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Kulinarya Cooking Challenge – Lumpia

I’m not quite sure how Shanghai (the city) figures into the name of lumpia Shanghai, but according to Andrea Nguyen (Asian Dumplings), apparently the lumpia part comes from the Hokkien lunpia (潤餅), meaning “spring rolls”.

Lumpia were featured in the Kulinarya Cooking Challenge for August 2010, and since they are similar in concept to [...]

Resolutions and Planning

If there is one thing that I am determined to do better at, it’s focusing my energies into a single (okay, maybe up to three) direction.

I want to learn more Filipino food and language. I want to learn patisserie “properly” (ie: classes and/or staging). I want to start putting up cooking videos rather than [...]