Now that I have been living on my own for a bit, I have been doing a lot more cooking. Since I can’t really do anything fancy yet, I am sticking to the basics. This means a lot of rice and noodle dishes with some sort of vegetable and meat. In order to make my…
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When I was in high school, my favorite ice cream brand was always Haagen Dazs. I always loved a lot of their flavors, and they seem to retain the best consistency (at least in my freezer). When I went to college though, I did not eat as much ice cream anymore since I didn’t have…
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Haupia is a traditional Hawaiian coconut milk-based dessert, but it is also a very common ice cream flavor in Hawaii. They serve haupia ice cream at a lot of restaurants, but you can also find Roselani’s Haupia Ice Cream at any local Hawaii supermarket. Roselani was started in 1932 by Manuel Nobriga on Maui, and…
Biscoff is originally a cookie from Belgium, and it is known for being a cookie that you can eat with coffee. It is hard to describe the flavor if you have never had Biscoff before, but the best way I can think of is a cookie flavor with a peanut butter texture. While I do…
In a previous post, I wrote about Lee Kum Kee’s Minced Garlic. While that is my most commonly used ingredient when I cook, Gochujang Paste is a close second. Gochujang is Korean ingredient, but it can go well with almost any Asian cuisine. I am not quite sure what is in Gochujang, but the taste…
I used to do a lot of cooking when I was living by myself, and Lee Kum Kee Minced Garlic was always the one ingredient I could not cook without. I cook a lot of Asian food, but whether I was making Japanese, Chinese, or Korean food, Lee Kum Kee Minced Garlic was a staple…
If you go to enough grocery stores in Japan, you are bound to see the incredible fruit selection that Japan has. Unlike in the US and other countries around the world, most fruits in Japan are considered luxury/gift items. This includes fruits such as strawberries, peaches, melons, mangoes, etc; if you buy the top of…
I am not a big sweets eater, but I do enjoy eating ice cream/gelato while I am at home. Talenti is a premium gelato maker, and their gelatos are not cheap. Normally, they are about $5 for a pint. Still, they use premium, real ingredients as opposed to artificial flavoring, so in my opinion it…
