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Fish and Chips

Made VGML‘s Fish and Chips for my British omni monkey and my mom. Success!

Chana Masala

Indian chick pea curry and rice! Also made some more jalebi to make it a whole dinner!

(Recipe coming soon) This is a Japanese tofu burger (ganmodoki) which is vegan, and it is moist as well! It has tofu, oil, carrots, potatoes, burdock (a root), and Jews ear are the basic things in it. It was made for Buddhist vegan cuisine, although recipes I have seen online all contain egg =/ Ps-JewsContinue reading “Japanese Tofu Burgers”

MeatyBalls

Made with Gimme Lean sausage-style (didn’t have beef style) bread crumbs and spices (Italian seasonings), then baked.

MizuYokan

These are sweets from Japan called mizu-yokan. They are made from sweet beans, but agar agar is used to give it a slightly jiggly gelatin texture. Most are just reddish, these a fancy pants ones!The one on the left is coffee flavored, and the other one just tasted like sweet beans. I only bought itContinue reading “MizuYokan”

Beer battered mushrooms

Beer battered mushrooms the size of your fist. I love the west. This can be achieved with any batter or even tempura mix and deep fried.

Sweet and Sour TVP Pork

First, you will need some chunky TVP (texturized vegetable protein) I altered this recipe from http://www.jewish-food.org/recipes/tvpswees.htm Yield: 4 servings * 1 cup TVP chunks * 1 tablespoon ketchup * 1 3/4 cups hot water * 1 cup carrots – (1 large carrot), sliced * 1 green pepper, large chop * 1 cup water * 20Continue reading “Sweet and Sour TVP Pork”

Brown Rice Cafe in Tokyo

While I didn’t go to the cafe (because the wait was too long and I was starving), I went to their deli right beside it. It was amazing. It’s macrobiotic, although most of it is vegan. They know all their farmers and get food fresh.I will be coming back here every time I’m in Tokyo.Continue reading “Brown Rice Cafe in Tokyo”

Gnocchi

Just with some marinara sauce and some Mozzeralla Sheese. At first Mozzarella tastes like mozzarella, then it kinda tastes like glue. But it’s growing on me in small amounts mixed with other things. Pronounced: “Nyoh-khi”

Jalebi

To continue the Indian kick is a nice Indian dessert: Jalebi. (although in some parts of the country it is eaten with breakfast)I actually had only ever had this at one Indian restaurant, and only occasionally at their buffet (the rest of the time they had Galub Jamun. I would watch bitterly while who everContinue reading “Jalebi”