Lunar New Year Food (Vegetarian Style)

This entry showcases some delicious vegetarian dishes I ate this past weekend. The main ingredients of the dishes are tofu, bean curd, and gluten. Some were purchased from a Buddhist temple that serves an amazing assortment of vegetarian cuisine. Some were prepared by my mom who is a big fan of Chinese vegetarian foods. There’s [...]

Ultimate dinner from home

Home cooking has got to be the best. Often when I go home to visit my mom, I would ask her to cook a bunch of her amazing dishes. She would then portion them out and package them into frozen bags. Thanks to the creation of heavy duty zip lock bags and vacuum seal storage [...]

Bean Curd Tofu Stew

I’m a big fan of vegetarian cuisine and the art of imitation meat. I’m most intrigued by Buddhist vegetarian foods. Their dishes look like meat, but are actually made of a combination of tofu, wheat gluten, and other amazing ingredients. (For example, making vegetarian roasted pork from wheat gluten.) One ingredient commonly used in Asian [...]