Bitter, which sounds like please in German but let me tell you that bitter in Chinese and Indian cuisine is good for you.
This is probably the strongest contrast between western and eastern cooking and how I feel that Asian cuisine will always be more exotic than the vanilla styled, diary and herb style ingredients...
Linguine pasta is one of my favorites. It's flat, and has enough bite to satisfy every bite but it comes at a price. For one it isn't cheap as it has to be imported. Second, it has to be prepared well.
The Loading Bay Cafe is a fusion style bistro that serves up Italian and Western cuisine with a fusion touch. Located in...
Every now and then, unsuspecting, I try something new and depending on my taste, I will be critical. So when it comes to commercial grade restaurant food, the first thing that comes to mind is how good is the taste, and the value behind it.
Commercial food is not quality food but then it can be so when Season Cafe offered...
Forgive me, but I have never been very impressed by these so called fusion sushi joints like Sushi King or Sakae Sushi. These are not Japanese Izakayas but rather commercial restaurants started by restauranteurs to make money.
Commercial value is what dictates its success and I must say that they are borderline with Sushi...
I am not a big fan of sticky rice. It is starchy and heavy for a meal on its own and I must admit that I don't mind having Chinese Temale when the season comes. The Vietnamese Temale is very similar. Stuffed with lightly fried glutinous rice with a sprinkling of vegetables and meat wrapped in banana leaf and cooked till...
Mee Siam, its origins are vague even though the Thais have not credited
themselves with the invention as they have a similar dish named Mee
Kati. So let's not go into any nationalistic belief to claim this dish in the way that some others have done in the past.
This is essentially a rice vermicelli...
For most of us, the idea of having beef noodles is pretty remote unless you live in a place like Taiwan. The popularity of this dish is legendary on the island and it's pretty much a national obsession.
The Chinese believe that beef causes heatiness, a term used to associate its TCM values and how it affects one's health....
