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Dim Sum at Pan Tao in Sunnyvale
, the rice noodle wasn’t chewy, the beef filling was relatively hard and coarse, and the soy sauce was much too sweet for this dish. Hopefully some 'hounds will take a more extensive look at this place.
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thai plate- best bets for delivery/take-out?
in a soy-based marinade and stir-fried (the menu says grilled, but I don’t believe that). The Thai fried rice is simple, but I love how the simple flavours shine through.
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Roussillon, London
soy sauce and egg ‘Umami’ dish that was almost inedible, but also some really tasty dishes including pigeon in a pot, duck egg souffle, Louis XV chocolate croustillant and truffle risotto (a wow). Has anyone else...
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"Velveting" chicken.
I use corn starch and sesame oil for chicken, corn starch and a dab of rice vinegar for beef and pork. Of course other ingredients such as garlic, ginger, chilies, onion, soy sauce, fish sauce may make the marinade merrier...
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Edamame fans: fresh soybeans found!
Oh joy! Oh rapture! It’s fresh soybean time at the local farmer’s market! They weren’t there last week but they were here today – from the Stan/Pat Farm at the Saturday market on Greenwich St. between...
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Chinese Breakfast or Dimsum Near Bayshore Racetrack?
Joy in Foster City has authentic Shanghainese food. Xiao long bao, noodle soups, soy milk, shao bing – very cheap and very good. Rare to find non-Cantonese Chinese food in the area!
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Best places for cà phê sữa dá in the SGV and Little Saigon?
, but not enough to knock out the luminosity of really fresh soy milk. I took both my Buddy in Tea, and my Buddy in Bourbon and they both wept soft, white, soy tears of joy, so I know that it appeals to some variances in taste.
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Dim Sum in Chinatown
mai. I had a great shrimp ball made out of sticky rice, and chicken and mushroom dumplings were great. Service was so so, and you had to ask for the soy sauce which they poured then took away. Prices were a little about $15-20 a...
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Tea egg recipe using beef broth
Years ago I had a Korean cookbook with a recipe for tea eggs. I have searched the internet and cannot find a similar recipe. The ones I am finding use tea and cinnamon. The one I am looking for uses Beef tea (made by boiling beef...
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Megu
Fabulous! But fabulously expensive. I particularly enjoyed the best ingredients they use in each dish. Sushi is perhaps better than any Sushi place in Manhattan, certainly better by far than NOBU. Their special soy sauce makes...
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Peach farm recs?
I think the fried stuffed tofu is delicious. The boneless stuffed chicken usually needs to be ordered at least a day in advance, but maybe they can put one together for you. The noodle dish is thin egg noodles, scallions, soy...
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Taiwanese Parents Visiting Berkeley
to agree. Most are amazingly bad Americanized places that are overly salted, overly soy sauced dishes. But I’m ready to prove them wrong. I think I’ve been to every (okay maybe not every, but it seems like it) Chinese...
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Coffee Lovers Alert!!!
get a choice of fruit blends AND bases (I had the soy yogurt one). Lots of choices of teas & coffees, both hot & iced.
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Ideas for using up CSA veggies: snow peas, zucchini, bok choy
Send them to me! :) I Throw Bok Choy on the grill, halved and dressed with sesame oil and soy. If the Zukes are normal-sized, I cut them in half, scoop out the middles, and stuff them – Try using a bit of sausage or ham,...
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East Bay Dim Sum
jade villa is not very good anymore. legendary palace and peony are alot better. joy luck is good for a cheap, bang for your buck place.
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