Elevated & Unique Recipes
Recipe Video The High-Protein Freezer Meal I Wish I Had Sooner If you grew up eating Filipino breakfast, you know corned beef pandesal. Soft, pillowy bread rolls stuffed with garlicky, rendered corned beef and red onion. It’s one of those combinations that just makes sense. Warm, savory, filling, and gone […]
Recipe Video The Fusion Cuisine That Doesn’t Get Enough Credit If you asked me to name my favorite fusion cuisine in the world, I wouldn’t say Japanese-Italian or French-Vietnamese. I’d say Indo-Chinese. Indo-Chinese cuisine is exactly what it sounds like: the result of Chinese immigrants settling in India, specifically Kolkata, […]
Recipe Video The Best Thing You Can Do With Leftover Rice and a Can of Tuna There’s a version of this dish that’s existed in my fridge for years without a name. Leftover rice that’s been sitting overnight, a can of tuna in the pantry, whatever cheese is left in […]
Recipe Video The Chongqing Bowl That Broke Me (In the Best Way) The first time I had Suan La Fen, I wasn’t looking for it. I was wandering through Chongqing when I spotted a street food stall with a line that wrapped around the block. No menu board. No theatrics. […]
Recipe Video If you’re trying to eat well during busy weeks, having a stash of freezer meal prep burritos is a game changer. These three burrito recipes are designed to be practical, filling, and balanced — packed with protein and fiber while keeping calories reasonable. Each batch makes 10 burritos, […]
Recipe Video These Chinese fondant potatoes are one of the most personal dishes I cook. They represent the way I learned to cook growing up, watching my mom constantly experiment in the kitchen, blending Chinese flavors with Western techniques she picked up from magazines and cooking shows. Nothing was ever […]
I’m 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 good… 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.
