White Girl Asian Flavor

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150051568452932820Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:10:49 +0000White Girl Asian Flavorhttp://whitegirlasianflavor.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (AC)Blogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150051568452932820.post-4698678089240726830Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:49:00 +00002018-07-15T20:41:59.477-07:00Wok Dreams - How To Season a Carbon Steel Wok (at the beach, or anywhere) The owner of the Wok Shop in San Francisco’s Chinatown stopped me on the way to the register.      “That’s a round bottom wok,” she said. “Are you sure your house has the right burner for that?”      “Well,” I answered, “It’s like this.... We’re not so much buying the right wok for the house. It’s more like getting the right house for the wok.”     http://whitegirlasianflavor.blogspot.com/2018/07/wok-dreams-how-to-season-carbon-steel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AC)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150051568452932820.post-3286210883603579124Tue, 14 Jul 2015 23:42:00 +00002015-07-14T16:42:45.941-07:00OPP IPA One of the many advantages of living in an Asian neighborhood is cheap produce. And once in a while this ‘hood really outdoes itself and drops something at your doorstep for FREE. Case in point: Some little refugee pomelos recently fled their crowded homeland garden and made their way over the rear border fence into our territory. Like good San Franciscans, we offered them sanctuary, no http://whitegirlasianflavor.blogspot.com/2015/07/opp-ipa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AC)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150051568452932820.post-1408686838631978886Sat, 21 Feb 2015 23:41:00 +00002015-02-21T15:42:35.812-08:00SF Beer Week - Dim Sum and Belgians San Francisco Beer Week is here. Across the Bay Area taps are spewing the modern day versions of frankincense and myrrh; stuff so precious that you ordinarily can’t get it. Nope, not even on the interweb. Not at that trendy bar with skinny bartenders in suspenders. Not even in beer trades with people on the other side of the country, most of the time. Thanks to Amazon and Netflix, we’ve lost http://whitegirlasianflavor.blogspot.com/2015/02/sf-beer-week-dim-sum-and-belgians.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AC)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150051568452932820.post-3069063442818857448Sat, 07 Feb 2015 18:23:00 +00002015-02-07T10:23:45.377-08:00The Chairman Food TruckTired of food trucks phoning it in? Riding the wave of food truck mania and slinging mediocre food?  Check out the Chairman's legit Gua Bao...     Can't get by on clever names and fancy truck-wrap graphics alone. But it doesn't hurt.  Pork and pork and chicken and pickle and buns. Oh my. http://whitegirlasianflavor.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-chairman-food-truck.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AC)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150051568452932820.post-1575230212817823918Mon, 19 Jan 2015 03:56:00 +00002015-01-19T08:43:18.323-08:00Happy Dumpling - Stonestown Farmer's Market When I grow up, I'll eat dumplings for breakfast. Every. Day. In the long tradition of anthropomorphizing dumplings.  Break me off a piece a dat. Positive reviews? Propaganda? Both?  This dumpling is all about that bass, no treble. Extra thick wrapping would kick a Xiao Long Bao's delicate little booty.  http://whitegirlasianflavor.blogspot.com/2015/01/happy-dumpling-stonestown-farmers-market.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AC)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150051568452932820.post-942826502743964702Tue, 06 Jan 2015 19:17:00 +00002015-01-06T11:17:35.906-08:00Kimchi Bacon Burger This was supposed to be the first generation ‘test run’ of a more sophisticated (read: complicated) burger that would evolve to incorporate Korean BBQ ingredients like Asian pear and ginger and stuff. But after tasting this beast, the verdict was that it would be hard to improve on it. Kimchee and pork are like lemon and garlic. Like Frankie and Dino. Coffee and doughnuts. Mario and Luigi. http://whitegirlasianflavor.blogspot.com/2015/01/kimchi-bacon-burger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AC)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150051568452932820.post-378405605382701132Sun, 30 Nov 2014 23:29:00 +00002014-11-30T16:16:19.065-08:00Thanksgiving Leftovers 2: The Curry That Saved Christmas Aaaand now it’s Sunday. Day three after the holiday, and the last of that turkey had. to. go. If we threw that final, symbolic half pound away, then an innocent beast would have died in vain, the abundance of the holiday would have been dishonored, and we would have been spitting in the face of our Pilgrim ancestors who would have called up Santa and baby Jesus all ornery-like to instruct themhttp://whitegirlasianflavor.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-curry-that-saved-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AC)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150051568452932820.post-1636111005276397792Sun, 30 Nov 2014 23:27:00 +00002014-11-30T16:23:54.312-08:00Thanksgiving Leftovers: Black Bean Turkey Pot Pies and 5-Spice Cranberry Sauce The Pilgrams were fortunate. They didn’t have access to Asian food, and therefore didn’t experience the withdrawal symptoms that yours truly has been subjected to thanks to the onset of Thanksgiving.  We have just concluded 5 days of family entertainment, culminating in the traditional annual celebration of white person food. My dairy consumption is off the charts, and this morning’s http://whitegirlasianflavor.blogspot.com/2014/11/thanksgiving-leftovers-black-bean.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AC)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150051568452932820.post-3828104643609104875Fri, 21 Nov 2014 23:07:00 +00002014-12-15T15:10:31.547-08:00Where to find Asian Ingredients in San Francisco Hint: Not at the misleadingly named Cost Plus “World Market”.  Not only will you NOT find lemongrass there, you may awake from a retail-induced fog to find you have purchased a wicker elephant “figurine”.  Don’t do it. Sure, you can buy oyster sauce at every Walgreens in SF, but other items are harder to find here than a registered Republican.  Lucky for you, I’ve done the http://whitegirlasianflavor.blogspot.com/2014/11/where-to-find-asian-ingredients-in-san.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AC)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150051568452932820.post-5524160865698451983Sat, 09 Jun 2012 04:26:00 +00002014-11-21T15:44:49.101-08:00Buddha Beer - Bow Down!       Casualties of my wok seasoning episode include a much-prized Riedel wine glass and a patch of skin from my finger via a second degree blistering burn.  It was worth it. Aaaaah... Finally my very own authentic Chinese wok.  Unlike my previous, Americanized slightly embarrassing heavy flat-bottomed bomber of a thing that weighs 50 pounds. This new delight http://whitegirlasianflavor.blogspot.com/2011/05/wok-this-way-or-wok-for-all-seasons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AC)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150051568452932820.post-3419803983504962156Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:43:00 +00002014-11-21T15:49:03.946-08:00Forbidden Rice In the spirit of research for my 500 word article on “Forbbiden Rice” AKA Chinese Black Rice, I whipped up a batch in my own kitchen.  How else to properly confirm other’s description of the “rich, nutty flavor”?  This falls into the “Authentic? No.  Delicious? Yes.” category.  The first recipe is a go-to for us with green beans – we just added shrimp with http://whitegirlasianflavor.blogspot.com/2011/03/forbidden-rice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AC)0