After an evening of great galbi, we woke up to a lazy, pre-Valentine’s Day Sunday morning. So what’s next? How about breakfast at Tee’s? No, nothing expensive Think Comfort food + Romantic + Pleasurable + FAST. During the brain-storming session, Mr. Chi-Town and I kept coming back again and again to the one-and-only superstar of …
Hi, I’m back! Want to know what happened to my Get Your Kicks Galbi? They’re all gone… But I have the recipe! I can make it any time I want. You can make it any time you want, too. But before that, shall we get back to the question I last left you with? So which is …
Super storm Jupiter is gone. It’s gorgeous out. It’s Super Bowl day, folks!It’s also that time of the year when Mr. Chi-Town happily finds yet another reason to fire up any grill. Weber, satay grill, fajita cast iron skillet, you name it. It’s an American ritual, and it’s fun. It kind of reminds me of Malaysia: Those …
Here’s my 15 year old beautiful red bud tree. Like a bird’s eye chillie, she’s one tough cookie. Sadly, she lost a branch during last year’s ice storm. When the going gets tough, this lady keeps going. Today, she’s Jupiter’s work of ice art. Look! She’s so pweeedy! Everything is so quiet and peaceful here …
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What do you do when the mighty ice storm hits, the roads are frozen solid, and there’s no where to go? I pipe dream. I pipe dream of food. Good food like Chicago good food. As I sit here by my frozen window in the middle of nowhere in the Jupiter-hit Great Plains, I close …
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Did you hear about it? Well, it’s here. It’s a biggie, they say. And they named him aptly: Jupiter. Here’s the (imaginary) conversation big Jupiter and I had last night. As it Cooks: Hey Jup! So what do you have in store for us? Jupiter: The usual suspects. You know– sleet, freezing rain, ice accumulations …
The first time Mr. Chi-Town and I walked into a Wholefoods in Denver, he went into a state of euphoria. In an isolated area at the back of the baked items, an ice box sat there still filled with pretty pastel shades of petit round mochis. Not just mochis. They were frozen mochis. They were …
I miss “ikan” (fish). Like fishballs. The Malaysian kind, of course. The kind sold by that Chinese aunty or uncle in the fresh markets. These fish-white and marble-sized fish balls were the freshest ever! They were springy, meaty, and the kind that’s to die for especially when added to piquant tom yum broth or fiery …
It’s little Ms. Bubbly’s birthday. She’s a doll all right — angel-faced with a perpetual twinkle in her bright brown-eyes. Her baby talk coupled with chuckles makes me the happiest grandma on the planet! Put Ms. Bubbly on an all fruit-berry diet, and she’ll be a happy camper. So says her beautiful mummy (my sweet …
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Hello! You’re called to the bar. Let’s talk Panhandle Brownies. Honestly, I’m not a ‘brownie expert’, so please bear with my ‘ever-so kampung-style’ (village-style as they’d say in Malaysia) random rant about these brownies that are enjoyed by many. I like cocoa. I like coffee, too. Cocoa reminds me of the cocoa plantations that I …