This is a tart special for plenty of reasons, the greatest being that it encompasses two of my "firsts". The crust is the first gluten free crust I have ever attempted, and thank God, it turned out quite pleasantly. The second first (oxymoron there!) is the chocolate silk filling, which is absolutely, undeniably, and impossibly to… Continue reading Bittersweet
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PB&A Brownies
P is for peanut, B is for butter...as for A, it is for adzuki. It may seem like an uncertain rendez-vous for the two, but peanut butter is nothing new in an oriental pantry. Just think peanut-coconut dipping sauces and peanut-butter-stuffed glutinous rice balls simmered in ginger muscovado tea. I love peanut butter in both its… Continue reading PB&A Brownies
Sanpei “BB” Calamari
I swear, they did not look so wee bb before I cooked them. Without exaggeration, these little squids started each with five-inch long bodies, and fifteen minutes later, when I lifted the lid...poof be gone they were! They became these thumb-sized miniature creatures that lost their original limpness and instead gained a plump, taut physique… Continue reading Sanpei “BB” Calamari
Lemon Altitude
From making my Matcha no. 8 I've still half a recipe of the tofu cream. With said cake I realized that the tofu cream's lemon was slightly prevalent, perhaps a little too assertive for my liking it paired with musky matcha. That being said, I did thoroughly enjoy the tofu cream; it being lusciously smooth,… Continue reading Lemon Altitude
Taiwanese Pork Candy
As a kid I was never huge on lemon drops and lollipops. Those types of sweets, to me, have no depth and therefore were not all that addictive. Instead of sugary sweets, I always begged my mother to buy me sausage-on-a-stick from a Black Bridge window shop a block from our apartment. These were Taiwanese… Continue reading Taiwanese Pork Candy
Matcha no. 8
Few things can win me over when I have a dark, dense slice of chocolate cake in my hands. The midnight smokiness of cocoa is just too seductive, and yet there is one other that makes my heart skip beat when it catches my eye: matcha. In many ways it is cocoa's green cousin. In terms… Continue reading Matcha no. 8
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