what are you eating today?

[premiumsqueezed]

Friends treated me to mediocre pasta last week for my birthday.

Made myself an omelet. Sriracha everywhere.

[Astérix]

made this for breakfast this morning...pancetta, smoked salmon, lettuce, tomato, and lemon rosemary mayo

[PandaDenim]

Did you ever have 鴨血+腸子+臭豆腐鍋 while in Taipei? My favorite was actually in Tpe Rail Station Basement (the sole place I eat at there).

Quite good.....

Haha, yeah man. I miss food in Taiwan.

Gotta wait till winter break so I can cook me some real asian food, haha.

[santos]

[ejm285]

yes!

[ImRatherUnique]

id imagine pancetta AND smoked salmon was salty

how was that ham, salami, potatoes and asparagus sandwich up there

[DrivenByNeed]

[fang]

oh pho! how i miss thee. i hate santa barbara faux-pho... flavor is nonexistent.

[santos]

how was that ham, salami, potatoes and asparagus sandwich up there

It was heaven. My girlfriend spoils me.

[Hendodo]

Dinner:

I decided to go out on a limb and make some potstickers..first time ever..

1. ground pork,onions,etc. & wrappers:

2. put it all together:

3. viola!

[Broke_folk]

^ homemade pot stickers are a win.

[azn8oi]

i'm impressed with your skills in wrapping the dumpings, but you falter heavily on frying them mang!

YOU EXPLODED ONE.

[azn8oi]

Tip: buy a new nonstick teflon pan when your current one starts to go to shit.

made in china generation for ya.

[tweeds]

^ azn eight oi's 锅贴 101

[Hendodo]

Tip: buy a new nonstick teflon pan when your current one starts to go to shit.

made in china generation for ya.

haha, okay will do..

[whitney]

beijing restaurant, cos of the dessert alone this is my new fave place. so. fucking. good.

fried sweet cake beijing style. its hard to describe but the inside paste is red bean with some sort of fruit mixed (apple?) in just a bit so you taste the red bean then the next bite its like oh, the fruit bit the sweet cake is still soft and chewy light fried so it doesn't take away from the texture and theres a bit of sugar sprinkled outside.

had a bunch of typical mandarin style plates but their xiao lung bao o_O

didn't have much moisture inside obviously, was disappointed.

and can't not order

[azn8oi]

dessert looks like it's a regional variation of ba bao fan 八寶飯 .

xiaolongbao is atrocious; never order them from that place again.

[whitney]

mmmmmm

first time i tried it

reminds me of fried sesame ball but 100000000x better and i love fried sesame ball

yup, never ordering xiao long bao from them again..

[azn8oi]

I've been lucky to have a mutt-style Chinese background, so I am used to eating totally different regional cuisine because it's in my blood.

Grandpa is from Northern China, so he loves fried doughy stuff and noodles.

Grandma is from Shanghai, so she digs the greasy ass Shanghainese shit and xiaolongbao

Maternal Great-Grandma is from Sichuan so we bust out the spicy shit all the time

Mom's side's family did the whole escape to Taiwan shit, so they lived in HK for years and years, explaining why my family does Canto too.

Then of course there's the effect of 'becoming Taiwanese' because of living there for decades and decades.

I would say I'm pretty lucky to have this, because if I had to eat roasted duck, pork, and dim sum all the time, I would get mad bored of it-- regardless of how good it is.

[tweeds]

BUT CAN azn8oi COOK?

[OMEGA JELLY JIGGLE]

can't rep whit mah pwoh tofu looks bombass

[Hendodo]

tryin my eggplant skills:

(excuse the blurry pic)

okay so first grilled w/ sesame oil, then i added the sauce: soy sauce, rice wine, oyster sauce, cornstarch. finally, added the onions, ginger, and garlic, and heated for a while. It was pretty good

[PandaDenim]

I love eggplants, but it's hard to find new and creative ways to make them tasty...

One of my favorite ways, but also probably the most unhealthy, is to make a parmesan sandwich with it. Meat is optional.

Fried eggplant with parmesan and marinara. Mm. Asian eggplant is bomb too, stir fried. Can't be too water though. Such an interesting food.

[wholibah]

i'm so hungry...these frosted mini wheats will have to do...

[WillKhitie]

I wouldn't mind some frosted mini wheats, add some chocolate milk and they become infinitely better.

As for eggplant though, I don't like to fuss to much with mine. A really simple preparation that I prefer is having them sliced and then grilled. Garnish with some toasted sesame seeds, and enjoy with some soy sauce.

As for me, plain bar food during the Pacquiao boxing match.

[jeepster]

for lunch made by me

[youkinorn2]

As for eggplant though, I don't like to fuss to much with mine. A really simple preparation that I prefer is having them sliced and then grilled. Garnish with some toasted sesame seeds, and enjoy with some soy sauce.

Grilled or sliced, scored, and roasted with olive oil, s&p, and maybe some garlic are my favorite quick ways to enjoy eggplant.

[santos]

I cooked dinner for my GF. Deer burger w/ Tillamook Pepper Jack, Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, and Sriracha.

[Hendodo]

^looks good, dude, except the tomato slice has some of the "belly button" left on it

anyways, even on a cold day , banana split ice cream sundaes warm me up.

yeah..the bananas are on the bottom of the stuffs

[Mr Calvin Oscar]

belly button???

:-? =X