Food the Wong Way

Category: Eating Out

  • Spam Musubi – the best picnic sandwich ever!

    I used to think vacations to Hawaii were over-rated and so cliche (cheap flights from the west coast! All your co-workers are doing it!), until i finally went. Then i realized why everybody in the Pacific Northwest tries to head out here in the Nth month of rain -it’s great! There’s a reason it’s a…

  • Guest Blog: General Tso’s Chicken!

    I was inspired by a documentary and couldn’t shake my need to visit the General. Fairly quick, kinda tasty, really fried, and sweet. Je suis Tso. -Kris J. The General Ingredients: 1 pound of chicken (I prefer thighs) Some mayonnaise for coating chicken* Dry Coating (inspired/copied from Serious Eats): ½ cup of flour ½ cup…

  • Milan, Italia! Lemon Garlic Pasta & Seared Sea Scallops

    That’s right, for the few of you who may have puzzled at the last post, I was in Milan last week a few weeks ago visiting my good friends, J & G. A confluence of events created a last minute opportunity I just couldn’t pass up, despite the usual work pressures. Sleeping in on Monday…

  • oops

    Sorry, I missed getting the usual two posts in the last couple weeks. I’ve been busy with life..

  • Food-Related Entertainment: Street Food Market in NYC, and a whiny letter to you

    One of my favorite food celebrities is working on bringing a street food market to New York City. Anthony Bourdain! See this article from grubstreet for more details. Well, that’s exciting, especially for New Yorkers, I imagine. You know what’s not exciting? The gastroenterological issues I found with the most recent food combo I took…

  • Happy Holidays!

    Okay, I admit it, I am not the only one who does the cooking in my house, somebody taught my spouse to do it too (and sometimes better). Thanks be to those people. Happy Holidays, dear readers!

  • Cranksgiving Seattle 2013

    Cranksgiving Seattle 2013

    In the last few years, through a dramatic health-related life event, I have (a)become a little more acutely grateful of being alive at all, and (b)felt a more urgent need to put in the time investments now to ensure a longer and healthier life. So in that vein, after the unhappy consequences of Reduced Sugar…

  • Potato & Leek Gratin

    (Vet’s Day bonus entry) Monday was one of those bonus days in life, with a little extra time for good living. Thanks, US Holiday schedule and indescribable sacrifice of military service members. A friend of mine convinced me it would be a good idea to bike to brunch on the south end of Lake Union,…