My plate of negi miso rosu arrived with the pork drenched in thick black miso and topped with a big handful of roughly chopped leeks. It seems like a waste to drown the fried pork in sauce, but the meat was hearty enough to stand up to the miso, especially with the well-distributed pockets of fat that come with a good cut of rosu.
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Rachel bakes delicious cupcakes
The Lychee Rose cupcake was unmistakably rose-scented in a dreamy and delicate way. The lychee filling was chunky and paired well with the rest of the ingredients. Of all the cupcakes we had that day, this was easily my favourite.
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Dialing in our pour over coffee brewing variables (Mark I)
It’s been about a month since my timer scale arrived, marking the start of my journey down the pour over coffee rabbit hole. Using single-origin Guatemala beans from Mt Whitney Coffee Roasters, I’ve been making our morning V60 brew by adjusting three variables: (i) filter material, (ii) coffee/water ratio, (iii) grind size and keeping track of our individual tasting scores.
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Seven vegetables on the seventh day of the Chinese New Year
The seventh day of the Chinese New Year is known as 人日. It’s traditional to have lo hei (捞鱼生) on that day, but for Teochew people, it’s also the day that they cook seven vegetables (七样菜 or 七样羹).
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Oh dear, I think we got The Old Folks hooked on Choya Yuzu
They called us the next day to say that it was very good and that they really liked it. Which was basically code for: “Please bring more next time.”
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Running down our expiring Krisflyer miles
Our next few flights will be within the region, starting with Japan in 2023 Q1, followed by South Korea in 2023 Q4 and Taiwan in 2024 Q2. Based on current redemption rates for Business class tickets, this will be enough to wipe out our expiring Krisflyer miles.
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Soft food is the best food
SBCD sources their soybeans from Paju in South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province. Apparently Paju is famous for two things, one being their Jangdanbaekmok certified strain of soybeans and the other being its proximity to the DMZ separating the two Koreas. I’m not sure how those two things are related, but I do know that their tofu is very mashisoyo.
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The adorable old folks at Poh Guan Cake House
ME (turns to SHOP AUNTIE #2 and asks a question that probably no one has ever dared to ask before): “Auntie, 有什么东西不好吃的吗?”
A whirlwind tour of A Whirlwind Tour of Python
“A Whirlwind Tour of Python” by Jake VanderPlas is a handy little reference for those with some prior programming experience but who are new to Python. It is compact (only 98 pages) yet feature rich, and is a good starting point for picking up Python.
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I probably should clean the coffee grinder more often
Hmm… come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever taken apart my DeLonghi KG89 grinder to clean. I know it sounds gross, but please don’t judge. And also, better late than never.
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