Sesame mochi is different from the other mochis. The coat is hard and chewy. The black sesame filling oozes out as I press the fork down. The filling, salty, sweet and resembling wet sand, is addictive. It’s a wonderful mochi.…
The tea purists will never forgive me, but I’m not a purist. I like to experiment. This tea studying thing started as me trying to learn as much about tea as possible to pair it with food or to cook…
Winnie Yu, the owner of Teance, was the special guest speaker of TeaCal today. Instead of trying new teas, we spent the hours doing 3 blind taste tests. 1. Chinese red tea vs. Assam: They’re both in the “black tea”…
The title says it all: I did an experiment with Tieguanyin (oolong tea): I boiled some bokchoy for dinner, then I used the boiled bokchoy water to steep the tea. This experiment sounds odd and frugal, which is partly true:…