In 2019, Thai chicken and rice shops started popping up in the Bay Area. Thai Chicken and Rice is the Thai version of the popular Hainanese chicken rice. There's even a popular Vietnamese version called Com Ga Hai Nam. The Vietnamese version is generally served with a gingery prepared fish sauce and fresh herbs like … Continue reading Thai Chicken and Rice (Khao Mun Gai)
Category: Thai Food
Hot Pot parties are fun and filling. As a host, it's s a great way to spend quality time with family and friends without being stuck in the kitchen cooking while people are eating. All tedious prep work is done before the guests arrive and cooking will be done directly in the hot pot at … Continue reading Vietnamese Hot Pot
After creating the robustly flavored tamarind sauce for the Tamarind Shrimp and seeing many people post pictures of chicken wings on Facebook and Instagram, I HAD to fry up some crispy chicken wings and toss it in the sweet, spicy, and tangy sauce for some delicious, finger-lickin' chicken wing experience. As I mentioned in the Tamarind Shrimp post, … Continue reading Tamarind Chicken Wings
Helllllllllo Holiday Season! This year, I have already participated in 4 Thanksgiving gatherings over a span of 3 days. I will have one more later this week. I can't wait. These gatherings provide me many opportunities to try new exciting recipes or simply work on perfecting dishes I've created before. With this Tamarind Shrimp recipe, … Continue reading Tamarind Shrimp
Dungeness crab season is here and people are standing in long lines at the Asian Supermarkets to get some crabs for $1.99-$2.99 a pound. I haven't been to the Asian supermarket lately, so I haven't seen how chaotic it is, but I'm looking forward to going in the next few weeks to see people fight … Continue reading Crab Fried Rice
Lately I've been trying very to save money by bringing food to work for lunch instead of spending $7-$10 eating out for lunch every day. Also, I need to pack lunch for Jane every time she goes to work because she doesn’t have long lunch breaks to go out and get food. My goal for … Continue reading Spicy Thai Basil Beef
I've been looking around for a good Spicy Thai Fried recipe, but each site I looked at prepared it differently. I was trying to find a recipe that tasted like the Spicy Thai Fried Rice I loved at Thai Bistro Restaurant in Davis and I think I found it at http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/thai-spicy-basil-chicken-fried-rice/Detail.aspx . So I looked … Continue reading Spicy Thai Fried Rice
