Recipes & Cooking : American Recipes

Uni Pasta (Sea Urchin Pasta)

Uni Pasta (Sea Urchin Pasta)

This uni pasta or sea urchin pasta recipe was created a while ago for an old blog. I adapted the recipe from Eat A Duck I Must. I have never posted this recipe on Rasa Malaysia and thought this is a great recipe to share here. It’s a perfect dinner date recipe if you want to impress your guests or…

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Mini Crab Cakes

Mini Crab Cakes

How time flies and it’s already December and 2012 will come to an end very soon. December has always been one of my favorite months (other than my birth month of September). The holidays are coming and December is all about baking and also year-end and holiday parties. This time of year, it’s all about recipes that you love and…

Soft Shell Clams (Steamers) with Garlic Butter

Soft Shell Clams (Steamers) with Garlic Butter

Last weekend, we went to Redondo Beach to celebrate my friend’s birthday. Redondo Beach is probably one of my favorite places to go to in the Los Angeles area, not because of the spectacular views and the nice beaches, but for the seafood. If you are a local or have visited Redondo Beach, you will know that locals and tourists…

Clambake

Clambake

The essence of New England cuisine is centered around the amazing variety of fresh seafood found in this region. One outstanding recipe that truly showcases the abundance of New England’s seafood harvest is the Clambake. A traditional clambake is a major affair at the beach that involves a bonfire, heated rocks, seaweed and a large wet tarpaulin to steam the…

Longan, Mango and Pomegranate Popsicle

Longan, Mango and Pomegranate Popsicle

Can you believe that it’s almost August 2012? Soon it will be Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas. Anyway, while summer lasts, I wanted to share a popsicle recipe with you. I grew up with a lot of popsicles in Malaysia. Back home in Penang, we could buy really cheap, colorful, and exotic-tasting popsicles that feature the abundant fruits found…

Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Scallops

Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Scallops

Everyone loves their morning bacon, but you can use bacon in many other recipes, for example, these bacon-wrapped scallops. The crispy and greasy bacon adds a buttery and smoky flavor to the scallops, and the end result is always heavenly, especially when they are grilled. To make perfect grilled bacon-wrapped scallops, first you have to make sure that the scallops…

Spicy Basil Beef Salad

Spicy Basil Beef Salad

One of my favorite things to do is reading food and travel magazines. I usually go crazy when it’s summer as the newsstands are filled with all sorts of summer-themed magazines. Each with a mouthwatering cover and big bold text that pretty much screams “buy me and eat me.” Other than my regular magazine subscriptions, I usually succumb to these…

Lobster Roll

Lobster Roll

Let’s talk about your favorite summer seafood meals. For me, it’s simple peel and eat shrimp, lemongrass and Sriracha grilled shrimp or beer-steamed mussels and of course a cool starter like lobster and mango salad. What about all those extra hot dog buns left over from 4th of July? I’m thinking lobster salad again. Nothing fancy, just delicious chunks of…

Cabernet and Gorgonzola Burger Sliders

Cabernet and Gorgonzola Burger Sliders

To celebrate this year’s July 4th, I have invited my good friend Harry Soo at Slap Yo Daddy BBQ to share an all-American burger recipe with us. Harry also came from Penang, Malaysia, and is currently the top 10 BBQ Pitmaster in the United States. His barbeques are truly legendary and the BEST I have ever tasted. Please take a…

Korean Kalbi Taco

Korean Kalbi Taco

If you live in the Los Angeles area, I am sure you have heard of Kogi food truck and its famed Kogi taco. Kogi tacos pretty much launched the food truck culture and craze in the United States. For the longest time, I have wanted to share the recipe here and finally I got to do it over the weekend….

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