food & things with Christy Wang
“You mian jin” refers airy, fried balls made with wheat gluten that you can find in an Asian grocery store like Ranch 99. Once cooked, these balls turn into a chewy texture, that’s almost meat-like. In conversations with friends, it seems like other people grew …
These Shanghainese baby wontons are made with a simple pork filling and served in an easy broth with soy sauce, sesame oil, and ground white pepper. Adding in whispy dried seaweed . One of my fatal flaws when making these is adding too much filling! …
Ugh this dish is sooo good and perfect for brunch! The minced meat is seasoned with soy sauce and cooking wine and then simmered alongside peas in a slightly sweet sauce comprised of mainly oyster sauce and soy sauce. This dish is typically made with …
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Every year I struggle with the best format to deliver this quasi-gift guide. Ultimately I just want something that you can scroll through quickly to see if any of my gift ideas resonate with the people on your list, and hopefully this fits the bill! …
A few weekends ago, I finally ate at Udon Mugizo in San Francisco and tried their creamy mentai udon and omg, I was mindblown by how good it was!! I immediately knew I had to try to recreate and in all humility.. I think I …
I was going to start this out by saying that I didn’t even do a blog post when I was last in Lisbon in 2017! But after a quick search, I realized I did. Having spent a month there (and also having a bit more …