Elevated & Unique Recipes
Recipe Video Mac and Cheese Is a Blank Canvas Mac and cheese is one of the greatest dishes in American cooking. A combination of pasta and cheese sauce is so simple and so satisfying that it works exactly as it is and also as a starting point for almost anything […]
Recipe Video The High Protein Pantry Staple I Grew Up Eating If you grew up in a Chinese or Southeast Asian household, meat floss needs no introduction. It was just always there. A jar of it on the counter, a scoop on top of congee in the morning, folded into […]
Recipe Video Why 1 + 1 = 3 When It Comes to Tomatoes There is a principle in flavor science that most people have never heard of but have been experiencing their entire lives without knowing it. Umami synergy. The idea that certain savory compounds, when combined, produce a sensation […]
Recipe Video My Favorite Steak Sauce in the World Just Got Better I have strong opinions about steak sauce. Not the kind that comes in a bottle and sits on a diner table, but the kind that makes you rethink what steak sauce is supposed to be. And for me, […]
Recipe Video What Is Banana Mochi? Banana mochi, or ้ฆ่็ณ (xiฤng jiฤo gฤo), is a Chinese-style steamed glutinous rice cake made from mashed overripe bananas, glutinous rice flour, and a small amount of regular rice flour. The result is a soft, chewy dough with a texture that sits somewhere between […]
Recipe Video Two Elite Corn Dishes. One Obvious Idea I Should Have Had Sooner. I make corn kakiage every corn season. It has been a staple of my summer cooking for years, light tempura batter, fresh sweet corn, fried until shatteringly crispy with those signature scraggly, lacy edges. It is […]
Iโm Patrick Kong (AKA Patty.Plates) and I was born in Vancouver, Canada to Chinese immigrant parents. My father was a Guangzhou city boy, and my mom a village girl from Toisan. Both my parents have been cooking their entire lives - my dad even owned a small food court restaurant at one point (it was NOT goodโฆ sorry dad). My dad mainly saw food as a means of sustenance (both literally and economically) while my mom saw food as the glue that held our family together and connected us with the motherland.
