Vietnamese Steamed Meatloaf
There was about a half pound of ground pork in the freezer. It was wrapped in plastic inside a quart-size freezer bag. I checked. No signs of freezer burn. I thought about what I can make with the ground pork. One thing came to mind… Vietnamese steamed meatloaf (cha trung hap). This dish is often [...]
NYC Food Crawl February Pork Bun Crawl
It was quite an adventure trying to go downtown for just about 1.5 miles. First, we hopped on a bus which to our surprise terminated service after one block. We then decided to jumped onto a nearby subway train, but after one stop, it went out of service and they told all the passengers to [...]
Taste of 7th Street
Taste of 7th Street food festival ran for two days from Sat Feb 27th to Sun Feb 28th. Scoop St offered a discount voucher for $18 to sample signature menu items of five restaurants on 7th Street. It would normally cost $35, so it was quite a sweet deal. Scoop St presents special deals from [...]
Two food events in one day
This past weekend, I attended two food events in one day – The Taste of 7th Street food festival and the NYC Food Crawl‘s February Pork Bun Crawl. It was a fun-filled day of wandering around, grabbing food, eating food, and repeat. Agenda for the day: 12:30pm: Taste of 7th Street 3:00pm: Pork Bun Crawl
Steamed pork over tofu
Here’s one of my favorite dishes that my mom makes. It’s a pretty simple dish, but is definitely very tasty. I don’t know the exact recipe for here’s the essence of it. There’s three basic ingredients: Minced pork Preserved mustard greens Firm tofu. The preserved mustard greens usually come in refrigerated packages and can be [...]
