Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Since I still fantasize about being Chef Torrés' sous chef, I practice and study chocolate in my spare time. As a final project for something I involved myself in at school, I decided to express myself through chocolate (um, yeah I watch Food Network competitions a lot...)Aside from being super ...
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007
Dad is crazy about the brand-new 12" bamboo steamers we recently bought.So the next day (today,) he went food shopping with Mom and they bought these: Chef Kong's Siu Long Bao (Xiao Long Bao.) These XLBs were okay. The shape was nearly perfect, but the dough was too thick. It ...
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Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Chubby Bunny is a baller.Props to Hang, because I think we have a mascot. Oh, and props to Ty for creating soft plushies. :)
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Saturday, February 24th, 2007
For the Mid-Winter Concert, the catering for the Middle C event was done by Chez Mom, yet again. This time, she took things in similar direction, but with different items on the buffet-style menu.She started with siu mai; these are pork dumplings steamed in wonton wrappes. As Arthur said, these ...
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Happy Chinese New Year to all! :)Usually, it's quite a challenge finding a place to eat after the parade in Chinatown. This year, however, my older cousin wanted to have Xiao Long Bao and she knew exactly where she wanted to go to have them.Shanghai Café is a rather petite ...
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Saturday, February 17th, 2007
Thanks to an earlier incident this week on nearly choking on a piece of cinnamon, I decided to brew my spicy concoction of chai tea in my Chococat teapot.And I live to tell about it. :D
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Saturday, February 17th, 2007
The night before Chinese New Year is like...having Thanksgiving dinner, but with emphasis on having symbolic food for dinner.Yes, we have symbolism for dinner. It's pretty awesome.This year, though, Mom toned things down by a lot. Randy stayed upstate since he has school there, so it was just me and ...
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Sunday, February 11th, 2007
After much personal anticipation, I decided to toast coconut flakes under the broiler tonight. Then I did that spooning technique to make egg-shaped ellipsoids of chocolate ice cream to be topped off with rainbow sprinkles and the toasted coconut.But that wasn't enough. That wasn't it. No, there was more.To finish ...
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