Kirbie's Cravings

Robataya Oton

Robataya Oton is a Japanese restaurant that is the sister restaurant to Wa Okan Dining, a restaurant I’ve blogged about several times.  I’ve been wanting to check it out since it opened last year,...

Gougeres

Gougeres are French cheese puffs made with choux pastry. I made gougeres for the first time a few months ago and fell in love with these savory pastry puffs. I decided to make some...

Baked yeast donuts

A while back I was baking these cute mini donuts, and I often got asked whether they taste like real fried yeast donuts. The answer is no. They taste good and are cute, but...

Tomi Seafood Buffet

I went back to my parent’s place in the Bay Area a few weekends ago and when they asked me where I wanted to eat, I told them Tomi Seafood Buffet. I still had...

Peanut Butter Snickers Cookies

Peanut butter snickers cookies are a stuffed cookie recipe that are easy to make. Each cookie has a mini candy bar baked in the middle for a special surprise when you take a bite....

Five Guys Burger and Fries

If you haven’t yet tried or heard of them, Five Guys is a popular burger chain that originated on the East Coast. It is often compared to In-N-Out for those of us on the...

Brazilian Cheese Puffs

These cheese puffs are light and airy with a chewy texture and are very easy to make. You only need a handful of ingredients and a blender to make the dough. I’ve made cheese...

Oreo cheesecake cookies

I go through a lot of different cravings. The theme for these past weeks seems to be desserts involving Oreos. Last week I made some chocolate oreo stuffed cookies.  I still had some Oreos...

Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins

These donut muffins are baked instead of fried and are so easy to make. You only need one bowl to make the batter and the muffins are coated in a sweet cinnamon-sugar coating. They...

Providence LA

There are many March babies and I’m one of them. Normally I look forward to my birthday, but I was dreading this year’s. I’ve been dreading it because it’s a big birthday. It’s the...

Bacon popovers

I have a lot of bacon in the house and have been sticking it in everything to use it up. I really enjoyed the popovers I made a few weeks ago. They were very...

Nutella Mug Cakes

Quick and easy Nutella mug cakes that cook in the microwave in less than two minutes! These mini cakes taste as good as a cake baked in the oven but are faster and perfectly...