Mother deer and old bean love to have snacks when they’re watching their tv and well, after a while, it gets hard to find snacks that they’ll actually enjoy. Recently, mother deer ran out of gomagashi Japanese sesame crackers we got for her in Japan. She loved those little treats and was disappointed when she […]
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Taiwanese pineapple pastry
Taiwanese pineapple pastry is something both lil’ bun and brother deer like to eat whenever old bean brings some home for them. I’ve always stayed away from the little guys because they are quite unhealthy because of all the butter that’s packed into it’s shortbread crust. We still had some pineapple paste at home so […]
Hotteok – walnut filled Korean pancakes
We’ve had hotteok, (Korean “pan-fried” cinnamon sugar filled sticky buns) in the past because mother deer often buys them frozen at the korean market, but we’ve never made them before. So, baking adventuring we went!
Cinnamon sticks (vegan)
There’s this bakery near our house that only sells cinnamon sticks once a year during a summer festival event, and after that they don’t sell those delightful things for another 364 days. Lil’ bun finally had the opportunity to try one of their cinnamon sticks this past summer and she fell in love with them. […]
Ode to the gac fruit – glutinous rice dessert
As adventurous as we are…today we probably got one of the oddest fruits ever…the gac fruit, a vietnamese fruit. It’s supposed to have 10x more carotenoids than carrots! Yay phytonutrients! Well without further ado, this is how it looks like. It’s about the size of a papaya and while it has spikes on the outside, […]
Soft pretzels
Om nom nom, lil’ bun and I love our pretzels but we rarely ever buy them at the store. So, in order to satisfy our cravings, we decided to make some. We found a recipe titled Worlds greatest soft pretzels and figured that we should see if they live up to their name.
Japanese red bean pancakes – DORAYAKI (:
Oh how I adore eating Japanese baked goods…if you don’t believe me you can always ask brother deer or Tyi, and they would ensure you that during the time we were in Japan I would walk into every bakery I could. When I came across this dorayaki recipe I couldn’t resist!