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Post by milkman's baby on Oct 13, 2009 20:14:07 GMT -5
Do any of you have the Asian parent who eats mountains of food without putting on weight? My mother eats like a bear fattening up for hibernation and she always stays slim. Whenever we go to buffets, I have a few items on my plate and I'm full by the second round but she slops on MOUNDS OF FOOD and never gets full.
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Post by hypeforlife91 on Oct 13, 2009 21:46:36 GMT -5
Do any of you have the Asian parent who eats mountains of food without putting on weight? My mother eats like a bear fattening up for hibernation and she always stays slim. Whenever we go to buffets, I have a few items on my plate and I'm full by the second round but she slops on MOUNDS OF FOOD and never gets full. Lmao my mom eats A LOT...like a pig. She is of average weight. She munches like a horse and chews with her mouth open. She eats anything and everything. |
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Post by xandra on Oct 14, 2009 23:39:00 GMT -5
We used to jokingly call my dad the garbage disposal, as in he would clear everyone's plates if they didn't finish their meals. So yes, he would definitely fit the bill. He's in pretty good shape for his age, too, although not as fit as he used to be.
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Post by jenbrook on Oct 15, 2009 23:50:36 GMT -5
Mushroom risotto, chinese hamburgers annnnd chapati with chickpea masala. Yum  . |
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Post by i move the stars for no one on Oct 15, 2009 23:56:48 GMT -5
what's a chinese hamburger?i love risotto and chapati and chickpeas,yum.
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Post by hypeforlife91 on Oct 15, 2009 23:59:16 GMT -5
^ Lol I second that. What is a chinese hamburger? Strange that I never had one of those. xD
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Post by jenbrook on Oct 17, 2009 1:40:28 GMT -5
This is a chinese hamburger.. its actually called hong bak pau, but we call them chinese hamburgers at home  . Its delicious.. sweet silver bun with slow cooked pork in amazing marinade.  |
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Post by hypeforlife91 on Oct 17, 2009 5:19:28 GMT -5
^ Oh geez that looks mouthwatering. I showed my friend and he said that he prefers an American hamburger. But I've grown up with some chinese food so I don't think it is disgusting, instead I think it looks tasty! But some people that are foreign to chinese food think that it is disgusting. He's Mexican-American.
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Post by alisa on Oct 18, 2009 8:09:01 GMT -5
Haha - my mum used to eat like a horse but always stayed skinny, until the day she was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism - now post op she struggles just like the rest of us. haha! (though still thinner than me!)
My mum is a great cook and I'd find it hard to pick between her som tum, yum mun sen, tom yum and massamun curry! Not to mention the larb gai and garlic pork! Mmmmm...garlic pork
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Post by betahat on Oct 20, 2009 11:26:15 GMT -5
Well unfortunately my Chinese dad doesn't cook any Asian food - just simple Western man food. My mom's a great cook but her range of Asian dishes is somewhat limited. My grand-ma makes a mean Mohinga and Ohn-no khao swè but sadly she doesn't cook as much as she used to and sticks to simpler stuff these days. But she doesn't make any Singaporean food despite growing up there! Then again I don't know anyone who makes my favorite dishes - Chai Tow Kway, Murtabak - at home anyway. Singapore is such an eating out culture...
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Post by admin on Oct 20, 2009 12:09:00 GMT -5
Well unfortunately my Chinese dad doesn't cook any Asian food - just simple Western man food. My mom's a great cook but her range of Asian dishes is somewhat limited. My grand-ma makes a mean Mohinga and Ohn-no khao swè but sadly she doesn't cook as much as she used to and sticks to simpler stuff these days. But she doesn't make any Singaporean food despite growing up there! Then again I don't know anyone who makes my favorite dishes - Chai Tow Kway, Murtabak - at home anyway. Singapore is such an eating out culture... We have a Singaporean at work who sometimes will bring in Kari Laksa. It's pretty rare, though  In the area there's Jayakarta (Berkeley), Kopitiam (Lafayette), Langkawi (San Mateo). Only Kopitiam is strictly Singaporean, the others are Malaysian and Indonesian, BUT...they will have some recognizable dishes. I like the Hainan Chicken Rice at Kopitiam, the Sambal Goreng Udang Pete at Jayakarta, and the Char Kuay Teow at Langkawi. I'd try cooking something at home but I don't like the idea of Belacan in my fridge. My parents cooked awful, awful American food. Eating at the school cafeteria was a daily treat. |
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Post by betahat on Oct 20, 2009 14:26:49 GMT -5
Yeah I've been to the first two. Jayakarta is nice and cheap (with reasonably priced Rotis). Kopitiam does very nice chicken rice (I believe it was the chef's speciality back in Singapore) but the chai tow kway there is definitely subpar - the rice flour/radish chunks are too big, not crispy enough, a little too much egg, and they put shrimp on it (maybe dried shrimp but not whole shrimp!) I've also tried the Straits Cafe in SF, which is a bit pricy and nothing special. Don't think I'd go all the way to San Mateo for Char Kuay Teow, not my favorite dish anyway.
If you want Burmese food here, I liked Nanyang more than Burma Superstar - a bit more authentic, and the ginger salad is delicious.
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Post by admin on Oct 20, 2009 16:30:10 GMT -5
Two nights ago BSS overcooked a lemongrass salmon filet to the point of being inedible. I sent it back and they made a new one -- exactly the same. I pointed this out and the waiter said "I don't know what to do, I keep telling him he is overcooking them (hah! not only for me!) and he keeps doing the same thing!" So it's ix-nay on the Burma Superstar for a while. I haven't been to Nan Yang in over a decade - worth a trip back I think. Thanks for the tip!
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Post by thesa on Oct 27, 2009 10:28:25 GMT -5
haha, I have yet to witness my father standing in the kitchen and cooking for us or himself  I'd be worried about him burning down the kitchen He's a lucky man tho', coz my mum loves cooking |
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Post by toyomansi on Nov 3, 2009 4:21:54 GMT -5
My mother is a great cook, but her range of recipes have stayed the same for many many years, so it's always the same dishes as I ate while growing up ^^' Lots of Filipino vegetable dishes (fried eggplant, mung bean stew etc.), fried noodles (pancit), fried chicken, chicken adobo, sour fish and vegetable soup (sinigang), spring rolls (lumpia) etc. but these are mostly made in the weekends when she has some hours to spare for cooking, lol... My dad however is "cooking disabled" and only knows how to put spread on sandwiches or put things in the microwave...
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I'd be worried about him burning down the kitchen