Asian Wedding Banquet-Style Chilean Sea Bass, I know it as Cá Đút Lò, is one of our favorite fish dishes and we look forward to having it at every Vietnamese wedding we go to. The sweet and savory, flaky and buttery, bright-colored Chilean Sea Bass is so good and addicting. We celebrated Me and Mrs.... Continue Reading →
Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Street Dog
After a night of hanging out downtown or leaving an event at the arena, I can always smell the vendors cooking up delicious street hot dogs from miles away. It smells and looks so good, I always have to get myself one or two to sober up or just to have it! I’ve heard these... Continue Reading →
Beef Cheeks Barbacoa
Barbacoa is one of my favorite Mexican dishes of all time. This dish always reminds me of my college roommate Ben and forever thankful his mom hooked it up with the Barbacoa recipe years ago. This has been my go-to barbacoa recipe for years. I took this aromatic and amazing barbacoa to the next level... Continue Reading →
Barbecued Branzino Spring Rolls
I love the flaky, mild, and naturally sweet taste of branzino fish and order it every time I see it at restaurants. I was so excited to see it at Costco recently and picked it up and made spring rolls with it. For all my friends observing Lent, this is the perfect Friday meal for... Continue Reading →
Seafood Tacos
When mom visits for dinner, I always try to step up my cooking game to impress her. I stepped up my Taco game by grilling Octopus, Shrimp, and Scallop on the Weber for seafood tacos. I seasoned the seafood with my grilled fish taco seasoning and it came out perfect. The spicy and earthy Mexican... Continue Reading →
Carne Asada Tacos (Grilled Steak Tacos)
Have yourself a fiesta anytime anywhere with this versatile and delicious Carne Asada recipe! Living in San Jose, CA, there are a lot of Hispanic supermarkets like Chavez Supermarket that sell delicious, high-quality, pre-marinated, and ready-to-grill steaks for you to just grill at home. I used to do that a lot and still do it... Continue Reading →
Smoked Turkey
Over the past few years, smoking turkeys have been the preferred method of cooking the Thanksgiving turkey. The subtle smoke from the fruitwood use penetrates through the turkey and takes the taste of the turkey to the next level. I generally add a few chunks of cherry wood, but applewood works great too.To make the... Continue Reading →
Korean BBQ Chicken Wings
As long as you have the right technique to cook chicken wings, there ain't no limit on how you can dress and sauce your wings..or eat it naked and plain. Last week, I shared a technique I learned, called the Bullseye technique, which involved putting lit coals in char-baskets in the middle of the Weber... Continue Reading →
High Heat Indirect BBQ Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings
Man, I'm super excited to show you all this new indirect cooking technique on the Weber that I have been using for chicken wings to get the skin extra crispy without frying! It also looks super dope and is very visually appealing as well. When I normally do indirect cooking on the Weber, I usually... Continue Reading →
Tomahawk Steak
I miss having visitors! Especially, during the summer when family and/or friends would come over on the weekend and just eat, drink, and hang out in the backyard for hours while the kids play. I'm praying that we get this pandemic situation taken care of sooner rather than later, so we can go back to... Continue Reading →