I’ve never actually had Spam. But I did grow up eating luncheon meat. In Hong Kong, luncheon meat is like a breakfast meat. My dad used to make luncheon meat and eggs on Sunday mornings or put a slice of pan fried luncheon meat in our instant noodle.
You can imagine my excitement when I found [...]

Today is the first day of the new Chinese year. This year is the year of the rat. My dad is born on the year of the rat. He’ll be 60(!) this year. I will be 25(!!) this year. All sorts of !!
Last year was the year of the pig and according to my mother [...]

Ikväll gick vi till en kinesisk restaurang med mina två kompiser från SFI och deras sambor. Vi åt mycket kantonesisk mat. Mina kompiser provade mycket ny mat inklusive kycklingfötter. Jag tyckte att maten var jättegod. Jag var mycket glad för jag har saknat kantonesisk mat. Maten var lite dyr men det var värt det. [...]

It’s the first day of 2008 and my tonsils hurt!
How great is that? I start the new year by being sick. Thank goodness I bought some instant congee at the Asian supermarket the other day. Although I should learn how to make my own congee. It’s really easy. I’m just lazy. Not to mention the [...]

We got a 300w power converter and now my rice cooker works! I love my rice cooker. I got it from my mother when they moved down to the States. It’s a National SR-CF05N. It’s an old model but it’s still awesome. I can cook congee in it and I can make sticky rice (naw [...]

This year I will be spending my first Christmas in Sweden. They call it “jul”. The subways are filled with advertisements for bank loans. Guess the Swedes are just like the North Americans. I think it would be cooler to celebrate the traditional pagan jul.
Aside from getting together to have a big meal, my family [...]

I just found out that my aunt’s restaurant has a website. So if you’re in Lees Summit or Independence, Missouri, (It’s in the Kansas City, Missouri area.) go eat at Master Wok.
http://www.kcmasterwok.com
I recommend the sweet and sour chicken, House Tray for 2, egg drop soup, tropical fried rice, sesame chicken, kung pao chicken, shrimp fried [...]