Have you ever heard of nama chocolate? It is basically a very thick, rich and velvety chocolate candy that contains mostly cream and chocolate. Its texture is quite distinct from the regular chocolate mostly from the extremely high moisture content from the large amount of cream used. Its velvety and silky palate often reminds us […]
I still remember back when I was still a young kid, I would wake up every day and breakfast would already be at the table, prepared by mom. We (my brother and I) would have different breakfast items every day, but my favorite was always these little sweet soft buns that my mom would buy […]
Going to the market at night? This concept sounded very strange for me back then; when I was only a little girl and night markets weren’t those popular tourist destinations like nowadays. I remember how thrilled I was to go to the night market for the first time. There was an enormous variety of foods […]
I have been stressing out over all kinds of deadlines lately. Whenever that happens, I tend to seek a temporary hideaway in my kitchen to give my mind some “zen”. The idea of “zen” in the kitchen always links me to Japanese ingredients thanks to their subtlety and delicacy in terms of both color and […]
Being such a familiar dish among authentic Vietnamese meals, sweet and sour pork ribs – in my opnion – are actually not easy at all to be cooked to perfection. There are two most common flaws. Firstly, the ribs might be too hard and chewy, you tend to have to rip the meat off the […]
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