The flavours in this chow mein recipe comes close to one of my favourites. The best chow mein I’ve tasted is from Sam’s Congee or that one Soy Bean place in Heritage Court (now a memory). The portion size from both restaurants are very small. And notice how at both places, they have…
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Easy Scallion Pancake Hack (with Wonton Wrappers) + Dipping Sauce
Flaky, oily, salty golden crusted scallion pancakes, aka cong you bing (葱油饼). I love ordering these savoury green onion pancakes at my favourite dumpling spot in town, and taking bites between slurps of juicy, dumplings. I’ve tried to replicate this dish at home with flour & water plenty of times, but with no…
Grilled Pork on Noodles (Thịt Heo Nướng)
If there’s any excuse to eat copious amounts of fish sauce dip, I’ll be there. Vermicelli rice noodles are just a vehicle for it. The star ingredient to a good vermicelli bowl is a well marinated meat to go with it – today’s pick is lemongrass marinated pork shoulder. I can’t tell you…
The Best 5-Ingredient Noodles
On the hunt for dried shrimp, I accidentally found something better: tiny dried shrimp. They’re light orange, thin and almost transparent. We had quite the debate at the dinner table on whether these were just the skin of shrimp, or just dried tiny shrimp. But it is, indeed just dried tiny shrimp! In…
Pan-Seared Potato Bites
Buying a bag of potatoes is a commitment, let me tell you. Extending onto my sheperd’s pie recipe, another potato addition is hash! Boy do I love hash. This is now a new series: “What To Do With That Bag Of Potatoes (Before It Grows Spores)“. Influenced by an incredibly delicious plate of diced potatoes cooked…
Onigiri Jasmine Rice (3 Fillings)
Making rice even tastier, with onigiri! Onigiri is a popular three-bite snack in Japan; iconically seen as triangular-shaped rice balls embellished with a rectangular seaweed strip. The onigiri is stuffed with savoury fillings. The rice ball can be seared, rolled in sesame or finished with seaweed. I created three varieties of this recipe…
My First Ever Brazilian Steakhouse Experience — A Taste of Touro, in Richmond Hill
I’ve heard many great things about Brazilian steakhouses, one is that you must come with a big appetite! A meat-lovers dream, there’s a wide array of high quality Brazilian-style cooked meats brought to your table by the slice. It’s a complete other vision to take in once you experience it all for yourself….
Celebrating Canadian Classics 🍁 — Canada Day with #PCInsidersCollection
Great Food, Good Times as we enjoy the summer & #EatTogether My favourite part of my family get-togethers is seeing the variety of dishes that we each bring to the table. I’m from a Viet and Chinese background, so Saturday’s festivities involved sticky rice, phở, and soy sauce marinated chicken wings to name…
A Comic-themed Speakeasy in Yorkville: Figures Toronto
There’s a new restaurant in town, a comic-themed speakeasy. It’s a first in Toronto, a restaurant that combines superheroes and nostalgic cartoons into a bar. A playground for the eyes as we gander at the gigantic neon pac man in the ceiling. Welcome to Yorkville, Figures! The first sight is a wall pasted…
Stepping into a Metro Master Class @ Taste of Toronto
Before you enter Taste of Toronto, you must first brace yourself with a hungry appetite to dig into a haven of food and drinks galore. Taste of Toronto is among the top opportunities of the year to grab your favourite food-loving friends and leap across the greenery of Fort York to explore the range of offered…
