Tag: Chinese

Sunday Recipe: Mung Bean Thread Salad

It’s been a fun week filled with parties, potlucks and parades celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year. I loaded up on Chinese groceries and made this salad using traditional New Year’s noodles. Eating these very long noodles guarantees long life. Happy New Year! Recipe: 2 (1.8 ounce) packages mung bean threads 1 1/2 cups fresh…

February 1, 2009
Coconuts

One of the first staples that I made sure to track down after deciding to move to Paris was Young Thai Coconuts. Yes, Young Thai Coconuts. There are lots of fun things you can do with a coconut, but the one I like best is chopping the top off and pouring out the fresh coconut…

January 10, 2009
Green Garden

It turns out there are more vegan restaurants in Paris than I had thought: last time I visited Green Garden, I believed the menu which shows ‘V’ symbols next to their vegan options. But today I had a nice chat with the waitress and she cleared it up for me that the menu [and web…

January 4, 2009