Kayoko here, filling in for Yoko. From here on out, just call me (Ka)Yoko.

By now, I’m sure you know what ponzu is. I don’t even have to explain it to you. In fact, it’s such a part of our colloquialism that I don’t even need to italicize it! Oh you know, it’s that tangy, citrusy,
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Since my last post on an early Thanksgiving dinner, I went down to Fort Lauderdale, soaked in a lot of sun, darkened up the way a real Asian guy should look, then came back to a freezing NYC.

I am depressed. I want more sun.

I was going to write about my food experiences
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Aubergines are one of my favourite vegetables and I will always choose an aubergine dish if I can at restaurants (except if there’s beef, and I have to admit baba ganoush still defeats me). And nothing goes better with aubergine than oil. Life
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London is scorching this week and what better way to spend a weekend than by getting a bit of sunny goodness with an absorbing book at Waterlow Park, next to Highgate Cemetary where my father’s hero, Karl Marx, is buried. I get to use my brain, immerse myself in
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It’s sugar snap pea season! These beans are so sweet and only need a minute in the frying pan, which means it’s perfect for us LASYASSES.

Remember when I wrote about chinese sausages, aka lap cheong
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Spare me the formalities and let me present to you: The Cold Tofu Salad.

- Cold tofu, the kind you get in the square plastic container in the refrigerated section of the store. Your best bet is to get the House
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This dish so easy, I’m almost embarassed to write this. I mean, everyone needs to eat their vegetables, even lazy people, right?

I got these oyster mushrooms at the Chinese market for $2! Use whatever
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