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Pickles and Tea Stir-fry Tag

Stir-fried Eggs with Heirloom Tomatoes (西红柿炒鸡蛋)

16 Oct, by Pat Tanumihardja in Chinese, Comfort food, Entrees, Kid-friendly, Recipes, Stir-frying, Vegetable

Ask anyone of Chinese descent and they’ll most likely tell you stir-fried eggs and tomatoes was a staple dish on their when-I-was-growing-up table. Just like lola’s pancit or obachan’s niku jaga, each family has their own rendition of this homestyle, comforting dish. Yes to Shaoxing Chinese...

Happily Sprouted: What a difference a tail, or rather no tail, makes

29 May, by Pat Tanumihardja in Appetizers, Chinese, Thai

When I was a little girl, I hated mung bean sprouts, which we call “tauge” in Indonesian or "dou ya" (literally "bean sprout") in Mandarin. At the market, they’re often labeled simply bean sprouts. It had nothing to do with their bland flavor or the weird crunchy...