Fire Pot?

 We all heard of hotpot but what is fire pot? My first time doing fire pot was in this authentic Thai place named Montien located in Chinatown, Boston. I found it very cool because I never seen a pot with a flame coming out. This is also one of the differences between a thai fire-pot and a chinese hotpot.We ordered the tom yum fire pot with seafood and veggies in it.

Stir-fry Clams

National Clam Day everyone:)

I love clams especially the flavorful ones. My favorite is certainly the stir fry clams with black bean sauce and scallions. Why? It is more juicy. Guess what you can find these delicious clams in some authentic dim sum or chinese restaurants. In the past, I have visited one of the dim sum restaurants called Hei Lam Moon located in Boston Chinatown. They have a variety of great dim sum and chinese dishes. The clam dish is totally my favorite dish to order from there.

Raw oysters!

What kind of oyster eater are you? There are many different kinds of oysters but which one you like the best? Personally I am not a big oyster fan but I don't mine trying it once in a while. Commonly, you will find east coast oysters and west coast oysters in most of the restaurants. For people who don't know the difference they will ask the server, "what's the difference?"

East coast oysters are more salty and bigger than the west coast oysters. The west coast ones are more creamy, smaller and sweeter.

Seafood Paella

Yesterday was also National Paella day besides Easter day. Paella is one of the popular dishes in most Spanish restaurants. It is a rice dish with meats and veggies that served in either a black casserole or flat pan. My favorite is the seafood paella and the best one I have tried so far is in Guantanamera located in midtown west. The entree comes with yellow saffron rice, mussels, shrimps, squids and a baby lobster tail.

Lobster Ravioli

Happy National Ravioli Day everyone:-)

Who doesn't like ravioli? In Italian, "ravioli" means "to wrap." Ravioli pasta is all about the filling and the sauce but sometimes it really depends on what I'm in the mood for. My favorite is ravioli with seafood filling e.g. lobster, crab, etc. and topped with either creamy pesto sauce or fresh tomato & artichoke sauce.

I ordered this dish from an Italian restaurant..don't recalled the name but it's located in Little Italy. It was so creamy and delicious.

Juicy Octopus

Tender and chewy grilled octopus served in II Palazzo, a fine dining Italian restaurant located in Little Italy. The portion was a great size and it came with argula,tomatoes, potatoes and onions. I'm glad that it wasn't dry at all because of the sauce so it's easy for me to chew it. For those of you who are octopus lover, this is definitely one of the best restaurants to try it.

Seared Scallops

Scallops are one of my favorite seafood. Most of my friends asked me do I like it seared or baked? You know what...I like the seared scallops better because it is more crispy on the outside and a bit rare in the center. Baked scallops can be dry sometimes but most importantly depends on how it's made. One of the best scallop dishes I tried was in Navy Beach, a seafood restaurant with a beautiful beach view located in Montauk, NY. The whole entree came with yellow rice, peas, shrimps and three big pieces of scallops...Nom..nom:-p

Skate Wing

For those of you who are seafood lovers, isn't it hard to find restaurants served skate fish nowadays?

I love seafood and skate is one of my favorite fish. I was invited by a friend for dinner at this restaurant called Mermaid Inn in the east village. While looking at the menu, I was so excited that they have the "local skate wing" as an entree dish in their menu. It came with kale and some other light veggies. The skate wing itself tasted really good but the kale was a bit more on the salty side. 

 

 

Sea Bass Tempura

Sick of veggies and shrimp tempura? Check out this yummy chilean sea bass tempura in this romantic restaurant called Koi.
It is located next to the Bryant Park hotel and the setting is very romantic.

We ordered the chilean sea bass tempura for starter and this is absolutely the most filling one out of all the appetizers. The taste was great; crispy and not too spicy.

Best hotpot place in NYC🍲

#Hotpot is trending this season due to the cold weather and there are many different restaurants serving different type of hotpots. The question is: Which place is the best that can offer a unique experience with great food choices? Over the weekend, my cousin and I went to brunch at #99 Favor Taste for their amazing hotpot. 

Pros: Served both hotpot and BBQ, authentic food & soup base options, featured two sauce stations with a variety of dipping sauce, free desserts (2 choices of tong sui), spacious setting with 2 floors, offer individual hotpot (optional choice to get a small individual pot instead of sharing a big pot with your group), accept reservations, friendly service and tech-savvy (earn points for free drinks and birthday freebies through the QR Code reader app).

We ordered fuzhou #fish balls (fish balls with meats inside), beef, quail eggs, lamb, crabs, squids, fish tofu, straw mushrooms, and other veggies.
In terms of sauce, I would recommend trying the seafood pancake sauce and chive sauce.

chinese herbal, kimchi and pig bone soup base

chili sauce, chive sauce and seafood pancake sauce

Fuzhou fish balls and quail eggs

 

Meats and veggies

Quick 15-20 min dinner recipe

Anyone looking to make a simple, quick and yummy dinner?

I made a Chinese/American fusion noodle dish for dinner tonight.

Ingredients:
-chinese egg noodles (from hong kong market)
-olive oil
-shrimps
-seafood cocktail sauce
-siracha sauce
-salt, pepper and ginger powder
-Vegetable blend (frozen veggies from Trader's Joe)



1. Boil some hot water in a pot. When the water is ready, put some salt before adding the egg noodles.
2. Stir the egg noodles until it gets pliable.
3. While waiting for the noodles to be ready, prepare and defrost some frozen vegetable blends and shrimps by soaking into hot water.
4. Seasoned the toppings (shrimps & veggies) with salt, pepper, ginger powder, seafood cocktail sauce and a little siracha sauce then mixed it up with a spoon or knife.
5. Heat up the toppings in the microwave and while you're waiting it's time to take the egg noodles out from the pot.
6. Finally you take the toppings out from the microwave and pour it on the egg noodles. Now you can eat:p