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[Recipe] Plum & Brie Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Posted in Bread, Cheese, Fruits, Home Cooking, Joyce, Recipe, Sandwiches, tagged brie, Chilean Fruit, Chilean Fruit Growers Association, Grilled Cheese, Pluot, Sandwich on March 29, 2021| Leave a Comment »

I like stone fruits: peaches, plums, cherries and mangoes. What are stone fruits, you ask? Also called drupes, they are fruit that have a large stone, often mistaken as seed, inside. Think about what a peach looks like when you cut it open, or a plum, or even a cherry. What we usually call a pit is actually the stone, and the seed is inside the stone. I love the juicy flesh of stone fruits and they are so good, and so sweet, just on their own. However, I’m always curious about finding savoury ways to enjoy them. And now, I have one idea.

Did you know:
…plums are a good source of vitamins A and C, as well as several antioxidants?
…there are only 46 calories in a 100g serving of plums?

Recently I got my hands on some Chilean pluots. Pluot is a hybrid fruit, part plum and part apricot. It’s nicknamed “Dinosaur Eggs” in Chinese because of its spotted skin. The fruit is in a beautiful red colour. I decided to make a grilled cheese sandwich with them. Now I don’t think plum and cheddar, the typical choice of cheese for grilled cheese, go together, so I’ve substituted it with brie. And to elevate it, I opted for sourdough for a chewy texture and some tang in flavours.

Fun fact: Chilean plum season is from mid-November until April, which is the opposite of local fruit season in BC.

The beauty of a grilled cheese is that you can build it in however way you want, so I’m only providing a guideline here in terms of ingredients.

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[Recipe] Pillowy Blueberry Pull-Apart Buns

Posted in Baked Goods, Bread, Home Cooking, Joyce, Recipe, tagged BC Blueberries, Blueberry, Bun, Pull-Apart Bun, recipe on August 21, 2020| 3 Comments »

Have you been taking advantage of the blueberry season? It’s so easy to grab a bowl of fresh blueberries and just munch on them. They make perfect snacks! Have you tried them frozen? Slightly frozen blueberries also make great frozen treats.

Mama Lam and I got our hands on some fresh, local BC blueberries, so we decided to have some fun. We looked up a number of recipes, and found this pull-apart bun recipe that seemed fun and interesting. It was successful even for our first attempt. Here is the recipe after some adjustments.

Ingredients

400g Bread Flour
240g Blueberries
80g Water
20g Butter, room temperature
2 tablespoon Sugar
2 teaspoon Milk Powder
2 teaspoon Instant Yeast
1/4 teaspoon Salt

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[Recipe] Taiwanese Pepper Bun 台灣胡椒餅食譜

Posted in Baked Goods, Bread, Home Cooking, Joyce, Meat, Recipe, Taiwanese, Travel, tagged 福州世祖胡椒餅, 胡椒餅, 饒河街觀光夜市, Pepper Bun, Raohe Night Market, recipe, Taipei Travel, Taiwan Travel, Travel on May 27, 2020| 5 Comments »

Taro and yam balls weren’t the only food item I’ve grown fond of from our Taiwan trip last fall. There’s also pepper bun 胡椒餅. In fact, my first memory of having pepper buns went all the way back to my family trip to Taipei more than 10 years ago. After all those years I still vividly remembered the piping hot, peppery filling inside the crispy bun — it was so delicious and memorable that I include it as a must-have for everyone visiting Taiwan. And I couldn’t stop telling Mr. about it before and throughout the trip. Taipei was our last stop, so we had to wait till then to get our fill. I told Mr. to wait, but we did succumb to the temptation and get some pepper buns at our other stops, but it was a bad decision because it was nothing like the ones in Taipei.The very night we arrived in Taipei, we immediately went for some pepper buns. We didn’t go to Raohe Night Market 饒河街觀光夜市 as it was reserved for another day, but we went to the brick and mortar storefront of the same vendor at the night market 福州世祖胡椒餅. We waited for the pepper buns fresh out of the clay oven, and boy were they hot. Pretty sure we burned the roof of our mouths when we took our first bite. And it was soooo good! It’s just as good as I remembered. The meat was juicy, peppery, and the crust was crispy and flaky.

When we went to Raohe two days later, I couldn’t help myself but crave for one more pepper bun before we flew home to Vancouver.

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New Food Menu at Jugo Juice

Posted in Bread, Casual, Fast Food, Healthy Eating, Joyce, Juice Bar, Lunch, News, Quick Service, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Smoothie, Vancouver, tagged Grilled Cheese, grilled cheese sandwich, Jugo Juice, matcha, Panini, Philly Cheesesteak, Sandwich, Smoothie, Terra Breads, Wrap on March 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »

On March 21, Jugo Juice launched a revamped food menu with 4 new sandwiches and 5 new wraps.

The new sandwiches are served on heritage sourdough from local bakery Terra Breads or a brand new natural and preservative free artisan bun from Ace Bakery called schiacciata.

I was invited to a media tasting of the new items and got to try the 4 sandwiches:

Mediterranean Roasted Vegetable on schiacciata bread

Philly Cheesesteak on schiacciata bread

Chicken Caprese on schiacciata bread (more…)

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[Travel] Cuckoo Trattoria & Pizzeria, Coombs BC

Posted in Bread, Italian, Joyce, Lunch, Pasta, Pizza, Restaurants, Travel, Vancouver Island, tagged Coombs, Country Market, Cuckoo Italian Restaurant, ExploreBC, ExploreVancouverIsland, Goats on the Roof, Hats, Pasta, Pizza, Spaghetti Carbonara, Travel, Vancouver Island on August 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »

If you are asking for suggestions around Mid Vancouver Island, almost everyone would tell you about this little town named Coombs. According to Wikipedia, the town of Coombs has a population of 1,300+ but they welcome thousands and thousands of visitors every year. So what’s there?

The biggest draw is definitely the Old Country Market, better known as the Goats on the Roof Market. Namely, there are living goats on the roof! We were lucky to see a few of them grazing and chilling on the roof.

Inside, it’s a giant grocery store/market. A lot of local and imported food products, as well as a deli/food counter. I have picked up some candied smoked salmon jerky there and they were very good. And best find at the market? Mr. found a Panama Hat that fits his gigantic head, and I scored a $5 Sun Hat!