Well first off let me, once again, apologize for such a crappy picture. You see, this dish is so delicious that it’s hard to get a picture since plates get snatched out of my hands while I’m serving it. This a quick photo shot that just doesn’t do this dish justice. But trust me, this [...]
Hong Kong Fried Noodles – Revisited
For New Year’s Day, I decided to make Hong Kong style fried noodles with seafood. The original post with the recipe can be found here. I’ve updated the recipe since that first time and I think the sauce is much better now. As with most stir-fry recipes, you can add just about any kind of [...]
Char Siu Chicken
I grilled some free range quarter chickens a couple of weeks ago that turned out to be the best char siu chicken to date. Since these were chicken quarters (thigh + drumstick +a bit of back bone), I didn’t marinate in the char siu sauce like I do with chicken wings. Why? The pieces are [...]
Kung Pao Chicken 2
I’ve been doing a lot of stir-fries. It’s all due to a new cookbook I got, Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge. I like this cookbook because Grace Young not only gives a very good intro on the ins and outs of stir frying, she also offers a lot of traditional dishes adapted by Chinese people living in areas where [...]
MiP’s Hot Smoked Hens
This post is a take on Menu in Progress’ Hot Smoked Chicken recipe. Instead of chicken, I used cornish hens, smaller chickens if you will but delicious all the same. I pretty much followed Mike & Sherry’s recipe although I used hickory wood since I didn’t have pecan or mesquite as Mike recommended. I have apple and [...]








