Warning: This took me 5 hours to make! Crust: 1-¾ cups of cookie crumbs (Ginger cookies) 1 tablespoon unsalted butter Custard Base: 1 cup heavy cream ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon whole milk 1/3 cup sugar 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise 7 large egg yolks Dark-chocolate layer: 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (around 5 blocks [...]
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Spinach-Polenta Soup
29Dec11Absolutely delicious and very easy to make. Prep: 15 minutes; Cook: 20 minutes Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 medium onion, finely chopped (1/2 cup) 1 bag (2 packages) frozen chopping spinach 3 cans vegetable broth 1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley or 1 teaspoon parsley flakes 1/4 [...]
It all started more than a month ago, on a hot Sunday afternoon as my friend Joseph from Seattle was picking Toronto as his first sabbatical destination. We were sitting at a park and chatting over many things including our philanthropic goals. Then we started talking about Steve Jobs’ recent post on “Thoughts on Flash.” [...]
Saw a recipe on the Canadian House & Home (Jan 2010 issue). I have tested it this morning and decided to improve the recipe with salmon and creme cheese. Serve 6: 12 slices of sourdough bread (Got it at the bakery in the Runnymede area) 3 eggs 1-1/2 cups milk 1 tbsp chopped dill 1/2 [...]
Sweet Potato Salmon Cakes
01Dec09Update: I saw this recipe on to.night. I will try it out on weekend. Ingredients 1 medium sweet potato 2, 7.5 oz cans low sodium wild salmon, drained 1/2 cup minced celery 1/2 cup minced green onion 1 tbsp minced dill pickle 1 tbsp minced fresh dill 1 egg 1/2 cup whole wheat bread crumbs [...]
Mary from Toronto had asked me why I haven’t updated my blog for a while. I apologize for not given much attention to this site. I have mainly been Twitter (@productionteams) my food quest. Updates: I did find some good eats in Toronto: Good dessert place in Toronto: Sweet Tooth on 50B Danforth Pain au [...]
April 2009 Trip to Arizona
07Apr09I’m glad I had cached The Today’s Hits of the Slacker Radio on my BlackBerry. We drove around Arizona for four days and the music certainly made the 1,775 km drive a lot more enjoyable. I didn’t have much expectations of Arizona. I was blown away by the vast changes of rock formation and vegetation [...]
Finally made it to the Mandarin!
28Dec08As the creator of “Forks or Chopsticks” blog, I finally persuded my friends and my old high school buddy visiting from Orlando to try out the family favourite “Mandarin” buffet at the St Catharines. Boy oh boy, I can’t even give it either a fork or chopsticks. Can’t understand why people like it so much. [...]
I set up the Christmas tree on Friday night. It’s lid up and decorated with ornaments. Though I have injured my shoulder/back/thigh when I was lifting the heavy armchair (the brown chair as seen on the picture below) in preparation for tonight’s party. Update: The dinner was a hit. It went well into 2am. We [...]
On day four, we need to find new ways to stretch that $25. Fortunately with the Chinese diet, we can make dumplings at home. The cost is $1.96 for the off the shelve pastry dough. We bought around $6 of the minced pork and 50 cents worth of chives from the supermarket. And we made [...]
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