Kirbie's Cravings

Pot Stickers

With Chinese New Year coming up in a few weeks (February 3), I wanted to share a couple of chinese dishes on my blog. This weekend I made some pot stickers. Pot stickers (called...

Petite Cookies from Taiwan

As you may recall, my baby brother’s girlfriend recently came back from a visit to Taiwan. And one of the things she brought me was a box of these adorable cookies from Konig Foods....

Hershey’s brownies

I’ve been craving brownies a lot recently. It didn’t help that I somehow screwed up making brownies with my Ghiradelli brownie mix. I don’t even know how I messed up. So I decided to...

Oceanaire Restaurant Week

San Diego Restaurant Week and our anniversary would not be complete without a visit to Oceanaire. I’ve blabbed about Oceanaire so many times on this blog that for my last few visits, I didn’t...

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Chocolate Lava Cake

Chocolate lava cakes with molten centers. This is an easy chocolate dessert you can make at home! These lava cakes look fancy and taste like the ones served at restaurants, but you only need...

Sugarfish

It seems every special occasion I have with the BF is celebrated with eating trips. Birthdays, Anniversaries, Three Day Weekends, Etc.. So BF and I celebrated our anniversary with an eating trip of course....

Raisin Bread

A long time ago I bought a bread machine with a gift certificate I had received. I was still in high school then and I didn’t know much about baking. After many failed bread...

Chocolate Muffins

I had a huge craving for chocolate muffins this weekend. My craving only increased when I ate one of those packaged chocolate muffins which are simply not as good as freshly baked ones. I’m...

Do Re Mi House revisit

Do Re Mi House is one of our favorite spots for Korean food in San Diego. We love the nice staff and the unlimited amounts of banchan that leave us extremely full. The last...

Challah Bread

Challah bread is a soft egg bread that is slightly sweet and great all on its own with butter or use it to make sandwiches and French toast. It’s not complicated to make but...

Sprinkles Cupcakes

There’s a lot of cupcake bakeries that have popped up in the last few years, but Sprinkles has the distinction of being the very first cupcake bakery that launched the cupcake craze. Since I...

Handmade mochi from Taiwan

Though mochi is a japanese confectionery treat, it is widely popular in chinese cuisine as well. I’ve noticed some noticeable different between japanese style mochi and chinese style mochi. Japanese mochi tends to be...