Mapo Tomato Spaghetti

Mapo Tomato Spaghetti

This might be the best noodle dish i’ve made lately!! I’ve been on a biiiigg mapo tofu kick lately (like eating it every day of the week kinda big). And with tomato season being at its semi-peak, I felt like the spicy umami flavors of 

chilled tomato somen

chilled tomato somen

I feel like I’ve been enviously watching everyone else eat tomatoes on ig for the last 2 months and it’s finally my turn!! We had a colder than usual winter so I didn’t even see tomatoes at the farmer’s market until august?? This might just 

Zaru Soba | chilled dipping soba

Zaru Soba | chilled dipping soba

I’ve been on a real soba kick lately!! Which is funny bc if you’d asked me a year ago, soba would be p low on my stack-ranking of noodles. I’ve loved eating it with a light dashi broth, dressed in peanut sauce, and as cold 

Dan Dan Mian with Tofu Crumbles

Dan Dan Mian with Tofu Crumbles

Every time I look at a recipe for DanDanMian or TanTanMen (the Japanese take on the Sichuanese noodle dish), I feel a little overwhelmed! Many recipes include making your own chili oil, and most of them involve ground meat, which I rarely have on hand. 

niu rou mian (beef noodle soup)

niu rou mian (beef noodle soup)

Rainy days are for beef noodle soup!! I never make this *quite* the same way, but this is the basic riff off of. I’ve made this without the onion on a day I didn’t have any and couldn’t be bothered to go to the store. 

Spicy Lap Cheong Pasta

Spicy Lap Cheong Pasta

The pasta gives me slightly puttanesca vibes in the use of pantry staples, aliums, and umami-rich protein, but like.. Chinese. It relies on three Chinese pantry staples: lap cheong, tobandjan, and dried shiitake. Lap cheong aka xiang tsang is a cured, slightly sweet and savory