Kirbie's Cravings

Lion’s Head Meatball Soup

Lion’s Head Meatball is a Shanghai dish, and one of my favorites.  It’s normally served like a casserole dish.  Giant, oversized pork meatballs are served on a bed of cooked napa cabbage.  The ruffled...

Green Onion Pancakes

A green onion pancake is one of my favorite Chinese dishes. It’s a chewy savory pancake flavored with oil and onions that has a lightly crispy crust. You only need a handful of ingredients...

Boiling Point- Taiwanese Style Hot Pot

Boiling Point 153 West Garvey Ave Monterey Park, CA 91755 (626) 288-9876 With a long weekend and it being Chinese new year, Boyfriend, Baby Bro, Little Bro and I decided to spend New Year’s...

Pandan sugar cookies

I’ve been wanting to experiment with pandan cookies, so I decided to start off with pandan flavored sugar cookies.  I wasn’t sure how well the extract would mix with the dough.  With matcha, I...

Matcha Green Tea Sugar Cookies

Matcha sugar cookies are a nice way to put a unique spin on a classic cookie. Green tea is mixed into the dough giving it a natural green color and matcha flavor. I love...

Manila Fast Food Restaurant & Dessert

Manila Fastfood and Desserts8979 Mira Mesa BlvdSan Diego, CA 92126858-578-0968 I realized not too long ago that I haven't done a post on Manila Fast Food since showing the spread from Boyfriend's birthday last...

Soft Cut Out Sugar Cookies

Soft cut-out sugar cookies bake up with a wonderfully tender and soft texture but are still sturdy enough for decorating. You can roll the dough and cut it out into any shape that you...

Yakyudori Ramen and Yakitori

Yakyudori Ramen and Yakitori 4898 Convoy St, Suite 101San Diego, CA 92111  After getting the approval of both Kirk of mmm-yoso and Dennis of A Radiused Corner, I was excited to check out this...

Red Velvet Cake Hearts

A while back, I bought these individual-sized heart shaped silicone cake pans by Chef Philippe. There were four pans in my set.  I decided to use the pans to make some red velvet cakes. ...

Lil Sis on Appollonia Greek Bistro

Since there's only one of me, I am always encouraging my siblings to take pictures of food places they go to without me, so that more restaurants can be reviewed on my blog.  Recently,...

Cinnamon Chocolate Heart Bundt Cake

This weekend was the perfect weekend to break out all my heart shaped bakeware.  My Nordic Ware Heart Pan* is great to use for any occasion, but especially this weekend.  I decided to bake...

Happy Chinese New Year/ Valentine’s Day!

Happy Chinese New Year/ Valentine’s Day!

Happy Chinese New Year! Happy Valentine’s Day! Happy President’s Weekend! Happy start of Winter Olympics!  This is one jam packed weekend.  I can’t remember the last time so many things fell on the same...