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Soft-Scrambled Eggs and Shrimp

Soft-Scrambled Eggs and Shrimp

Scrambled eggs and shrimp is the perfect simple, comfort food. Typically made with the eggs fully scrambled up but I love them as a soft-scramble! I used: 4 oz shrimp (~12 medium) shrimp marinade: 1/2 tsp cornstarch, 1/2 tsp shaoxing wine 4 eggs egg seasoning: 

Hot and Sour Wonton Soup

Hot and Sour Wonton Soup

My dad would make wonton soup with the simplest of ingredients — soy sauce, black vinegar, sesame oil, loads of white pepper, and hot water. While I still love the OG version, this one is a slightly more dressed up variation and very punchy in 

Chilled Wontons with Peanut Sauce

Chilled Wontons with Peanut Sauce

On hot summer days, my mom would make us chilled wontons for lunch or a post-swim practice snack. Now that we’re starting to get *some* warm days in San Francisco, I’ve been doing the same! This sauce is an easy way to dress up any 

Brown Butter-Soy Oatmeal

Brown Butter-Soy Oatmeal

When I was a kid my dad developed high cholesterol so we started to eat a lot of oatmeal in place of rice and congee. It took me a long time to learn to love it but now I find myself craving it every now 

Togarashi Carrots with Honey Yogurt

Togarashi Carrots with Honey Yogurt

Part 2 of my “I bought a bottle of togarashi in Lisbon but never used it til my last week so I started finding uses for it every chance I could get to justify the purchase”. I love the combination of the slightly spiced carrots 

The Lisboa Recap | 2022

The Lisboa Recap | 2022

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