Ambiguously Asian Soup
The best soups are the “finish the stuff that’s in the fridge with no real plan” recipes. It was the last day before my CSA came and I had a few things left in the fridge. 2 leeks, some sad ...
Grilled Salmon – Vietnamese Style
I made a grilled salmon recipe from the Paley's Place cookbook a couple of months ago for a dinner party we had. The original recipe uses brown sugar, orange zest, salt, onion, garlic and basil. I took the same idea ...
Yoichi’s – Santa Barbara, CA
Yoichi's 230 E Victoria St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805-962-6627 The food is amazing. The presentation is beautiful. The staff is wonderful. We ate things I've never heard of. We had some favorites. I loved our waitress. I won't buy ...
Sugarfish Sushi – Marina del Rey
Sugarfish 4722 Admiralty Way Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 I love when I stumble upon stripmall sushi that blows me away. I know, it's a bit of an LA chain restaurant but their fish was really good. The menu is ...
Hana – The North Bay Desination
We were north of the Golden Gate Bridge. You know what that means! HANA! We drove up to Santa Rosa to see Neil Gaiman speak (someday I'll get him to Hana). Then we flew to Montana from the Santa Rosa ...
Seaweed from Tokyo
When I find myself over the hill (for those who don't live here, that means the other side of the Santa Cruz mountains, in San Jose area) and it's during business hours, and I have time to spare, I stop ...
Lemongrass Pork Tenderloin Salad
Pork: 1 pork tenderloin Marinade: 1 stalk lemongrass 4 green onions 2T soy sauce 1T dark brown sugar 1T fish sauce Zap in food processor then pour over pork. Marinate for 1 hr or more. Dressing: juice of 3 limes ...
Spicy Soba Noodles with Mixed Fish Crudo
Yesterday was not a cheery day. I am in the middle of a self-imposed, home office, crazy rearrangement of life. The office is a disaster. I'm trying to make it less so. In the process I moved out the old ...
Miso-Glazed Cod with Fried Rice
I've made Miso'd cod in the past and it was good. This was better. 1lb cod cut into 2-3 fillets depending on your appetite 1/4 c white miso 1/4 c mirin 1T rice vinegar 2t sesame oil 1T Gochujang (Korean ...
Pabu – San Francisco, CA
I usually write all the content on FoodPorn but my husband wrote up a post about Pabu and I'm just going to steal it. I couldn't say it better. (I edited it slightly to make it work on the site ...
