I’m celebrating Valentine’s Day with someone who understands my twisted sense of humour and who is the master of the un-romance. Our first February 14th together, he took me to dinner at an esteemed restaurant with over 6 decades of history and educated me on the virtues of the McGangbang. For another year, he got me this beautiful flower: So this year,… Continue reading Does this make you hot, baby?
恭賀新喜! Happy Chinese New Year! February 8th, 2016 is the first day of the Lunar New Year and marks the start of the Year of the Monkey. Along with the Chinese, a few other Asian groups – Malaysians, Vietnamese, and Koreans, to name a few – also follow the lunar calendar and often have their own Lunar New Year… Continue reading Chinese New Year eats and treats
Recently I made crispy roast pork belly, a classic Cantonese dish, for a potluck. There have been a few requests for the recipe, which I will include below, but first I would like to talk about animal welfare in meat farming. I went to the local Asian market for this dish’s ingredients. Interestingly, there is now a sizable selection of… Continue reading Not just lipstick on a pig
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