Cream Stew

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Cream stew is a homey Japanese dish comprising of meat and vegetables cooked in a creamy roux-based gravy.  I would think that it was influenced by the French 'blanquette de veau'.  I remembered my parents would occasionally purchase the prepared blocks of roux from the Japanese … [Read more...]

Watercress, Pork & Pear Bone Broth/Soup

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This is a classic Chinese style bone broth that is great for when the weather is hot, due to the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) properties of the ingredients used.  You may raise an eyebrow at that, but Chinese believe that food have various intrinsic properties and in this … [Read more...]

Sweet Potato Vermicelli with Meat and Vegetable Sauce

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This dish was a happy result of a change of mind while cooking dinner.  I've not had the chance to sit down and plan the week's meals ahead of time, and this has resulted in a lot of improvisations and experimentation, some of which were good and some of which were plain odd (but … [Read more...]