Behind-The-Scenes At Black Seed Bagels
Every morning at 5am, the oven at Black Seed Bagels is already on. When I arrived on a Friday morning at 5:30am, Dianna Daoheung was already tending to the oven, setting things up, sweeping, getting...
View ArticleGolden Hour Photo Series Volume 1
I’m not a fan of taking portraits. I never do well with directing people. I’m OK with candid shots but when it comes to telling people…oh can you do this, can you do that, can you look this way…I suck...
View ArticleMy End Of 2015 Fried Chicken Post
– My 2015 Favorites Manhattan InnIf I had to pick the ONE fried chicken that just totally blew me away, this would be it. I can’t believe none of the food media people wrote about this. Forget fuku,...
View ArticleThe Year For Chinese Pastries
Are you familiar with Chinese bakeries? They’re pretty rare outside of Chinatown. Chinese bakeries are awesome because they offer such a wide range of baked goods and pastries and it’s also common to...
View ArticleClay Pot Rice With Chinese Sausages And Cured Pork Belly
I’ve been thinking about my childhood a lot lately. Started late last year when I had an idea about traveling to Hong Kong and just eat. Eat the food that I ate when I was a kid and to just learn more...
View ArticleMatcha Waffles With Yuzu Whipped Cream And Chocolate Sauce
Initially I bought matcha powder because I wanted to make Molly’s matcha oreos but…..I got lazy. Oh and this was back in November 2015. So the jar of matcha powder just sat on my desk, very sad and...
View ArticleEl Rey
Recently I did a photo shoot for Sweet, a brand new Snapchat channel from Hearst. The shoot was with Chef Gerardo Gonzalez at El Rey.
View ArticleMini XO Sauce Chicken Pies
Happy Chinese New Year! I started 2016 with a food project. I wanted people to cook/bake/make Chinese pastries, I wanted people to get excited about Chinese pastries like they do with doughnuts and...
View ArticleMatcha Cake With Yuzu Curd And A Lesson In Reading The Recipe
There’s a reason why I don’t bake. It takes too much effort and you REALLY have to follow the recipe. I tend to not thoroughly read the recipe, I’ll skim through the recipe and just sort of get the...
View ArticleMy Childhood Inspired Curry Fish Balls
There are few things that stick out when I think of my childhood in Hong Kong. 1) That one time I was wandering around while my mom was watching my sister’s ballet recital. I was outside by myself and...
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