Thai Curry Crab Recipe

I like to eat with my fingers. I know, I know…I am a chef and I shouldn’t do such things…but I do. Maybe that is why I love Thai food so much, and the foods of South East Asia for that matter. It is as rustic as it gets, and if you want [...]

Dumpster Diving v.2.2 – Rice (Congee/Juk Recipe)

Monday’s…I really don’t know what to say about them except that they are usually my day off. Sleeping in, doing laundry, and attempting to catch up on my “other” life are the goals for the day. After a day of wine tasting yesterday I awoke to a very busy day off. Opening day for [...]

Black Garlic Recipe, Aged and Impressions

Black garlic…it seems that there is quite a buzz these days about this tasty yet exotic ingredient. I kinda stumbled on this when an editorial assistant sent me an email asking questions for an upcoming issue. I know, I know I should have been “in the know” but with the hotel nearing completion and [...]

Dragonfruit (dragon fruit) or Pitaya

Between the hotel and moving my residence I have had no time to write about anything. I was shopping at 99 ranch the other day and saw, much to my surprise one of my all time favorite fruits…Dragonfruit. Either by not paying attention when I am shopping or just some bad luck/timing I have [...]

Menu highlight – Roasted Jidori Chicken

Menu highlights is a new feature that I am going to start doing on occasion. Highlighting items off our breakfast, lunch, dinner and small plates menu’s, offering you a bit more of a description that can be placed on our menu or that our server’s can remember. This is an opportunity lost to most [...]

Keta Salmon Ramen Recipe – Dumpster Diving

So I have been a but busy of late trying to get the restaurant open. I was hoping to have some photo’s of some of the dishes from the Glass Door restaurant but we are awaiting (as of this writing) our health inspection. So that leaves me and you with one more dumpster diving [...]

Beef Tendon

So I was cleaning out my freezer this morning and low and behold…I found a pack of beef tendon. One of my most favorite soups back when I lived in Vietnam was one of fresh egg noodles, a slightly spicy beef broth and beef tendon. Squeeze a bit of lime into it and your [...]

My Go-To Books