I’m not sure who had more fun at the first Si Fang Cai (Secret Supper) – me or the guests. The menu was based (mostly) on Asian hawker food – or “street” food.

The weather cooperated, allowing for drinks and cooking outdoors, before moving inside for an intimate dinner peppered with great conversation.

Restaurante Guatemala Coffee
Just a random selection of photos from the last couple of months. Detailed posts may follow on some…

Taqueria Los Rayos

Get Coffee

Get Coffee

Beef Shanks

Pesto-stuffed Pork Chops with Caramelized Onions and Kale

Pho Bac

Sop Buntut – Waroeng Corner

Waroeng Corner

Oxtails

Warm weather is coming – no more practicing track stands in the basement!

For some reason lot of people still seem to have hang ups about the ethnic markets along Buford Highway. Regardless, BFM is still one of my favorites. The sheer volume of produce, meats and fish that move through this place ensure that you can usually find almost any ingredient you can think of, fresh and [...]

I wouldn’t normally put a link to a site as a post, but I’m so intrigued by this one that I will. Go here: Nusantara Recipe dan Resep Nusantara
Nusantara Recipe dan Resep Nusantara is a site of Indonesian recipes. I haven’t even spent 5 minutes on the site yet, but just random clicking produced lots [...]

Cooked again Wednesday night (I can’t eat out every night). I’m tending towards spicy foods lately, and Indonesian seems to be an easy choice (maybe it’s the ongoing cold I’ve had – seems to be impossible to shake…).
This time it’s Babi Ketjap (or ketcap, depends I guess). Basically, pork in sweet soy. It’s really a simple [...]

Stopped by the Atlanta Farmers Market at Plaza Fiesta. I had a list – shrimp (hint: all of the Asian markets have great prices on seafood – and they go through a lot of it, so your chances of finding fresh are good), xiao bai tsai (the Mandarin name, ”baby bok choi” in English, “Brassica Pekinensis” [...]