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Make Your Own Vietnamese Curry Powder

November 13, 2011

Before any other curry touched my lips, there was Vietnamese curry. It was, and still is, a staple at my mom’s house. Coconut and tomato based, thickened by starchy potatoes, I prefer my Viet curry not too soupy-thin yet not too stewy-thick. Like all curries and stews, it’s better the next day. I promise to provide [...]

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Join me for this month’s Delicious Vietnam blogging event!

November 1, 2011

Remember when I said I was obsessed with making curries lately? One particular curry I have been thoroughly obsessing about is Vietnamese Curry. The problem is that I’ve nearly run out of Vietnamese curry powder! Yes, there is actually a very specific thing as Vietnamese curry powder and here is what one of the brands [...]

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Emirati Recipe: Lamb Biryani (La-ham biryani)

October 24, 2011

“Where are the Emirati restaurants in Dubai?” When I first moved here, almost four years ago, I used to ask this question a lot. I soon stopped asking because I would get the same responses over and over. Either, “I don’t know,” or “Emirati food is in Emirati homes,” or “Local House in Bastakia.” There [...]

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Cooking Challenge: Homemade Appams and a Spicy Shrimp Curry

October 20, 2011

I have been obsessed with curries lately. Japanese curries made with dashi, Vietnamese curries infused with lemongrass, Thai curries in all their colors (red, green, yellow and could we pretend that penang is a color?), and of course the endless combinations of spices that make up Indian curries (which are quite prevalent here in Dubai). [...]

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Chicken Curry Spring Rolls (“Cary Cha Gio”)

October 9, 2011

Vietnamese fried springs rolls are probably one of my top 10 favorite foods. These little crispy bundles of a delicious meat-seafood combination are flavored with Vietnamese fish sauce and traditionally rolled with rice paper. To make them extra crispy, the rice paper should be moistened in water that has been mixed with corn starch. I’ve [...]

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Please Don’t Tell Anyone I Made Croissants for Afternoon Tea

October 7, 2011

TEA. Say that word to me and I will think of Jasmine tea and yum cha. Two things I grew up with in New York. But when spoken at my in-laws in Scotland, it usually means dinner (like that meal you have after lunch. Lunch being the meal one would have around noon in case [...]

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A Cake-a-Thon for UAE Food Bloggers

September 30, 2011

Last weekend was a busy one for Fooderati Arabia (aka FiA) – the UAE food bloggers group. On Friday, we celebrated FiA’s one-year birthday with a sugar-high afternoon full of cakes, cakes, and more cakes. Yes, a Cake-a-thon! Then on Saturday, we attended a Food Bloggers Breakfast at Tavola where we were given presentations on [...]

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Golden Chicken Consomme (with Chicken Cilantro Gyoza)

September 16, 2011

Wee Scotch and I are finally back in Dubai, after 8 weeks away, and slowly settling back into desert life with Scotch and into the incredibly hot 100-degree (38°C) weather. Upon arriving at the Dubai airport, I changed from winter wear to a short sleeve shirt but by the time I had reached our car [...]

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