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An Artist in Le Petit Artisan

CATEGORY: Food trips | February 9th, 2010

Nothing entices my nose more than the smell of something really fragrant. Usually I’m drawn by the scent of broths or grilled meat but this time I’m drawn by the warm scent of bread baking inside an oven. Usually I’d get these...

Toshikoshi Soba and a still memorable new year

CATEGORY: Cooking with friends, home cooking | February 1st, 2010

This may be a month too late but it’s still a very fond memory to me. I started my new year the same time as the Japanese and this year, in the spirit of my love for noodles, I had my first Toshikoshi Soba. 年 越し蕎麦 (toshi koshi soba)...

Keeping warm with Tantanmen

CATEGORY: Food trips | September 17th, 2009

When it rains like this, I say, it’s about time I talk about noodles, again. See, nothing else warms me up on a really cold and damp day other than a hot bowl of noodles. And it’s not just hot noodles. It’s got to be the soupy kind. The...

Morning Taho

CATEGORY: Food trips | August 18th, 2009

I was a little more than amused today. Getting my body clock right on track (trust me, it hasn’t been easy lately) got me to hear that familiar call from my childhood. “TAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~” It’s been a while since I’ve heard this. And...

Another approach to the noble tilapia

CATEGORY: Recipes, home cooking | May 23rd, 2009

I’ve always been fond of Tilapia. It’s not exactly the poor man’s fish but it is a versatile fish for dishes. You can fry it crisp, grill it, cook it in coconut milk, and in this case, steam it. Steaming tilapia was something we...