon. Doesn’t that look delicious? BTW, if you want to read first part on Hunan Bacon: http://www.wisemonkeysblog.com/nose-to-tail-and-back-again-hunan-pig-head-bacon-and-other-assorted-nasty-bits/ So here is my recipe for Hunan [...]
[We welcome new Wise Monkey contributor Keev, chef and bon vivant. This post is first in a series of posts on utilizing the meat from the head of a pig. -fmed] I was at Langley Market in Lansdowne Mall when I came across what appeared to be a Pig head? I have never [...]
David Gunawan, former executive chef at West, has come back from a year long sabbatical energized and ready to get back in the kitchen. During this hiatus, he travelled through Spain and Northern Europe to eat, learn, and grow as a chef. One of his whistle stops on his tour of duty was at De [...]
I needed to satisfy my curiosity about ginger milk ever since I learned how to make it. I had always assumed that this pannacotta-like gingery treat contained gelatin or was coagulated with rennet. A bit of Googling uncovered this great science project from The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Sui Ming Catholic Secondary School (phew!). As [...]
All the negative reviews on Urbanspoon didn’t deter me from trying out the tonkatsu here. I’m glad I did – the ten-day wet-aged pork was moist and flavourful (it doesn’t taste like chicken breast like most pork cutlets you get in town) – and the near perfect frying resulted in a crispy panko encrusted exterior. [...]
I’m a big fan of Kingsway as a foodist’s destination. The scruffiness of this diagonal slash of a street seems to impose a level of gastronomic authenticity that you will not see in other parts of this city. Embedded into the various strip malls along this drag are some true gems – mostly of the [...]
This cool, wet weather caused a late spring flush of some shaggy mane mushrooms in the boulevard at Pacific and Davie in Yaletown where you would normally get a good fall crop. Harvest them soon as these guys tend to turn black and slimy once they spore. A quick sauté in butter or oil, salt, and [...]
MTR or the Mavali Tiffin Room is a bit of an institution in Bangalore. It was founded in 1924 and many of the dishes are now available as packaged products sold around the world. It is famous for the typical South Indian vegetarian dishes such as dosa, vada, idli and upma. We decided to head [...]
The cuisine of Andhra Pradesh is one of my favorites. It is characteristically hot and spicy. The cuisine is divided into two main types……the original Andhra cuisine (predominantly vegetarian and served on a banana leaf)….and the Mogul influenced cuisine of Hyderabad. The last city we visited on our trip to India in January was Bangalore. [...]
Karaveli Restaurant in the Taj Gateway Hotel, Bangalore has been on my radar for a number of years. This trip, I made a point of visiting it. The cuisine of Kerala is heavily influenced by the bounty of the coast and is similar to food along the Konkan coast. We started with some salty buttermilk [...]
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