Easy Recipe for the Best Chinese Radish or Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go 蘿蔔糕)

Posted by Melody Fury on Feb 8, 2013 | 0 comments

I posted a photo on Instagram earlier and did not expect the overwhelming number of recipe requests.  I shouldn’t be surprised, as lo bak go (蘿蔔糕) is a well loved dim sum item.  Moreover, it’s a Chinese New Year staple.

Savoury meat-studded steamed cakes (e.g. made with radish or taro root) and dessert steamed cakes (e.g. red bean, water chestnut, sticky brown sugar coconut) represent optimism towards a more prosperous year.  (“Cake” in Chinese is homonymic with “rising up”).

Best Meal of 2012: Yakitori and Chicken Sashimi at Akira 焼鶏 あきら in Naka-meguro, Tokyo Japan

Posted by Melody Fury on Dec 31, 2012 | 0 comments

It’s another amazing year’s end and 2013 is upon us.  Looking back, 2012 has been an exceptional year of eating, or rather, feasting.  I do consider myself very blessed in many areas of life, and food is a highlight that I cannot ignore.

Sway, A New Modern Thai Restaurant Opens in Austin TX

Posted by Melody Fury on Dec 15, 2012 | 0 comments

Alas, my blog has fallen behind. Between my new job in Austin (woohoo!) and operating Vancouver Food Tour, I have little free time left.

I’m absolutely pooped by the end of most days and somehow manage to drag my butt to boot camp.  Between all of that, we still try to cook and entertain as much as possible. 

How to Sous Vide a Turkey for Thanksgiving or the Holidays

Posted by Melody Fury on Oct 24, 2012 | 2 comments

Even though I am away from Vancouver, I made it a point to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving this year.  For one, the thought of seeing all the celebratory food that my friends were enjoying back home would have been too much to bear. 

5 Best Mexican Cocktail Recipes from La Condesa Austin’s Happy Hour

Posted by Melody Fury on Oct 3, 2012 | 2 comments

I perk up like a puppy that hears the mailman approaching when my husband texts me 2 simple words:
“Happy Hour?”

Ugly Photos of my Swollen Face – What am I Reacting to?

Posted by Melody Fury on Sep 28, 2012 | 33 comments

These are probably the ugliest photos that you’ll ever see of me but I don’t really care right now.  For the past few months, my face has been swelling up mysteriously.  Namely, my eyes and lips have swelled up at alarming rates without warning.

Wildebeest Restaurant in Vancouver and their Horseradish Sour Cocktail Recipe

Posted by Melody Fury on Sep 21, 2012 | 0 comments

I came, I ate, I conquered.

I spent an entire month in Vancouver