This dessert comes from a combination of various friendships, childhood memories, and a growing appreciation for my Taiwanese-Chinese-American upbringing. So I’m sure a good amount of people out there have zero clue what almond tofu is. Also called almond pudding, almond tofu is a Chinese dessert that consists of a sweet almond-flavored, milk-based jelly, similar…
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Penguin coconut macaroons
So a couple years ago, I made a penguin-themed haupia pie using yuzu, coconut, and these coconut macaroons I shaped to resemble little penguins. I was somehow able to get the actual body of the macaroon to resemble a penguin, dying half of it black with activated charcoal, and using almonds to resemble the beaks….
True Kinda Love: a plated dessert
I really just wanted to try something fun with this dessert, especially since I adore using ruby chocolate. So I went with a ruby chocolate mousse, ruby chocolate crunch disk, a raspberry-champagne gelee-core, and a ruby chocolate ganache with tempered white chocolate wings. I named the dessert “True Kinda Love” as a Steven Universe reference,…
Pork belly, apple, and cauliflower bowl
I really just came up with this dish after reading through the “Everything I want to eat” cookbook by Sqirl LA’s Jessica Koslow. In the book, there was this delicious pork belly bowl, and I wanted to make my own version of it. They paired the housemade bacon with a sorrel pesto, farro, ricotta cheese,…
Freddy's Harajuku 