What does sweet corn ice cream taste like? Sweet corn ice cream tastes exactly like you would imagine: milk and corn. While this flavor may sound bizarre in the US, it’s popular across the world in countries like Mexico, Korea,…
Cantonese Milk Skin Pudding (雙皮奶)
This simple Cantonese milk skin pudding recipe requires just three ingredients: milk, sugar, and egg white. The result is a silky smooth, lightly sweet custard with a thin pudding skin. This pudding is closer in texture to French creme brulee…
Fresh Strawberry Milk (+ Strawberry Matcha Latte)
Strawberry milk is just 3 ingredients: strawberries, sugar, and milk. Most other recipes call for you to cook the strawberries with sugar and water, but I prefer this foolproof method since it requires no cooking. Simply combie strawberries with sugar…
Fishy Toffee Pudding (Tamarind-Date Cake with Fish Sauce Toffee)
Tamarind-date cake meets fish sauce toffee in this take on sticky toffee pudding. I’ve been finding ways to incorporate fish into desserts (see my recipe for Panna Cotta with Passionfruit and Anchovy Granola) and this fishy toffee pudding is a…
Mackerel Lettuce Tomato Sandwich (MLT)
You’ve heard of the BLT, now get ready for the MLT— that’s mackerel lettuce tomato, baby! Bacon is salt-cured and (sometimes) smoked pork, so what if we give mackerel that same treatment? You end up with a delightfully smoky, savory,…
Mussels in Soybean Butter Sauce
This simple yet elegant recipe for mussels comes together in just one pan with a rich, savory sauce made from shaoxing wine, mussel broth, yellow soybean paste, and butter. If you like miso soup or Korean soybean paste stew (doenjang-jjigae),…