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TAP: The Sweets

Posted in Culture, TAP Cuisine on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I must confess that I have never liked traditional Chinese desserts.  Where is the chocolate?
While americanized chinese restaurants usually distribute oranges and fortune cookies (a US invention) at the end of your greasy meal, the traditional chinese desserts are in the form of a hot pudding or hot sweet soup.  I tend to think of [...]

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TAP: Fishballs

Posted in TAP Cuisine on September 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Think of fishballs as the equivalent of meatballs.  Just substitute your beef/pork/chicken with fish.  The same way meatballs are made with mystery meat some times, fishballs are made with mystery fish.  It’s all pulverized so it really doesn’t matter as much.
Fishballs are served in several ways.  The most popular is fishballs in noodle soups.  Then [...]

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The Asian Palette (TAP): Hong Kong Style Milk Tea

Posted in Hong Kong, TAP Cuisine on August 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I have an Asian Palette.  I am not sure how one defines it, but for me, it means a rice-based diet, cooked vegetables, soy sauce and anti-butter.  I’m quite sure this is not the definition of asian palette, btw.
I thought I will write about some food/drinks which are generally not western-palette friendly.  Not yet, anyways.  [...]

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