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Hubby was craving Tex-Mex, but after our last failed attempt at getting something reminiscent of Mexican food , I thought I might as well ju...

Since coming to Japan last August, hubby and I have resisted our urge to indulge in anything to do with tonkatsu , a deep fried pork cutlet ...

My neighborhood Chinese restaurant makes this dish called Nira Niku (Pork and Chinese Chives) that's so simple yet delicious, and after...

When I found pictures for my Black Pork (東坡肉) post from Almost Bourdain , I decided to look through it for more yummy things to try and stu...

There's a Tokyo Sundupu shop near hubby's school, and we have eaten there several times since they have a pretty decent lunch deal ...

Gai Pad Prik Pao is hubby's favorite dish and he likes it so much I make it pretty much every other week ^.^ It's a really simple b...

Was trying to get back into the roll of things and, well, started craving Italian food. Gosh I miss Jersey. So what do I do but looked up th...

Happy March! ...Though it doesn't change the fact that I'm still waaaaaay behind on my posts. In fact, it makes it worse that it...

Bún Riêu is a delicious Southern Vietnamese rice vermicelli soup in a seafood-tomatoes broth that, well, started out complicated go make bu...

Nikujaga is usually a less-soupy beef and potatoes (though mostly potatoes) stew that's claimed to be one of Japan's comfort foods....

Had a fairly delicious and super easy dinner made using this Lee Kum Kee brand Char Siu Sauce . If you go a Chinese restaurant and see sli...

So what the heck did hubby and I searched high and low for in Chinatown instead of Black Friday shopping? Ingredients to make this Vietname...

Let's just say no one can say they've had Thai food without ever trying Pad Thai . The dish differs slightly here and there, but ul...

One of my favorite Thai soups is the ubiquitous Tom Yum Goong and having ordered this soup at every single Thai restaurant I've been t...

Bún Thang is a northern Vietnamese rice noodles soup that calls for some very intricate (and long and tedious) preparations. According to th...

A very simple dish! Quite easy to make, and the yuzu sesame combination is super tasty! Here's my recipe for Salmon in Yuzu Sesame Sauc...

One of my favorite Japanese dishes as it's really delicious and quite easy to make!! Here's my recipe for Gyudon . Ingredie...

Hubby and I really love Thai food, so once settled down we searched all over for ingredients for some of our favorite Thai dishes. Given th...

Today was a cooler day and it got more chilly later when the sun sets, so I made a big pot of Chili con Carne to warm up ^.^ Here's my ...

Both hubby and I agreed that one of the best thing about living in Jersey was the readily available Italian food. God I'm desperate for...