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San Tung (山东小馆) is a restaurant in San Francisco that serves chicken wings that are just delicious. Ever since my first visit, I have been curious how they are made. After eating many orders, talking to insiders and reading a few books, I have uncovered their secret; the wings are actually a fusion of Chinese [...]

This is a childhood favorite of mine. Sometimes I make it with eggs, other times without eggs, or even eggs only.
Ingredients:
1 cup wine
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 cups water
sugar
ginger
2 lbs chicken (6-8 drumsticks)
4-6 eggs (optional)

Directions:
1. Place 2 lbs of chicken drumsticks into a stock pot.

2. Cut some ginger, and add it to the stock pot along [...]

This is one of my favorite Taiwanese meals (滷肉飯).  Usually it takes hours to simmer, but I’ve got it down to less than an hour. Just make a pot of rice (or if you have a Zojirushi rice cooker, just set it for when you get home from work), make this.. and viola- Taiwanese dinner!
Prep [...]

A few weeks ago, I got a request from Cindy for a dumpling party at my place. I host one every once in a while and it’s always a hit.. This time was even better, especially since I had willing volunteers who happily sat and did all the manual labor.. I mean they made [...]