Making Chinese Sausage Fried Rice (with Seared Baby Bok Choy)
Fried rice is one of those things that taste good at any time of the day. Put a fried egg on it and it is breakfast. Add some steak on…
How to make Loaded Baked Potato Soup
On frigid days like today nothing feels better than a bowl of hot soup. I was about to reach for a packet of instant ramen noodles when I saw we…
Why we cut the cord on our vacuum (quarantine edition)
There are a few positive things which have come out the 2020-21 COVID-19 pandemic. One is that my family has become closer both in constant proximity to each other and…
Why you shouldn’t be afraid of Cast Iron cookware
Unless you're a cooking prodigy competing on Master Chef Kids there's a good chance that your cooking skills materialized somewhere around high school or college when your budding independence decided…
How to Make Filipino Eggrolls (Lumpiang Shanghai)
I have the privilege of being the grandson to two amazing grandmothers (aka Lolas in Tagalog/Filipino), both of which are named after two of the most beautiful symbols: a pearl…
Keeping Kids Organized During Quarantine
In March 2020 my wife and I decided to pull our kids from daycare and we both stopped taking the train into downtown Chicago to work at our offices. It…
Slow Cooked Pulled BBQ Beef
Using my Power Pressure Cooker XL Pressure Cooker Just like in a restaurant kitchen a home chef can have a variety of cooking methods: stove top, oven, broiler, or sous…
Leftover Brisket Enchiladas
What to do with leftover brisket? Here's one idea that your family will love. I made this for our family during the 2020 Quarantine, with some leftover beef brisket we…
How to make Tonkotsu ramen broth from scratch
Broth and My Journey to Real Ramen Having grown up in an Asian household, naturally I have eaten my fair share of plastic packet ramen noodles. In fact, I still…
How to Prepare Chinese Broccoli (Gai Lan)
Since I am the cook of the family and basically control our home’s entire menu, certain responsibility sits on me to make sure we get a balanced diet. On the…