Mai Food

My culinary adventures!

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15 Epic Product Name Fails That'll Make Your Day Better

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@tabpayments I ended up getting the cutting board at @weslodge anyway haha. It was awesome. I got a new knife at @knifetoronto last week so all I've been eating at home is salads (so I can chop stuff as much as possible). Copious amounts of meat was in order. #torontofood #vscocam #beautiful (at Weslodge)

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Persimmon Salad #tessemaes #foodporn #gastropost #torontofood #tbt

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Balsamic roasted Figs on Flickr.

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Guess where @hadleyamanda and I are dining, @richgregwood. I tried to give you a hint in the picture but @thevaldez sign isn't as clear as I hoped.

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Persimmon Salad #tessemaes #tessetuesday #bringingitbackhome #beautiful #foodporn #food #foodie #gastropost #torontofood #amazing #vscocam #yummy #nom

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#cny #love #beautiful #foodporn #food #foodie #gastropost #torontofood #amazing #vscocam #yummy #nom #yearofthehorse #familyfeast

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Rosemary balsamic roasted #figs #love #tessetuesday #tessemaes #beautiful #foodporn #food #foodie #gastropost #torontofood #amazing #vscocam #yummy #nom

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Mmmm #love #beautiful #foodporn #food #foodie #gastropost #torontofood #amazing #vscocam #yummy #nom #cookies #dessert

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Impromtu chocolate chip cookies ready to be baked. #love #beautiful #foodporn #food #foodie #gastropost #torontofood #amazing #vscocam #yummy #nom #dessert

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Korean Inspired Braised Short Ribs

I probably order Kalbi over 75% of the time I go to a Korean restaurant. The flavour is deliciously unmistakeable. It should come as no surprise that eventually I would want to make some myself. Al...

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No Bake Cheese Cake

Seeing as how classic new york cheese cake is in my top 5 favourite desserts of all time, it comes as a bit of a surprise that I actually like Gordon Ramsay's no bake cheese cake even more. The rec...

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Butternut Squash Soup

After coming home and eating Pho 3 meals in a row I decided it was time for a change. Having had so much beef in the last 48 hours I decided to do something vegetarian. In the Mai household, vegeta...

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Butternut Squash Gnocchi

As winter makes its presence more obvious, I decided that I use the sage in my garden before it became too late. Less than 24 hours after I picked the sage came a pretty sizeable snowstorm. Feeling...

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Braised Pork Belly Revisited

In June I decided to write about Dongpo Pork which can be seen here. I used the ingredients I was used to eating growing up. Here however, I decided to put a wintery touch to it. I recently met som...

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Gà kho gừng sả ớt | Ginger and Lemongrass Braised Chicken Thighs

There is a first for everything. I've always been against recipes on my blog perhaps because there are millions of them already out there and that it went against my wanting to provide transferable...

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René Redzepi | A work in progress

Last Saturday, I was fortunate enough to meet one of my inspirations, René Redzepi. In a talk held by the Cookbook Store at the Art Gallery of Ontario, René Redzepi opened up and gave us a glimpse ...