Hmong cuisine is a combination of flavors and influences from Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Burma. It’s a melting pot of Southeast Asian ingredients such as hot peppers, cilantro, garlic, lime, lemongrass, fish sauce, mint, ginger and other spices and herbs. In fact, Hmong cuisine is known for its extensive use of fresh herbs – which I love! Every Spring [...]
My family and I recently checked out the new Osaka Steakhouse at 11016 East 81st Street for a tasty and entertaining meal. As with most Japanese table-side steakhouses, we got a huge meal and our chef kept us laughing and in awe of his shrimp tossing, fire making, onion volcano building skills. While we waited for [...]
Although I had heard the words “Dim Sum” in the past, It took Christine’s explanation of this unique Chinese dining process for me to get excited about Guang Zhou Restaurant. Dim Sum is a Chinese cuisine served in small portions of mostly meat, seafood, and vegetables. The restaurant was quite unassuming as it was attached to [...]
Sake, located in the Woodland Hills shopping area at 71st and Memorial, is one of the newest Japanese restaurants/sushi bars that has popped up in the Tulsa area. Not long ago that location hosted another Japanese restaurant, Wasabi, but Sake has the look, feel, and taste of being under completely new ownership. Now I can’t [...]
I can’t count the number of times that I’ve been sitting at the Fuji sushi bar, and some out-of-towner says to that sushi chef on the other side of the counter “we asked some locals what the best sushi place in Tulsa is and they told us it’s Fuji.” I’ve had friends from Japan that [...]
Whenever I get that craving for light and refreshing cuisine where I don’t feel too weighed down I think of sushi. I love the delicate little packages made of seaweed wrap, the delicious sushi rice, and of course the super star – the various types of fresh fish and accoutrements tucked neatly inside like little sushi gifts. Even when I [...]
Before hitting the Ihloff fall benefit fashion show “Fables, Fantasy and Fairy Tales. Once Upon a Time…,” the girls of Tasty Tulsa (Christine and I) stopped in to try out Tulsa’s Blue Dome district’s newest restaurant: Yokozuna. As part of the McNellie’s restaurant group, chef Tony Fialho adds an Asian touch to American favorites like pork chops and filet [...]
Thai Siam is a friendly unassuming dive that rises to the occassion of serving quality Thai food at an affordable price. My wife often visits during her lunch break and the food is served quick enough to make it back to work on time. The atmosphere is quaint and has exotic murals that give the [...]
Recently I was watching a Food Network show that said next to Thailand, Los Angeles California has the largest population of Thai people in the world. I lived in Los Angeles for many years, and my husband was born and raised there, and that’s probably why we fell in love with the spicy delights [...]