http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/11/sushi-at-mabuhay-lounge-sfo/ http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/11/sushi-at-mabuhay-lounge-sfo/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:39:06 +0000 virtual chef http://www.cafenilson.com/?p=5205 Even with Bay Bridge being closed, we made good time making it in 4 hours from Lake Tahoe to San Francisco International this Sunday.  It was a beautiful drive on Hwy 50 with the colors of Fall bursting on the mountainside.  There was hardly any traffic on the way to the airport so we got [...] http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/11/sushi-at-mabuhay-lounge-sfo/feed/ 1 http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/10/daring-bakers-french-macarons/ http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/10/daring-bakers-french-macarons/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:56:51 +0000 virtual chef http://www.cafenilson.com/?p=5144 The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe. I was so excited when this month’s Daring Bakers challenge was announced. Finally, I get to learn how to make these dainty-looking pastries! I had [...] http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/10/daring-bakers-french-macarons/feed/ 26 http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/10/spicy-fried-rice-noodles-with-beef/ http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/10/spicy-fried-rice-noodles-with-beef/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:50:14 +0000 virtual chef http://www.cafenilson.com/?p=5129 A great way to use up leftover beef! In my case, a doggie bag steak from the restaurant! Ingredients: 8 oz wide rice noodles 250 g beef, sliced thinly (leftovers work great!) 2 tbs fish sauce 2 tbs soy sauce 1 tbs sugar 5 thai bird chillis, minced 5 cloves garlic, minced 1 medium onion, chopped 1/4 cup vegetable oil a handful of fresh basil leaves 1 [...] http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/10/spicy-fried-rice-noodles-with-beef/feed/ 12 http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/10/pork-binagoongan-spicy-pork-in-shrimp-paste/ http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/10/pork-binagoongan-spicy-pork-in-shrimp-paste/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:01:48 +0000 virtual chef http://www.cafenilson.com/?p=5116 My friend Meldie makes a wonderfully tasty version of this Filipino dish. It is not so salty and just have the right spicing.  I think she uses raw shrimp paste and cooks it herself while I, on the other hand, relies on good old Barrio Fiesta spicy bagoong or shrimp paste.  My version adds coconut [...] http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/10/pork-binagoongan-spicy-pork-in-shrimp-paste/feed/ 11 http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/10/sweet-potato-biscuits/ http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/10/sweet-potato-biscuits/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:14:29 +0000 virtual chef http://www.cafenilson.com/?p=5104 In this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie , Erin of Prudence Pennywise chose Sweet Potato Biscuits on page 26 of Dorie Greenspan’s book Baking: From My Home to Yours. It was supposed to be soft and creamy textured with flaky layers, but as you can see from the photo above, my biscuits didn’t even rise enough to [...] http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/10/sweet-potato-biscuits/feed/ 12