Category — Product Reviews

Have you ever had to wash pieces of cooked fish in the sink? No? Didn’t think so. Sad to say, I was once put into the situation where I had to do just this.

Back when I was in high school, I tried out this black bean garlic sauce for the first time. What I wanted to do was recreate my favorite fish with black bean sauce order that I would get at the Chinese restaurants. My stream of thought went: I love fish with black bean sauce — I love black bean sauce — You can’t ever have enough black bean sauce in a dish — More black bean sauce!!
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If you remember, the other week I picked up Chanko Nabe soup broth from the market to make a nice pot of soup. On this night I’m trying out the same thing but in a different flavor…Miso Kimchi Soup.
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I’ve been craving stuffed peppers ever since the other week when Kat made some. The only thing is, on this night I didn’t have the right ingredients for her recipe and I was too tired to go grocery shopping after work.

What to do, what to do…I began to dig through the pantry trying to figure out what else could work to stuff inside the peppers. As soon as I saw this box of jambalaya mix, I knew I was set!
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The other night I tried out this Marusan Chanko Nabe Soup that was on sale at Don Quijote. Inside the bag is 1.7 lbs of tasty broth ready to cook up with all the vegetables, tofu, and meat that you want.
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A special thank you to my coworker who gave me this bag of Japanese style rice cracker snacks earlier this year. Thanks!!

The little star on the package is telling me “Baked Not Fried”. Could that mean this is a healthy snack? After an inspection of the back label I spy one ingredient that I try to stay away from (well, at least when I’m cooking at home), MSG. It’s number 6 on the list of ingredients. But on the plus side, there’s no fat or cholesterol, and a respectable amount of sodium and carbs. I’d say this qualifies as a good substitute to snacking on potato chips.
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Akamai Foods is a local company that has been steadily increasing their number of followers since they began selling their oatcakes at the Kapiolani Community College Farmer’s Market in 2003. I was first introduced to their products when I tried one of their readymade oatcakes at my parents’ house last month. At first glance I thought it would be too health food-ish for me. I was thinking, oatcakes with flaxseed…I guess I’ll try it.
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Normally I’m one to just eat the cheap Sapporo Ichiban ramen. But when I saw this fresh ramen at the market I decided to give it a try. Was it worth it?
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