Chinese food!…When you think Chinese for dinner most times you think about take out… order…collect…enjoy at home? Right?… That’s usually the case for me to be honest, but sometimes I enjoy getting dressed up and having some delicious Chinese food at a restaurant. Valpark Chinese Restaurant has been around since I have known myself lol……
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CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI STIR FRY
What exactly do we mean by the term ‘stir fry’? Stir frying is used especially for Chinese food. It’s a method of cooking that involves cooking small pieces of meat/veggies over high heat usually in a wok or a frying pan and constantly stirring. I love Chinese food so today’s menu included a simple chicken…
‘CURRY’ EGG AND ‘ALOO’ (POTATO)
Curry is a favorite in Trinidad. Curry anything and Trinis will handle it! lol One unique dish is curry egg and aloo. Who came up with that? Not sure…but i’ll just say thanks much because I LOVE IT! 😀 Today’s menu included smoked herrings and tomatoes, egg and aloo with dhal and rice! Here’s my…
CORNED BEEF AND RICE
This blog post is especially for my Trini people! We LOVE ah good ‘corn beef’! Actually… corned beef was the first thing I ever cooked about 20 years ago! I have very fond memories of my pops cooking corned beef… it was a favorite for us! I remember the way he would say to cook…
CHICKEN SINGAPORE NOODLES, CHINESE STYLE CHICKEN & STEAMED WANTONS (Young Ho Lee’s Chinese Restaurant, El Socorro, Trinidad)
Chinese take out anyone? 🙂 Sometimes after a long day, all I feel for is some good Chinese food and a movie at home….and after a longgggg month, well, Chinese take out and a movie sounded exactly like what I needed! Thankfully, these days things are just a phone call away. I called and placed…
CHICKEN BIRYANI (MILD)
I love Indian cuisine…. the spices… the intense flavors…. the aromas… are all just amazing. The techniques involved and the specific spices used are a bit different from the West Indian methods of cooking that I am accustomed to; so usually I would purchase the biryani spice pack and follow the instructions. Today however I…
ALASKAN KING CRAB (Naked Crab, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
Trini crab is totally different not only in taste but size from what we tried at Naked Crab located on Seabreeze Boulevard in Ft Lauderdale. Priced at $59.99USD per pound, this was some massive crab. The serving option was either hot with melted butter or cold with mustard sauce. Our choice…hot! 😀 The one sad…
JENNA G THE HIJABI TT 