With all the great design blogs, craft blogs, and tech blogs to keep up with, who has time to spend drooling over all the food blogs out there? That’s where I come in. Each week I’ll be choosing a theme and subjecting myself to hunger pangs as I scour the web in search of tasty recipes that anyone can make.
This week, I bring you a fresh batch of recipes that are having an identity crisis. The ingredients are fresh off the boat from Asia, but the preparations are decidedly un-Asian. Psychological issues aside, the cross-cultural heritage of these dishes have worked out very well!
Our cocktail this week comes via CHOW, courtesy of Donald Link from
Cochon (incidentally my favorite restaurant in NOLA). While he may be known for his porcine prowess, he makes a mighty mean mojito as well, and this Japanese-Cuban lovechild is proof. Muddling a whole Satsuma mandarin extracts the essential oils in the rind, giving this tipple an Asian aroma.
I know, I know... It's cheating to pull stuff off my own blog, but this dish fit the theme so well, I couldn't resist. It's made with sea urchin, crispy asian pear, tangy grapefruit (which is a descendant of the Asian Pomelo) and a fragrant gelée made from dashi and yuzu juice.
Divina from
Sense & Serendipity had a serendipitous experience while having beef adobo for lunch one day and decided to try pairing it with gnocchi. The result is this gorgeous Italipino dish that I'd consider selling an organ to taste. Thankfully, the recipe is on the other end of this link so you can keep your kidney and enjoy a bowl of this delightful
Braised Beef Short Rib Adobo on Potato Gnocchi.
This work of sheer genius by Fujimama of
La Fuji Mama speaks for itself.
Fried wontons with cinnamon and sugar is never a bad thing, but the salted butter caramel sauce just takes this dessert to another level. They even have a mobius-strip-like geometry to maximize their caramel holding capacity.
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