I have to start this post with a little disclaimer: I have no idea how Burmese this dish is. But I do have an aunt who comes from Burma, and my grandma learned this dish from her. In our family, we always just called it “Burmese fish.” I loved it so much growing up that it’d be the first thing my grandma would feed me whenever I visited her. My favorite part of this dish …
Monthly Archives: July 2011
taiwanese beef noodle soup (niu rou mian)
Happy birthday to my wonderful husband! He is in Istanbul today, probably stuck in meetings. I hope they are at least feeding him well! I figured he probably wouldn’t be able to enjoy the day as much being on the job, so I made him an early birthday meal this week to celebrate before he left. After his comment a few days ago about needing more meat, I decided to do something meat-inspired for the …
southeast-asian mango salad
We bought a case of mangoes this week and have been eating them every which way. The other night, I decided to make an improvised Thai-style mango salad to go with some Burmese fish (post up coming up), the combination of which prompted a confession from my husband. “You know,” he said, “I don’t really like Southeast Asian food as much as you… It would be convenient if you were German, so we could have …
fried shallots and fried shallot oil
Fried shallots are something I like to always have on hand. True, I could go to the store and pick up a container of fried red onion, which seems to have a never-ending shelf life, but it’s not hard to fry your own. I think you get something crisper, fresher, and also end up with flavored oil you can drizzle over dishes. It keeps well in the fridge too (I tend to keep mine for …
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