by @girlfromcalifornia - food, travel, life
As a kid, whenever we went to a Chinese restaurant, especially a Shanghainese restaurant, we would always order stir-fried rices cakes (炒年糕) of some sort — sometimes with cabbage and other times with shepherd’s purse. Since being in New York, I haven’t found a restaurant Read More
One of my goals is to be more conscious about my meat consumption. However, so many of my favorite Chinese foods have meat in them so I’ve been actively experimenting with new variations. These tofu wontons are bomb and while different from the standard pork Read More
Peanut noodles were a popular dish in 10-year-old-Christy’s repertoire (and also one of five things in said repertoire). As a 10 year old I would smother my noodles in lao gan ma chili crisp – clearly, not much has changed. This recipe makes enough sauce Read More
Jianbing (煎饼) is a crepe-like chinese pancake that’s loaded with egg, hoisin, chili oil, and your choice of fixins. They were one of my favorite breakfast eats when I interned in Shanghai! Check out my IG stories highlights for more how-tos. Ingredients: For the batter: Read More
What do I do when I’m craving a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich but don’t have brioche buns? Make dumplings, of course. Ingredients: 4 strips of bacon, cooked, and cut into bits 4 eggs, seasoned with salt and pepper, scrambled 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese Read More
We love our girl, nutella loaf cake. Born out of the fact that I had a giant jar of nutella and didn’t know what to do with it. Checkout my IG highlights for full video on creating the swiiirrrrll. Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 Read More
Love me a kimchi pancake, except for when I eat too many and become too full to move. Sos. Ingredients: 1 cup kimchi (roughly chopped) 1 egg 1/4 tsp sugar greens from one scallion, thinly sliced 1/4 tsp salt 1 tbsp corn starch 2 spoonfuls Read More
Hangover food or kindergarten food? Cheesy sriracha noodles are arguably both. This recipe is for 2 servings of noodles. Ingredients: 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp sriracha 1 tbsp ketchup 1 tsp rice vinegar 1/2 tsp sesame oil 1/4 tsp sugar 2 cloves garlic, thinly Read More
Like most of you, I’m remaking some of my go-to recipes with pantry staples and shelf-stable items. Curry is an easy one because once you have the base and spices, you can add in whatever you had in your fridge or freezer. The Base: 1 Read More