Chocolate Peppermint Mochi Donuts
This is my final Christmas dessert recipe for the year, and it’s definitely my favorite because it’s donuts! I feel strongly that Christmas should be more than just cakes and cookies (even though there...
View ArticleMy Mom’s Mapo Tofu
I think one of the biggest things we’ve all learned this year is that the simple things are the things that bring us the most joy. That’s why I think the perfect way to end a pretty tough year is with...
View ArticleMatcha Fudge
This is my last recipe of the year! And of course I had to end it with matcha. As I mentioned in my previous post, when things are tough I gravitate toward something familiar, and matcha is one of...
View ArticleKimchi Grilled Cheese
Happy New Year! For my first recipe of the year, I really wanted to take it back to something simple and comforting because 2020 was a dumpster fire of a year. So what is better than a simple grilled...
View ArticleChai Shortbread Cookie Sandwiches
I am feeling all the cozy vibes these days, so I wanted a cozy dessert to go with the season. Chai is one of the most comforting drinks in the world with its mixture of warm spices and tea. I love it...
View ArticleVietnamese Chicken Salad (Goi Ga)
January is usually a time for resolutions where people vow to get healthy and work out more. But I feel like this year most of us are just trying to survive. So I wanted to post up a recipe that is...
View ArticleBlood Orange Mochi Muffins
One of my favorite things about January is that it’s citrus season! Citrus is one of my favorite things to eat period, and I personally think they make every dish better. The prettiest citrus fruit is...
View ArticleVietnamese Chicken Tomato Soup
One of my goals this year was to put more weeknight friendly recipes on the blog. I feel like most of us are all cooked out, and just want something easy to put on the table at night. That’s where this...
View ArticleBlack Sesame Babka
I usually post a dessert recipe around this time of the week, but I really wanted to try something different this time around. My parents are also crazy tired of eating desserts all the time lol. So...
View ArticleChinese Chicken and Mushroom
It is a cozy rainy weekend in LA, so I made a quick and easy dish to go with the weather. This is my mom’s Chinese chicken and mushroom. It is such an easy dish that you can throw together on a weekday...
View ArticleMatcha Pound Cake
I really enjoyed taking on a new challenge last week with my black sesame babka, so I wanted to continue the trend of trying something new this week with a matcha pound cake. I saw Solha El-Waylly’s...
View ArticleBo Bia (Chinese Sausage Spring Rolls)
I am so excited to share my recipe for Bo Bia this week. I love this recipe so much because of the story behind it. Typically when most people think of Vietnamese food, they think pho, banh mi, or...
View ArticleBlack Sesame Brownie Cookies
Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and I’ll be serving up my ideas for the holiday over the next week. These black sesame brownie cookies are a really easy dessert you can have at your small...
View ArticleShrimp Stir Fry
At every Chinese New Year get together, there are always a ton of meat dishes, so we always try to make sure we have some sort of seafood dish to round out the dinner. This shrimp stir fry is a dish...
View ArticleRed Bean Puff Pastries
For most of my life, I’ve always tried to reconcile my Chinese and Vietnamese culture with my American upbringing. It is sometimes an uncomfortable push and pull, but I think it makes me a better...
View ArticleCha Trung Hap (Vietnamese Steamed Egg Meatloaf)
This is a dish I grew up eating a lot because it was easy to make, and it was also something my mom grew up eating. Cha Trung Hap is a steamed egg meatloaf filled with egg, ground pork, green onions,...
View ArticleLemon Ricotta Mochi Pancakes
One of the last brunches I had in San Francisco included a stack of lemon ricotta pancakes, and I don’t know what it was this week, but I really wanted to recreate that memory. So I made myself a stack...
View ArticleChicken Adobo (Adobong Manok)
Growing up, my mom had these super sweet Filipino coworkers who, for some reason, enjoyed making me Filipino dishes. That’s why I grew up eating pancit, lumpia, and this dish chicken adobo. I was...
View ArticleBanana Bread with a Nutella Swirl
Apparently it was banana bread day yesterday! That’s when I realized I had no banana bread recipe on the blog which is crazy! Fun fact, I actually eat a banana every morning as a part of my routine....
View ArticleChinese Sausage Spaghetti for 2
I was watching something online where they were making carbonara, and the idea came to me to do a variation on this dish with Chinese sausage. That’s how I came up with this recipe for Chinese sausage...
View Article