Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
Picture it: 6:30pm on a Thursday night, and I had a bunch of Anaheim chilies that I needed to use before they went bad, a package of wonton skins, and a pound of ground pork. Originally, I was thinking of making a Mexican inspired meat loaf… but standing there at the kitchen counter, it just didn’t sound [...]
In parts of Asia (mainly Taiwan and China), the Simmered “Tea” Egg is commonly sold by street vendors (also at night markets) as a savory snack food. Basically, it’s a hard boiled egg, that has been simmered or steeped in a savory broth (flavored with the spices that make up Chinese 5 spice powder, soy [...]
Happy Easter, everyone! I was thinking all week long… “Should I make something special for Easter?” In the end I just couldn’t decide… should I make my special onion skin dyed marbleized Easter Eggs? Should I make deviled eggs? Something bunny shaped? Time got the best of me, and I did NOTHING! Until last night… when I [...]
For my brother’s birthday, his wife threw him a Hawaiian themed party to celebrate. He requested a red velvet birthday cake, which of course, being such a nice sister – I made for him. To go along with the Hawaiian theme, I decided to decorate it with Cartoon frosting transfers of Stitch, the lovable trouble-making alien from Disney’s [...]
Where did the Girl Scouts go???? A few weeks ago, some Girl Scouts with a little table set up outside the supermarket suckered* me into buying boxes of Samoa Cookies, also know as “Caramel deLites”. (And by “suckered”, I mean they set up their table to be visible from the exit… I saw the boxes [...]
There are a few different types of savory Chinese or Taiwanese “pancakes” (made with dough instead of batter). One of these, is “Dan Bing,” a soft tortilla like pancake which is filled with a thin green egg omelet. The other popular type of pancake, is “Cong You Bing” (a.k.a. “green onion or scallion pancake”) – [...]
There are quite a few “Starbucks Iced Lemon Pound Cake” recipes circulating around the internet these days… Judging from the ingredients, most of these are made from boxed cake mix (with no butter) or are just basic pound cake recipes with a bit of lemon juice thrown in. I wanted something that would be closer [...]
As I finished steaming these buns earlier today, my husband walked into the kitchen hungry: “Here! Try one of these,” I said. “You made Baozi?” he asked. “No, these are Nikuman,” I explained. As he bit into one, he remarked, “No. These are Chinese. These are Pork Baozi.” “No they aren’t. They are Nikuman. It’s [...]
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