Chinese Pot Sticker Dumplings:

Chinese Pot Sticker Dumplings: thekitchenman loves a good pot sticker wonton. Lots of restaurants serve up the frozen packaged variety. A good indication that a cook is worthy is by his pot sticker. On January 28th Chinese New Year many familys sit around a table and prepare the family celbration for good fortune. My favourite retaurant makes the dumplings that are so lite and tasty. Yum! I was shown this recipe by the chefs grandmother who for some 80 years made the family dumplings each day. Now that’s dedication. My chef friend and myself sat around a table and I...

Pad Thai.

Victoria Street in east Vancouver has a huge populous of Vietnamese/ Malaysians dot the street with signage that is hard to decipher. I just walk in and check out the menu and look around at who’s eating what. These small eateries are very open most with cafeteria style seating. They like when person who looks like he is well fed comes in a takes a seat like a regular. What’s the special of this casa? The answer comes from a young college diner, it’s Poppa Moon’s Pad Thai. …After a few short conversations I find that this family was well...

Double Delicious Shrimp Frittata

Double Delicious Shrimp Frittata I was at the top of my game and Restaurant Mogul K Chung hired me on to head his new restaurant called “Charade”! This was one of the most stunning contemporary dining rooms during the day and at night turn social bar. The table tops were all marble and the bar was made from mahogany, marble, jade and gold leaf. The flatware was custom embroidered and sided with fine porcelain bone china. A thousand gallon marine aquarium was surrounded by lush tropical landscape. Craftsmen came from all over to paint murals, lay decorative tile work,...

India Inspired Six Pack!

          India Inspired Six Pack! My love for Indian Foods has giving me a much broader respect for the word curry. Curry is a generic description used throughout Western culture to describe a variety of dishes from Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, African, Thai and other Southeast Asian cuisines. The major spices found in most South Asian curry powders contain turmeric, coriander, and cumin; but a wide range of additional spices may be additions depending on the geographic regional location and the food items being included; meats,...

Pineapple and Mango Salsa

Pineapple and Mango Salsa I love to cook using lots of spices and herbs that bring out the best of flavours in my personal recipes. I found that once you roast and blend some chosen spices like cardamom, anise, fennel, cumin, coriander and turmeric you have a good flavourful lite spice mixture that has no burning heat until you add some spicy hot peppers like cayenne or red/green chilies. Making a tasty salsa to dip corn chips or grilled pita breads in is simple to prepare and with little effort. Just use some different spices that add a little character to your own...

Knotty Pine Scones

Buttermilk Scones. This old fashioned British Isle styled bakery made the scones topped with some fresh strawberry preserves and sided with a good cup of English tea they made a great morning nosh. One of the most requested items at the old Knotty Pine Kofe Bar where I worked were the buttermilk scones that were made fresh each day by the hundreds. These flaky light biscuits were topped with tuna salad, minced ham or used for an eggs benny. The cheddar cheese were by far the number one seller but the raisin, apricot, date and the cheddar bacon were sold out each and...