I love going to taquerias and birthday parties where the taquero cooks al pastor directly on a flat top iron grill and serves up a hot plate full of beautiful al pastor tacos fresh, delicious, and made to order. Sometimes when the al pastor cravings creep up on me, and I want to cook … Continue reading Taqueria Style Al Pastor
Last year, the birria taco craze reached the Bay Area and instantly became a super popular food item for all taco lovers. Birria taco trucks gained a huge cult following by advertising their juicy, gooey, and crispy quesitacos on Instagram and posted the time and location every day where they will be selling. People lined … Continue reading Beef Birria Quesitacos
I love Thai Tea. The warm and spicy vanilla-y aromas, creaminess, and delicious taste make Thai Tea very distinct and super refreshing. Thai Tea will also definitely cool down your burning mouth when indulging in super spicy Thai food. The issue I have when buying Thai Tea is that it is usually wayyyy too sweet … Continue reading Iced Thai Tea
Nothing screams Red, White, and Blue like a big fat juicy all American cheeseburger at a summer cookout to celebrate Independence Day while chillin' and grillin' with family and friends. It's also great not having to work and getting a day off in the middle of summer to relax and keep your mind off the … Continue reading Smoked Cheeseburgers
Banana bread is a popular breakfast food at my house. The kids love waking up to the beautiful warm smell of banana bread in the air throughout the house. They enjoy eating moist and warm freshly baked banana bread with a large glass of milk. While I was grocery shopping for banana bread ingredients at … Continue reading Peanut Butter and Chocolate Banana Bread
Five years ago, I posted my first Beef Pho recipe on No Limit Cooking. Over the past five years, I've researched tons of delicious Pho recipes, made a few dozen pots of Pho for the girls, tried out various Pho techniques like making it in an Instant Pot, experimented and tested different combination of spice … Continue reading Ultimate Beef Pho
One of the things I love most about Thai food is the explosion of flavors and flavor bomb in your mouth with every bite. Thai red curry is a great example of it. I love the spiciness, lusciousness, creaminess of red curry and love the magical pairing of red curry paste and coconut milk. AND … Continue reading Thai Red Curry
Pad Kee Mao, also known as Drunken Noodles, is the supercharged aromatic and herbaceous Thai version of Chow fun using the same wide flat rice noodles. I can eat Pad Kee Mao anytime and definitely do not need to be drunk to enjoy it. The girls and I love Pad Kee Mao. The pungent, well-balanced … Continue reading Pad Kee Mao
I recently watched Padma Lakshmi's Taste the Nation show on Hulu and the Thai Food episode was amazing. In the episode, I learned about how the Thai community was developed in Las Vegas in the 1970s by brave Thai women who left their homeland for a better quality of life for their family, built the … Continue reading Pad Thai
I recently finished reading the book Jurassic Park for the first time. I didn't realize how scary and the book was going to be! The book was incredible and much cooler than the movie. I can't wait to read Lost World. While reading the book, memories of eating amazing Dino Ribs at Killen's BBQ from my … Continue reading Smoked Dino Beef Ribs
