Everyone who likes to make Asian food knows and loves Miso. It’s a multi-faceted cooking paste that also provides more than enough salt to suffice in most recipes. And its flavour is uniquely ‘Asian’. But Miso is also a super-healthy fermented product!Read More →
You thought the hamburger, as we know it, was invented in the US? Not so. We’ve already noted, in this space, that German immigrants brought it with them in the late 1800s. But they’ve been making something eerily similar to our burger in Serbia for generations…Read More →
We’ve reported before on Canada’s legendary Asian Food supermarket chain, T&T. It’s no-thing less than a phenomenon, that’s spread across the land from humble beginnings in Vancouver. And now, T&T is making it’s first foray into the US market…Read More →
A disturbing new online video food fad has emerged. It’s called ‘Mukbang’. It’s Korean in origin. And it celebrates dining depravity – apparently just for the sake of grossing out the audience. But it’s also created a temple of worship for waste…Read More →
I sighed heavily, winced, and cradled my head in my hands when I read it… Why on Earth do we need ‘Everything Bagel’-flavoured Cup Noodles (CNs)? Surprisingly, Nissen Foods, who’ve launched the product, have a plaus-ible (?) answer… Fans demanded it!Read More →
Does a single banana qualify as breakfast? Japan Air Lines (JAL) seems to think so. At least, that’s what it recently served a pass-enger who had requested a vegan meal. The incident raises serious questions – both nutritional and economic…Read More →
It’s become fashionable to pooh-pooh the so-called ‘Cantonese’ section of Asian food menus. The snobs say it’s ‘not real Asian cuisine’. And as such, it should be shunned. Nonsense. American-Asian cuisine has its own venerable and colourful tradition!Read More →
We’re inextricably wrapped up these days in coils and swathes of information about Healthy Elixirs that generally fall under the heading of ‘Teas’. But the beverage that started it all – classic Black Tea – has been eclipsed by the likes of Camomile…Read More →