Suanne and Ben’s Food and Travel Adventures from Vancouver, BC

Mar

Sweet Soy Pudding (Tou Foo Fa)

Posted by suanne Published in Dessert

When I grew up in Malaysia, it was a very common hawker food where the vendors walk from house to house screaming “Tou — Fooo — Faaa — Tou — Jeong — Sui”. We look forward to this which they usual come around in the afternoon. These days no one sells it this way anymore. It was quite common that this pudding is made in a big wooden barrel.

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Mar

Beef Stroganoff

Posted by suanne Published in Food Review

Beef Stroganoff, in its simplest form, is simply tender beef with a mushroom and sour cream sauce served over noodles, or even rice. The current accepted history of this dish dates back to the 1890s when a chef working for Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov, a famous Russian general, invented the recipe for a cooking competition in St. Petersburg.

I used egg white pasta to go with the Beef Stroganoff.

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Mar

Rice Krispies Squares

Posted by suanne Published in Snacks

A good breakfast cannot take the place of the evening meal.
~ Chinese Proverb
This week, Nanzaro wanted to make something for his brother’s birthday party and decided to make Rice Krispies Squares for him. We bought some “Christmas Special” package of Rice Krispies which comes with red and green rice krispies last Christmas and did [...]

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Mar

Dim Sum at Sun Sui Wah

Posted by ben Published in Chinese, Dim Sum

We went to the Sun Sui Wah Restaurant in Richmond just across from the Lansdowne Mall. It’s a very busy restaurant, especially in the weekend. We went early just as it opened before the weekend crowds starts streaming in.

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Mar

Frosted Cupcakes

Posted by suanne Published in Cakes

Words are sweet but they can never replace food.
~ Nigerian Proverb
Norman’s birthday coincidentally fell on spring break. He invited a few friends over to celebrate his birthday with him. So, instead of buying a cake from the bakery as we normally do in the past, I baked him some cupcakes instead. [...]

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Mar

Nachos

Posted by suanne Published in Snacks

Man is like pepper — you only know him when you’ve ground him.
~ Nigerian Proverb
I’ve never paid much attention to Mexican food. Maybe it’s because the names are so hard to remember and pronounce — or maybe there are too many syllables to those Mexican names! Maybe too, it’s because that I don’t [...]

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Mar

Xiao Long Bao from Richmond Public Market

Posted by ben Published in Food Review

Many of our Chinese friends had recommended that we try the buns from a stall called Tian Jing Northern Cuisine. The buns, called Xiao Long Bao (literally “little basket bun”), were very different in that it is not only filled with meat, it also is filled with broth! It’s amazing how they are made in such a way that the watery broth does not leak or absorb out. You gotta try it and see what I mean.

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Mar

Cinnamon Buns

Posted by suanne Published in Bread

I love cinnamon buns with cream cheese frosting, so does the others in the family. Everytime I walk past the bakeries or the bakery section in grocery stores I can’t help eyeing the yummy looking cinnamon buns (WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING) on the shelves. They are too expensive and costs a dollar or more each. Naw, I can make it much cheaper and tastes just equally as good.

This is my masterpiece — looks good? :-)

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Mar

Bah Kut Teh (Pork Rib Tea)

Posted by suanne Published in Pork, Soup

No matter if you eat a little or a lot of garlic, the smell is just as strong.
~ Tibetan Proverb
Bah Kut Teh (Hokkien for “pork rib tea”) is a soup served in Malaysia and Singapore. Story has it that it originated from a town in Malaysia called Port Klang. Generally it is [...]

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Mar

Pho Saigon on Kingsway

Posted by ben Published in Vietnamese

I missed authentic Asian food after a week in the states. While there Arkensen MSN’ed me and we agreed we should go for pho this weekend. We went to a place called Pho Saigon along the eastern end of Kingsway, you know, the section just before Kingsgate?