Continuing on Korea blogging, another surprising side of Korea is the pervasive presence of American stores! Apparently anything from the West is automatically considered high class, including Dunking Donuts…wow! Don’t just look street level…there are more stores on the 2nd, 3rd and even 4th floor! What is a HAPPY sale??? Just make sure you don’t […]
One year ago, a man’s fantasy became a reality in a forum never seen before: Kitchen Stadium, a 8′ x 9′ cooking arena in his cozy apartment. The motivation for spending his fortune to create Kitchen Stadium was to encounter new original cuisines which could be called true artistic creations. To realize his dream, he […]
After badminton, my uncle Wally treated me out to lunch at Shabuway in San Mateo (my uncle rocks!): http://www.shabuway.com/about.html They serve shabu shabu, which according to wiki: Shabu-shabu (?????? ,, also spelled syabu-syabu) is a Japanese variant of hot pot. The dish is related to sukiyaki in style, where both use thinly sliced meat and […]
Ingredients: Streusel: unbleached all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, dark brown sugar, ground cinnamon, unsalted butter, pecans Cake: eggs, vanilla etract, unbleached all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, unsalted butter This is the sour cream base — looks kinda lumpy! This is the streusel — Notice the top streusel (w/ pecans) is different from […]
Update: Sorry, forgot to mention Joseph helped make the shell and pastry creme! 5 eggs were unintentially killed in the process. 😉 ~ ~ ~ Tart Shell = egg yolk, 1 tbsp heavy cream, vanilla extract, all purpose flour, confectioners’ sugar, salt, 1 stick butter. Pastry Cream =2 cups half and half, sugar, egg yolks, […]