Yummy Lumpia Plate

Update: Gonna leave this at the top til after New Years. Just a quick heads up for everyone. We will be running some modified hours due to the Christmas and New Years holidays. Dec. 24th 11am-6pm Dec. 25-26 Closed Jan. 1 Closed Also all gifts are 20% off until Christmas! Make sure to come by and stock up for the holidays and snag those last minute gifts. Also try out some of the holiday recipes we have posted on here, especially at New Years to usher in good luck. Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon!

As the colder weather grows ever more constant, we all desire that nice warm bowl of soup to heat us up. Combine this cold weather with the upcoming New Year and one dish instantly comes to mind. Ddeok-guk (떡국). A savory dish, that is most famous for the rice cakes in it. It is both filling and hearty, the perfect meal for a cold evening. In Korea Ddeok-guk is consumed on New Years Day to signify the transition into the new year. Try it on New Years or anytime Jack Frost comes calling. Recipe courtesy: maangchi.com Read More Ingredients: sliced rice cake, beef brisket, garlic, fish sauce, green onion, eggs, laver (dried sea plant), sesame oil, black ground pepper. Directions: 1. Boil 8 cups of water in a pot. 2. Soak 3 cups of sliced rice cake in cold water. 3. Chop 100 grams (about 1 cup-1.5 cup) of beef brisket into small pieces. 4. Prepare 3 eggs in 2 small bowls: In the first bowl, put 2 egg yolk; In the second bowl, put 2 egg white and 1 egg; Add a pinch of salt to each b...

We will be closed on Friday the 26th. Sorry for the inconvenience and late notice. Normal hours return Saturday.

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Though Thanksgiving is traditionally viewed as an American holiday, various countries around the world celebrate their own form of Thanksgiving. Japan - Labor Thanksgiving Day aka 勤労感謝の日 aka Kinrō kansha no hi. Originally a rice harvest holiday, since 1948 it has been dedicated to human rights. Korea - Chuseok aka 추석. Another harvest celebration with the dates varying every year. This year it was celebrated on Oct 3. Pakistan - Eid ul Fitr. A three day celebration marking the end of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. Philippines - Pahiyas Festival. A harvest festival (anyone else see a trend?) celebrated in Quezon since the 16th century. So no matter where you find yourself, chances are someone is celebrating their own form of Thanksgiving. For us here, we are thankful for our family and friends. Our new son and of course all of our customers who make a lot of this possible. Here's wishing all of you a Happy Thanksgiving.

Talk about falling down on the job. Sorry this post is running late but we just got done with a restock so drop by and check out what we got. Back to the regularly scheduled post. For today's recipe I opted for an Asian fusion dish. Thursday is Thanksgiving Day here in America, but this holiday has little to no meaning outside of the US. As such, there aren't really any specifically Asian dishes for this holiday. There are, however, Asian tastes that can be applied to your meal to spice it up a little, and offer a bit of a twist on the traditional meal. Click below to see today's recipe. Read More Choose between two presentations for this recipe of intense Thai flavors. The first, more dramatic, is served in a whole pumpkin that is steamed with the soup inside. When serving, you may scoop out bits of cooked pumpkin meat although the flavor of the squash is in the soup. The second is cooked with diced kabocha squash and is served in a tureen or individual soup bowls. This is...

To start off the culture section I decided to tackle a fun one. From fancy to simple chopsticks have become the unofficial symbol of Asian food. Found in almost all sushi bars and Chinese restaurants, they are a challenge at first but quickly but extensions of the hand. Though many Americans got their introduction to chopsticks from Mr. Miyagi, chopsticks have been around since at least the Shang Dynasty of China. That's a little over 3000 years. From China their use spread across much of Asia, to Japan, Korea and even Vietnam. The name chopstick is derived from Chinese slang "chop chop" for quick. For some fun next time you are eating out, try asking for chopsticks as they are known in Asia. Japan- hashi Korean- jeokkarak Mandarin- kuaizi Vietnamese- đũa As with many things, there are some etiquette rules that should be followed when using chopsticks. Most are common sense such as don't use as drumsticks or as toys, but others, such as don't stand chopsticks up i...

As the weather grows colder, stews become very appealing for their ability to ward off the chill. Keeping this in mind today's recipe is just that, a stew. Not just any stew though, this is chanko nabe. This is the meal that helps sumo wrestlers beef up. Hearty and filling, the stew alone won't pack on the pounds but it will help cut the edge off of a cold evening. For more information on the history of chanko nabe head over to Banzuke . Ingredients: (ingredients in orange available at the store) 3 lbs. chicken bones 1 2.8-oz. package abura-age (deep-fried tofu), cut into large pieces 1 clove garlic, peeled 1/4 cup soy sauce 2 tbsp. mirin (sweet rice wine) Salt 1 medium potato, peeled, quartered lengthwise, sliced crosswise, and blanched 2" piece daikon , peeled, quartered lengthwise, sliced crosswise, and blanched 1 small carrot, trimmed, peeled, sliced on the bias, and blanched 1 leek, white part only, trimmed, washed, and sliced on the bias 1/4 head...