Category: Food
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Please Eat Cake Correctly
by Alan: When eating a slice of cake, please choose to eat it correctly. Wrong Way The fork is on the side with the top of the cake, where the frosting is. Why Topside Fork is Wrong > Every bite has frosting. There is no chance to enjoy the cake by itself. > There is…
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Milk Desserts
by Sairung: These odd desserts caught my attention with their good looks. They were similar to shaved ice, but the thinly shaved ice (hidden underneath the toppings, cocoa and toasted coconut) was in fact frozen milk. I liked that they weren’t too sweet. They reminded me of shaved ice I ate when I was a…
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Vegan Chocolate Cake
by Sairung: I’m a vegetarian but I love vegan food all the same. As most vegetarians know, it’s hard to find protein-rich delicious food. People tend to think meatless dishes need more salt or sugar, resulting in excessively salty or overly sweet vegetarian meals. Sometimes they swing the opposite way by hardly seasoning the food,…
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Love At First Sight
by Sairung: I am a hopeless romantic Writing love poems is what I do Today, I will tell you about Love at first sight: Chocolate Bundt Seeing it in a catalogue Heart pounded from love at first sight Good looking, delectable vibe I knew then I had to have it It arrived soon at my…
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Unique vegetarian holiday foods
by Sairung: Anyone like me who’s a vegetarian and can’t cook knows that it’s difficult to find good vegetarian food at restaurants. Most restaurants seem to think a dish that has no meat must be compensated with a higher amount of sugar or salt, resulting in grotesquely sweet or salty food. Sometimes it’s the opposite…
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Fish-shaped snacks
by Sairung: I saw these interesting desserts recently at a mall and had to try them out. They are called taiyaki. A mixture of flour, sugar, and what else I don’t know is poured onto a fish-shaped waffle iron. Then, you can add fillings like taro paste, red bean paste, etc. They are properly sweet,…
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At last, I found delicious banana bread!
by Sairung: Let me tell you about my journey to discover delicious banana bread. I had been searching for good banana bread since marrying my husband Alan and moving from Thailand to the US nearly two decades ago. I bought banana bread from almost every store that sold it. Each was either dry, flavorless, pure…
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Asparagus, asparagus
by Sairung: You might recall from my previous posts that I’m a vegetarian who likes almost every vegetable. Today I would like to talk about asparagus. Grilled, well salted asparagus is so delicious. It’s good on its own and serves as an awesome side to any food. I also like it stir-fried. There’s a wonderful…
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Mushroom, mushroom
by Sairung: I’m a vegetarian who likes almost every vegetable. Today I would like to talk about mushrooms. There are a lot of mushroom varieties. You probably like at least one kind. I like every type I’ve eaten so far. To me, it’s about how they are cooked. I prefer Asian stir-fried dishes in general.…
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Please Eat Cake Correctly
by Alan: When eating a slice of cake, please choose to eat it correctly. Wrong Way The fork is on the side with the top of the cake, where the frosting is. Why Topside Fork is Wrong > Every bite has frosting. There is no chance to enjoy the cake by itself. > There is…