Thursday, April 18, 2013

Dango

I went to the Japanese Festival this weekend and I was looking forward in trying  dango, but unfortunately they did not have it. Dango is a Japanese dumpling made from rice flour. The interesting thing about dango is that there are a variety of dango that are usually named after the various seasonings served on or with it:
  • Anko: it is known as a sweetened red bean paste. use on rare occasions 
  • An-dango is the most popular flavor in Japan
  • Borchan Dango: This Dango has 3 colors. One is red beans, the second by eggs and the third by green tea. This is often seen in Japanese Anime 
  • Chichi dango: slightly sweet  that is eaten as a desert 
  • Goma: sesame seeds and it is both sweet and salty 
  • kinako: toasted soy flour 
  • Kushi dango: dangos held by a skewer 
  • Mitarashi: is a syrup made from soy sauce, sugar, and starch.
  • Nori: dried and seasoned seaweed
The video above gives a tutorial how to make Mitarashi Dango. If any of guys know where in Houston they sell Dango let me know XD . I really want to try.
Thank you! 

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Sushi

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LOVE LOVE LOVE Sushi! That is what I basically ate this whole weekend, This dish is originated from japan that consists of raw fish and white stick rice. Here in America you have choice whether or not you want raw fish or cook fish which is goood, Sushi is served with ginger and wasabi. Various people under estimate the spiceness of wasabi, they beleive that i is not that bad. It is a rude awakening when your mouth is on fire
I recommend that people should try sushi especially on the weekends during happy hour with a group of friends.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Curry so yummy in the tummy

Curry is a diverse in every culture in how it is made. Unfortunately, I do not have a picture of curry, however I guarantee that it is fantastic to eat. The origin of curry comes from Southern and Southern eastern Asia. It has a variety of spices and come in a variety:
  1. 1.Meat
  2. 2. Chicken
  3. 3.fish
  4. selfish
  5. all the above with vegetables
  6. entirely vegetarian
You can also decided from dry or wet curry. Dry curry is cooked with very little liquid and leaves the ingredients coated with the spice mixture. Wet curry contains significant amounts of sauce or gravy. I believe that I had wet curry and it was fantastic!
Try both wet and dry curry and hopefully you will love it!

Thursday, March 28, 2013

No post today!

Well my brained died today and I could not think of any food to post unfortunately and also completely forgort to post something for this week (on Thursday)... XD
So no food sadly but I hope you guys have a wonderful Easter if you celebrate;if not have a great weekend !!! Food will be posted next week! Nomnomnomnom.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Mole Mole Mole Mole

Hope you guys had a wonderful Spring Break. This week it is about Mole . It is a Mexican dish, it is chicken cover with a chocolate sauce. Yup it is chicken covered in chocolate! YUM!!! Well, the chocolate is not what is important to the sauce, it just gives it that dark color along with the other ingredients in the sauce.
Put it is not simple to create the signature sauce. The easiest part of making it is the chicken. The sauce requires various peppers, herbs, seeds, spices, and Mexican Drinking Chocolate to create so a tasty sauce.
It is something different that i recommend trying.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Ceviche

Earlier this week I had a dish called Ceviche, which is basically fish that is marinated in a lot of lemon juice. The fish is diced up, diced tomato, onion, jalapeno, and cilantro. Put all that in a bowl and then squeeze some lemons ( as many as you want) and put the cover bowl in the refrigerator and let is stay there for a day. Next day it should be ready to eat with some tostadas. 

Friday, March 1, 2013

El Salvador Pupusas

Pupusas are a Salvadorian food that I enjoy. Pupusas are made with:
  •  handmade corn tortillas
  • Can be filled with 
    • refried beans 
    • Chicharron 
    • cheese 
    • chicken
 Pupusas are usually served with repollo or pickled cabbage and tomato sauce. Usually pupusas are cooked on a flat skillet. There are Pupuseria's in the Houston area, although I have never tried those. Usually I eat pupusas when my aunt makes them for a party or to raise money.