Category Archives: Asian food

the Sikh celebration of food and music: Vaisakhi in Vancouver

Posted on April 10, 2013 by albatz

Vaisakhi is the festival which celebrates the founding of the Sikh order of Khalsa. During the parade the street is lined with Sikhs who celebrate by handing out mounds of incredible Indian food! This year’s parade in Vancouver is happening … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world, Indian | Tagged Asian food, chickpea curry, dance, festival, indian bread, jalebi, Khalsa, music, pakora, parade, Sikh, Vaisakhi | Comments Off

Chinese New Year parade, celebrations & food

Posted on February 13, 2013 by albatz

2013’s Chinese New Year’s Parade, featuring the Year of the Snake, happens on February 17 in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Here are some shots from last year’s parade to inspire you to head out and celebrate (and try out some goodies)! ‘Why … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world, Travel, Vancouver | Tagged Asian food, BBQ pork soup, Chinese, Chinese food, New Year, noodle soup, parade, siaopao, strawberries, street food, won ton, Year of the Dragon, Year of the snake | Comments Off

Fried Daal from my Cooking Class in Udaipur, India

Posted on January 21, 2013 by albatz

Although we are not vegetarians, we embraced vegetarianism in India. There, the variety of vegetarian food was so great that vegetarian was the only way to go! Add to that the fact that by eating primarily vegetarian dishes, neither one … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world, Indian | Tagged Asian food, chickpeas, cooking, daal, dahl, dal, gram, India, recipe, tomatoes, tumeric | Comments Off

Chai tea with ginger and cardamon

Posted on January 10, 2013 by albatz

1 cup water 1/2 inch ginger, grated 1 cup milk loose black tea – 2 tsp one cinnamon stick, grind in mortar & pestle along with 2 cloves and 2 cardamon pods (or 1/2 tsp cardamon powder) sugar – to taste  … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world, Indian, Travel | Tagged Asian food, cardamon, chai, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, India, milk, sugar, tea, Udaipur | Comments Off

Japanese Eating Class at Ajisai Sushi Bar

Posted on July 14, 2011 by albatz

In our ‘eating’ course we went to Ajisai Sushi Bar for a traditional sushi menu, and had amazing fruit sushi, traditional sushi, spectacular flying fish sushi and pressed sushi. Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world, Vancouver | Tagged Asian food, cuisine, fish, flying fish, food, Japanese, restaurant, review, salmon, sashimi, sushi, tuna | Comments Off

Japanese Home-Cooking Class #2 at UBC Cont. Studies

Posted on July 13, 2011 by albatz

This class contained introductions to even more Japanese ingredients that I had never heard of. We started with miso soup with little beech mushrooms, and then began prepping the salads and the main course of mackerel, nimono and rice. Polished … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged Asian food, cooking, cuisine, fish, food, green tea, Japanese, menu, miso, ponzu, rice, salad, sauce, soup | Comments Off

Japanese Home Cooking Class # 1, UBC Cont. Studies

Posted on July 12, 2011 by albatz

Our class started with an introduction to a bewildering array of difficult-to-pronounce ingredients, most of which were to be used in the class recipes. We were to start with two different noodle ‘soups’, one hot, one cold. The udon noodle soup … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged Asian food, cooking, cuisine, daikon, daipping sauce, dashi, food, Japanese, mirin, mizuna, noodle, pancakes, rice wine, salad, seaweed, soba, soup, tofu, udon | Comments Off

In search of the best crab in Vancouver!

Posted on July 10, 2011 by albatz

http://www.kenschineserestaurant.com/ Ken’s Chinese: Hong Kong Style Café, 1097 KINGSWAY Every time Al’s birthday comes up he demands CRAB for his birthday dinner, and we head off in search of the best crab in the city! For many years we went … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged Asian food, beer, chicken, chiles, Chinese, crab, cuisine, food, menu, noodles, sambal | 1 Comment

A ‘roll your own’ sushi party!

Posted on June 14, 2011 by albatz

Here is a fun ‘interactive’ party; you set out the ingredients, the guests ‘roll their own’ cone sushi. The ingredients: NORI – large flat sheets of seaweed cut into ~ 4 inch squares SUSHI RICE – Japanese white rice (the … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged Asian food, crab, food, Japanese, salmon, sashimi, sushi, tuna, wasabi | Comments Off

Thai Masaaman yellow coconut curry recipe

Posted on June 13, 2011 by albatz

This recipe for Massaman yellow curry uses pork, normally a no-no in the predominantly Muslim area of southern Thailand, along with potatoes, lychee and pineapple. Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world, Thai | Tagged Asian food, cardamon, chiles, coconut, cooking, curry, fish sauce, food, lychee, Masaaman, peanuts, recipe, south Thai, tamarind, Thai food, yellow curry | Comments Off

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