Wednesday, July 24, 2024

50 Asian Eats in Celebration of the 50th Birthday of My 3rd-Favorite Asian* and 3rd-Favorite Dentist** of All Time

1: SPICY SZECHUAN WONTON

2: LAY'S PORK BALL in BROWN SAUCE

3: STICKY GARLIC-TERIYAKI BONELESS WINGS

4: DUCK FAT POTATO WEDGES with SHICHIMI SEASONING & YUZU MAYO

5: CARAMELIZED GINGER CHICKEN

6: LAY'S FRIED CHICKEN WINGS with SRIRACHA

7: LAY'S TEXAS GRILLED BBQ FLAVOR       

8: LAY'S SWEET POTATO BROWN SUGAR

9: LAY'S LIME FLAVOR

10: CHIPS AND I FORGET WHAT THE HELL THEY WERE - MAYBE FRIES WITH SHORT RIB?

11: MINI WONTONS, CHICKEN KARAAGE, & TEMPURA SHRIMP

Trader Joe's, of course.

12: VEGETABLE BIRD'S NESTS IN BLACK GARLIC & CRISPY ONION SAUCE

13: TEMPURA SHRIMP with SWEET & SOUR SAUCE & YUM YUM SAUCE

14: CHICKEN KARAAGE with SHIBUMI KANZURI SAUCE and YUZU MAYO

This is in the Top 3 of things you'll see here today.

15: SLIPPERY SHRIMP

I used beer-battered shrimp to make a clone of Yang Chow. 

16: SLIPPERY CHICKEN & GARLIC GREEN BEANS 

I used leftover chicken karaage. Not as good as the shrimp

17: ASIAN DINNER TO IMPRESS A LADY #1 

I made this for a member of the club one night after closing and it worked.

 
18: PORK & GINGER DUMPLINGS with DYNAMITE SAUCE

On a trip to Boulder in November 2023, the kitchen wouldn't tell us the recipe for their Dynamite Sauce - one of the best Asian sauces I have ever tried - but they did give me the ingredients. This isn't perfect but it's pretty damn close and I make it a lot, as you will see here today.

19: SHRIMP FRIED RICE

I wanted an excuse to buy this Kinder's "Japanese BBQ Cooking Sauce." 

I used it all. I won't buy it again. 

20: ASIAN DINNER TO IMPRESS A LADY #2

This did not work as well as dinner #1

21: SWEET CHILE GLUTEN-FREE BONELESS WINGS

22: FRIED WONTONS with SPICY CHILE SAUCE

23: SPRING ROLLS with SWEET CHILE SAUCE

24: CHICKEN KARAAGE with STICK + TINE GINGER SCALLION SAUCE

Holy shit, this sauce was awful. 

25: PORK BUNS

26: PRIVATE SELECTION SESAME GINGER SHRIMP DUMPLINGS

27: BIBIGO GREEN ONION STEAMED DUMPLINGS

28: TEMPURA SHRIMP with SHICHIMI TOGARISHI

29: CHICKEN XIAOLONGBAO with DYNAMITE SAUCE

30: CHICKEN & WATER CHESTNUT SHUMAI with DYNAMITE SAUCE

31: CRISPY SHANGHAI BEEF

32: KFC KOREAN BBQ SAUCY NUGGETS

Way spicier than I anticipated!

33: KFC HONEY SRIRACHA SAUCY NUGGETS

My second visit to KFC in years; also my second visit of the week. 

34: UNCLE BEN'S CHILE GARLIC RICE

35: SHRIMP FRIED RICE & TEMPURA SHRIMP

I thought maybe Subway's Sweet Onion Sauce would be a nice complement to the shrimp. It was.

36: LAY'S CHARCOAL GRILLED CHICKEN & SOMTUM

37: GLUTEN-FREE POTSTICKERS

38: GLUTEN-FREE SHUMAI with DYNAMITE SAUCE

Not bad, but so freaking weird. They fell apart at the slightest touch.

39: SHUMAI with SPICY GARLIC-GREEN ONION SAUCE

40: GLUTEN-FREE GENERAL TSO'S  CHICKEN

Not great, but not awful 

41: LAY'S EXTRA BARBECUE

Really just "extra salty." Still good.

42: TRADER JOE'S TEMPURA SHRIMP & SHRIMP BAO

43: GLUTEN-FREE POTSTICKERS with SUNOMONO & DYNAMITE SAUCE

44: BEEF, PORK, & BLACK PEPPER SOUP DUMPLINGS & CRAB CROQUETTES

Maybe the best frozen soup dumplings I have ever had. 

45: SPRING ROLLS

God, I love fried spring rolls and hot mustard.

46: CHICKEN SOUP DUMPLINGS in DYNAMITE SAUCE & GLUTEN-FREE MISO-MUSTARD CHICKEN NUGGETS

Also, radish salad I got at HMART in Denver last month. 

47: BOURBON RED SHRIMP with YUM-YUM  SAUCE

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48: KOGI SWEET GARLIC TERIYAKI SHRIMP with TRADER JOE'S SHRIMP BAO & BLACK GARLIC CHICKEN NUGGETS

49: SHUMAI with SIGNATURE SELECTS DUMPLING SAUCE

The shumai were just an excuse to try the sauce. Which sucked. I think I got this at Pavilions in South Pasadena in January. Don't recommend.

50: GLUTEN-FREE ORANGE CHICKEN

The General Tso's was okay. This was awful. 

*#1 is his daughter; #2 is Shohei Ohtani

**#1 is his wife; #2 is Bright Exai, DDS

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