In the book The Hate U Give, Starr eats a freeze cup. She then explains that a freeze cup is when you make koolaid, pour it into a cup and then eat it frozen. It’s like a popsicle. It’s amusing because I used to eat them but I had never named it. I’m not even … [Read more…]
In the third chapter of The Hate U Give, Starr’s dad asks Starr and Starr’s friend, Kenya, to goes to the restaurant next door to order them some food. Her dad asks for some beef ribs, potato salad and okra. Finally, something American. I don’t often cook traditionally American food. Besides venturing into Asian cuisine, … [Read more…]
In the Thai drama You’re My Destiny (2017), bua loy is the food that Nid craves during her pregnancy. Being a good husband, Pawut takes her to her hometown just so they can eat the bua loy that they made. Despite it being a confusing looking process with many ingredients, I decided to make some … [Read more…]
In the drama You’re My Destiny (2017), Ampha, Wanida’s sister, goes over to her mom’s house. She sees that they’re eating green beef curry, her current craving, and so she sits down and joins the mom and sister. Once I saw this scene I instantly knew instantly that I will be making it since I … [Read more…]
In the drama You’re My Destiny (2017), Ampha, Wanida’s sister, goes over to her mom’s house. She sees that they’re eating green beef curry, her current craving, and so she sits down and joins the mom and sister. Once I saw this scene I instantly knew instantly that I will be making it since I … [Read more…]
In the drama, I Am Not a Robot, the female lead, Jo Ji Ah, makes rice balls for her little niece. The rice balls looked very simple to make and delicious as well. So I decided to make them as well. It started off with an online search of how to make rice balls in … [Read more…]
In season 1 of the Danish drama Rita, Hjørdis eats a sandwich or their school lunch. It looked like a interesting sandwich and I decided that I would recreate it to the best of my ability. I say that because I’m unsure of the ingredients. In pursuit of making this sandwich, I discover that there’s … [Read more…]
In the Korean Drama Boys Over flowers, Jun Pyo visits Jan Di’s home and ends up making a large batch of kimchi with her family. After actulaay making kimchi myself, I understand why it is made in a large batch. Making kimchi is not necessarily difficult, it just requires a lot of work. Kimchi is … [Read more…]
The hambagu aka the hamburger steak is Japanese equivalent of the hamburger (although to me it is more like meatloaf in the form of patties or a salisbury steak). It’s a more western food, but loved in Japanese (or just in Japanese dramas). I first saw the hambagu in the Netflix show called Terrance House: … [Read more…]
In the books or manga I sometimes discover foods that I have never eaten before. In Good Morning Call, I had created a long list of these foods. The one that I really wanted to try was pasta with amatriciana. My family is a strange American family that doesn’t eat very much pasta. We now … [Read more…]