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Pizzaman (Japanese Steamed Pizza Buns): Family Mart Copycat
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I’ve always loved Japan and so many things about it, the language, the culture, and of course their food. Japanese konbini or convenience store food is practically a whole unique segment of Japanese cuisine, and one of their most fascinating food items is pizzaman (a contraction of the words ‘pizza’ and ‘manju’), literally a…
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Italian Sausage: Homemade and Halal
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In my earlier days of cooking I focused on one chef in particular – Emeril Lagasse. His recipes often called for Italian, Spanish chorizo or Andouille sausages, and oftentimes I could only obtain Italian sausages at more upmarket grocers like Village Grocer or B.I.G. Even then, there was only one type available, and I…
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Sausage McMuffins (Chicken): McDonald’s Copycat
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The McDonald’s breakfast menu is one of my guilty pleasures. I particularly like their Sausage McMuffins (even better with egg). But nowadays McDonald’s breakfast ends earlier at 10:30am, and I always end up missing the window. I also noticed their sausage patties are insanely salty of late. It could just be me getting older,…
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Festive Roast Duck with Duck Fat Roast Potatoes
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This amazing Western-style festive roast duck by Jamie Oliver has been my go-to recipe whenever I feel like having duck at home. I recently made this for our usual end of year get-together in place of turkey, due to a complete shortage of turkey in the market this year.
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Vietnamese Duck Noodles in Soup (Mi Vit Tiem)
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Back when I was living in New Haven, I used to frequent a wonderful Vietnamese restaurant called Pot au Pho. Especially on those cold winter afternoons, mi vit tiem, egg noodles with braised five-spice flavored duck and shiitake mushroom, was my go-to order. I think the restaurant has closed down now, and even here…
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Chicken Miso Ramen
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Rudy loved Japanese food. He missed sushi the most, as consuming raw/ undercooked foods was not advised when undergoing his treatments. As much as we could we still tried to have our Japanese food fix, and ramen was one of the things we wanted to have more of.
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Make Your Own: Chicken and Duck Andouille Sausage
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I’ve made quite a few recipes by Emeril Lagasse which called for andouille sausages. I have never seen halal andouille in any of the upmarket grocers or deli stores in KL, and even when an ad for a non-halal deli pops up in my feed (need to do better, Facebook -_-) I rarely see…
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Homemade Mexican Chicken Chorizo Sausage
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Been wanting to make my own sausages for ages. The recipes I like to try out, usually from Emeril Lagasse, often call for different kinds of sausages, (Spanish or Portuguese) chorizo, andouille, or Italian (both hot and sweet). Sweet Italian sausages are still relatively easier to find, but not so much for the rest.…
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Make Your Own: Fish Stock
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When I order fish and seafood from @faharseafood I usually ask for the grouper to be filleted, and the fillets will be delivered along with the head and bones. After a few rounds of orders, I accumulated quite a few sets of these, and I felt that it would’ve been such a waste to…
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Chicken Chashu Fried Rice (Chashu Chahan)
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I still had some chicken chashu leftover, but not much ramen left to use it as a topping. So I resorted to making the most common thing Asians would with leftovers: make chashu fried rice!