Posted by
roxiao on January 24th, 2010
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If I’m at a Sichuan restaurant, I always have to get their hui guo rou, or double cooked pork. This is another dish that I picked up from my parents while I was home for break. The main star of this dish is pork belly, which is first boiled in water until cooked, and then cut into slices and refried with vegetables, hence the “double cooked”. The pork belly is usually accompanied with peppers and leeks. Another must have is Lao Gan Ma hot sauce. I’ve started using this in all my spicy dishes and it definitely adds more flavor and more heat than the typical chili sauce that I use.
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Posted by
manda on January 23rd, 2010
One of the perks of being part of the online foodie community is getting to try new food products for free! A while back we won a Butter Bell Crock from the Foodie Blogroll, which I have yet to load up with butter and begin using. This crock stores butter at room temperature and if you replace the water every 3 days, you’ve got spreadable butter that keeps fresh for days.
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Posted by
roxiao on January 22nd, 2010
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When I went home for the holidays, I made sure to grab as many family recipes as possible. This is a recipe for stewed lamb that actually originated with my grandpa. What I like most about this recipe is the versatility. The starting procedure will get you a delicious stewed lamb and from there you can make four different dishes simply by altering what you put into it. I’ll try to break this recipe into sections so it’s a little easier to follow.
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Posted by
roxiao on January 16th, 2010
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In a departure from our usual NYC venue reviews, this review is for a restaurant from our hometown in Rockville, Maryland. For those of you familiar with the area, this restaurant is located in the Rockville Town Center close to Bob’s Noodle 66, one of our favorite Chinese restaurants. Sichuan Pavilion specializes in Sichuan cuisine (obviously) which is a style of chinese cooking involving lots of garlic, peppercorns, and chili peppers. And here’s a disclaimer: my dad and I love melt-your-face-off spicyness so when I say its spicy I mean really spicy. [continued...]
