food & things with Christy Wang
“Mille-feuille” means a thousand layers/leaves and often refers to a crisp, flaky French pastry, but in this case, it refers to the many layers of napa cabbage and pork belly in this Japanese-style hot pot. Mille-feuille nabe is one of our go-to meals in the …
Deep frying is my nightmare, and it’s not just the oil splatters, I hate the before, during, and after. It’s temperamental, the cleanup sucks, and you’re left dealing with a big vat of oil!! But all good because it has helped me master the art …
Clams are hands-down one of the easiest things to prepare but they always feel kinda fancy and impressive, especially when you’re serving them to others, and this miso clam soup is a great example of that. I love the natural umami of clam stock and …
I generally try to avoid eating large quantities of meat, especially red meat, but every once in a while, we’ll have a steak as a ~treat your self~ type of meal. I also feel like my body is more open to the idea of red …
“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 …
A random memory popped up a couple of months ago — I was having dinner with my grandparents and my grandpa had brought out a pork dish that was served in a pumpkin. My parents and aunt suggested it might be ‘fenzhenrou’ when I brought …