Char Siu AKA BBQ Pork
Char Siu or BBQ Pork
We all talk about foods that are mouth-watering good. Like my dad’s char siu, his BBQ pork. I still remember: He’d lather strips of pork with his secret sauce. He’d…
Sweet vinegar, eggs and pig feet stew celebrate the arrival of a newborn.
Pigs feet, sweet vinegar, and ginger stew
A newborn baby cries. In many Gom Benn families, the child’s arrival is also heralded with the fragrant aroma of sweet vinegar. It’s the traditional Cantonese postnatal dish – dark,…
Chungking restaurant in Riverside, with Voy Wong, second from left, and Harold Wong, second from right.
Gom Benn’s Restaurants: Recipe for Success
Long before there was Panda Express or PF Chang’s, there was Chungking Cafe in Riverside, Bing’s Cathay Inn in San Bernardino, the Great Wall in West Covina, Kun Ming Kitchen…
The basic ingredients for chop suey included slivers of beef, chicken or pork plus celery, onions and bean sprouts.
What Is Chop Suey?
Chop suey is to Chinese restaurants what hamburgers are to American fast-food stands. It’s hard to imagine now, but chop suey was the Howlin’ Ray’s fried chicken of its day…Okay,…