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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.  [Click image to show Gallery] [View with PicLens] The saga continues! After rounding up a group of our most adventurous friends, we came back to try more of the tasty food. We had the tu dou tiao (cold potato slaw), niu rou mian (beef noodle soup), niu wei mian (oxtail soup), and more of the jiu cai he zi (chive pies) and yang rou jia bing (lamb burger). The tu dou tiao ($3) was good and cold, crunchy, marinated in a little fish sauce (we think!), topped with a teeny bit of cilantro and pepper flakes. The niu rou mian ($4.50) at Lanzhou Hand-made Noodles was amazing: freshly made thin noodles in a beefy soup along with thick yet tender slices of beef. If you’re feeling dangerous, add in a few drops of the table chili oil. Their niu wei mian ($5.50) was also good but the soup wasn’t as complex and the oxtail wasn’t as meaty. Continue reading Golden Shopping Mall – Part II [Click image to show Gallery] [View with PicLens] Last week I discovered this magazine Edible Queens on the counter in the visitor center in the Queens Botannical Garden. And lo and behold I see two of my favorite chefs on the cover, Eric Ripert and Anthony Bourdain! Rob and I are big fans of Bourdain’s “No Reservations” on television and Eric Ripert is, well, god of all things Seafood in Manhattan. Flushing is still a very daunting place to me (especially since I can’t speak Mandarin to save my life) but this article Feasting on Flushing was just the ticket. Continue reading Golden Shopping Mall – Part I [Click image to show Gallery] [View with PicLens] Finally got through some of the older stuff so here’s something more up to date! The past week I was back home in Maryland so I got a chance to go to one of my favorite restaurants in the area (or anywhere for that matter…). Pho 75 is a Vietnamese noodle restaurant at 771 Hungerford Dr right off of Rockville Pike in Rockville, MD. It’s just a little bit past the Regal movie theater next to the Giant for people familiar with that area. This place sells amazing noodle soup that I’ve been trying to find an alternative for in NYC for the past year now. I think the part that other places fall short on is the broth that Pho 75 uses. When you place your order, you typically give them the number corresponding to the noodle soup that you want. Basically what differs between the different items on the menu is the type of meat that they have in it. #4 is what I order and it is essentially the one that has everything in it. Not everyone is a fan of this as it has tripe and tendon but I absolutely love the stuff so I have no problems with that. Your food will get to you literally a couple of minutes after you place. This time, I went during an off peak time and I got my food in no more than four minutes. Accompanying the noodle soup is a plate of garnish that includes basil, bean sprouts, and lime wedges. I’m a fan of the bean sprouts so I typically load up on that. It’s very important that you get the bean sprouts in and that you mix around both the bean sprouts and the meat so that they sit under the noodles quickly while the broth is still piping hot. The slices of meat that they serve with the soup are usually half raw when it comes out and will continue to cook in the broth. You’ll be staring at pink meat the rest of the meal if you don’t take care to submerge them quickly. Also the Vietnamese Iced Coffee is a must-get. It’s a delicious concoction of strong coffee that’s pressed, mixed with condensed milk and poured over ice in a tall glass. Note: always get Vietnamese Iced Coffee and Thai Iced Tea, never the other Continue reading Pho 75
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