Elevated & Unique Recipes
Recipe Video The Dish That Tells You Everything About a Restaurant If I see com tam on the menu, it’s almost always what I’m ordering. No deliberation, no scanning the rest of the menu. Com tam. Done. There is something about this dish that cuts straight to the heart of […]
Recipe Video The Thai Dish I Order Every Single Time Every time I’m in Thailand, this is a non-negotiable order. Every time. The combination of that ultra savory sauce, the warming, almost clove-like fragrance of holy basil wilted through at the last second, the heat of fresh Thai chilies, and […]
Recipe Video Pasta alle Vongole’s More Interesting Cousin If you’ve ever had spaghetti alle vongole, you already understand the appeal. Briny clams, white wine, garlic, parsley, and olive oil tossed with pasta in a sauce that tastes like the ocean distilled into a bowl. It’s one of those dishes that […]
Recipe Video Where Austrian Technique Meets Vietnamese Soul If you’ve been following PattyPlates for a while, you know what I’m about. My culinary specialty, the thing I keep coming back to, is taking classic western dishes and finding the Asian twist that makes them feel completely new without losing respect […]
Recipe Video The Korean Stew That Does All the Work Itself Some of the best food in the world is also the simplest. Not simple in a lazy way, but simple in the way that only comes from a cuisine that has had centuries to figure out exactly which ingredients […]
Recipe Video The Sichuan Classic That Belongs in Your Weekly Rotation There is a specific kind of hunger that hits when you get home late, you’re tired, and you still want to eat something that actually tastes like you tried. Not delivery. Not instant noodles. Something real, something hot, something […]
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.
