Ghetto Fab Gourmet

Steamed Pork with Tianjin Preserved Vegetables I was feeling nostalgic for some steamed pork with Tianjin preserved veggies and rice...

Shrimp Stuffed Tofu I seem to be on a tofu kick lately.  Most people say that they don't like tofu because of it's texture and ...

Ground Beef Rice Claypot with Runny Egg   I love one pot meals.  I love it even more when that meal can be eaten straight out of the p...

Steamed Bitter Melon Stuffed w/ Pork Pan-Fried Bitter Melon Stuffed w/ Pork Bitter melon (or bitter gourd) is an acquired taste.  ...

The difference between Kwai Fei Gai (Empress Chicken) and Hainanese Chicken Rice is the rice.  Empress Chicken is served with plain s...

My favorite chicken is Kwai Fei Gai.  Fried chicken is a close (very close) second.   Kwai Fei was a royal concubine who became Empr...

I love this ginger scallion sauce.  It's kind of like a chinese, unblended pesto sauce.  It is essential for Kwai Fei Gai (Empress...

I had a sudden craving for fried rice the other day, but was fresh out of regular chicken eggs.  I was too lazy and cozy in my little apart...

Have you ever heard that the skills of truly great chefs are tested by the simplest dishes?  I'm not a great chef, but I get it.  Egg...

On one of my recent asian grocery shopping trips, I spent some extra time browsing through the frozen dumplings section.  I discovered the...

I noticed that 168, the Taiwanese cafe in the space at the front of 99 Ranch had been replaced by Savory Garden a while ago.  I decided to...

I decided to do a hot pot dinner on Thanksgiving this year.  No turkey, no mashed potatoes, no cranberry sauce and no pumpkin pie.  So it...

My favorite fish preparation is steamed with ginger and scallions then drizzled with a soy sauce and oil dressing.  The heated oil brings ou...

It is pronounced "joke" in Cantonese.   Most Asian countries have their own variations of jook (a.k.a rice porridge or conge...

Soy Sauce Noodles with Stir-fried Pea Sprouts My cast iron wok from the Wok Shop in San Francisco arrived last week.  I followed the...

Dong Po Rou is on the top of my Guilty Pleasures List. I mean, I'm basically eating chunks of braised un-salted bacon here. As Su Do...

My first attempt at baking char siu bao was quite a success. I have tried and failed at baking with yeast before, so I was expecting my b...

I was watching a Hong Kong drama in which one of the characters referenced this homestyle dish: Haw Jurng Jing Yok Bang, or Steamed Pork Pa...

Got some frozen potstickers at Thuan Phat a couple of weeks ago. Pork, scallop and shrimp are a pretty good combination. I ...

I had a craving for one of my favorite Dim Sum dishes this past week: Lo Mai Gai . The only problem was that my craving hit at dinner time....