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Happy New Year! This January let's celebrate New Year's a bit differently - the Chinese way - Join us at Heather & Eric's for a festive celebration of Chinatown!
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Chinatown: MJ & Ryan
MJ & Ryan found a cocktail actually called the Chinatown which they shared with us. It was a pretty simple and good blend of gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and mint.
After we sipped our cocktails on the patio, we moved onto a variety of Asian beers including Tsingtao and Tiger Beer.
Recipe:
http://www.absolutdrinks.com/en/drinks/chinatown/
MJ & Ryan found a cocktail actually called the Chinatown which they shared with us. It was a pretty simple and good blend of gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and mint. 
After we sipped our cocktails on the patio, we moved onto a variety of Asian beers including Tsingtao and Tiger Beer.
Recipe:
http://www.absolutdrinks.com/en/drinks/chinatown/
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Fried Tofu with Hoison Sauce: Kim & AJ
When we arrived at Chinatown we were greeted by our newest guest members, Kim & AJ, who had a plentiful display of fried tofu mixed with Hoisin sauce.
From previous experience, fried tofu can be a bit difficult to master as it tends to stay on the soggy side so I was super impressed by Kim and AJ's tofu. When asked how they did it, they were kind enough to share their super secret recipe (and guess what, I will share with you too!!!)
Recipe:
Go to Le Le's Oriental Market
Buy Pre-fried Tofu
Buy Hoison Sauce
Mix together :)
Don't worry, we did give our newest guest members a hard time about this recipe... lucky for them they had some good excuses involving lack of time to prepare a Culinary Couples-worthy recipe and we will be giving them another chance to redeem themselves ;)
When we arrived at Chinatown we were greeted by our newest guest members, Kim & AJ, who had a plentiful display of fried tofu mixed with Hoisin sauce. 
From previous experience, fried tofu can be a bit difficult to master as it tends to stay on the soggy side so I was super impressed by Kim and AJ's tofu. When asked how they did it, they were kind enough to share their super secret recipe (and guess what, I will share with you too!!!)
Recipe:
Go to Le Le's Oriental Market
Buy Pre-fried Tofu
Buy Hoison Sauce
Mix together :)
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Chicken Chow Mein, Pork Fried Rice, and Ginger Garlic Green Beans: Heather & Eric
The main course was exactly what you would expect at a fancy restaurant in Chinatown! Not only was the table set with Chinese fans, chopsticks, and authentic Chinese zodiac paper place mats, beautiful Chinese lanterns also hung from the ceiling above the table.
All of the flavors blended together wonderfully, but there was something extra special about the pork in the fried rice. Since Chinatown was originally scheduled in January and had to be postponed until March, the pork got extra marinating time in the freezer and it turned out wonderfully!
Some of us got a bit creative with our dinner plates, knowing the prettiest plate would get its picture taken :)
Recipes:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ginger-garlic-green-beans-354956
All of the flavors blended together wonderfully, but there was something extra special about the pork in the fried rice. Since Chinatown was originally scheduled in January and had to be postponed until March, the pork got extra marinating time in the freezer and it turned out wonderfully!
Some of us got a bit creative with our dinner plates, knowing the prettiest plate would get its picture taken :) Recipes:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ginger-garlic-green-beans-354956
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Coconut Sticky Rice with Mango & Fortune Cookies: Ann & Jason
When I heard we were on dessert for Chinatown, I was immediately committed to making homemade fortune cookies. I would worry about what to pair with them at a later time. After looking through several recipes, I was happy to see that it wouldn't be as hard as I had originally thought to make them :)
The fun part was coming up with the fortunes. Unfortunately, I lost the original fortunes Jason and I wrote together between our original January scheduled Chinatown and our rescheduled March date and as such had to come up with some on my own without my sarcastic husband's input... fortunately, they still turned out pretty good :)
The fortune cookies weren't quite as easy as the recipe lead on.... apparently you should be able to start out making 2 or 3 at a time and increase from there. I started with 2 and had to revert back to making 1 at a time and never got to increase it....fortunately they cook fast so it didn't take too long to make them.
We decided to pair the fortune cookies with coconut sticky rice.
The difference between sticky rice, or sweet rice, is that you steam it vs. the traditional boiling method. There are rice steamers that you can buy, or if you are feeling inventive, you can create one out of a large pot, an oil splash guard, and a bowl. It worked great!!
Dessert is served!!!
Recipes:
Fortune Cookies:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/9684/fortune-cookies-i/
Sticky Rice with Mango:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/sticky-rice-with-mango-12066
When I heard we were on dessert for Chinatown, I was immediately committed to making homemade fortune cookies. I would worry about what to pair with them at a later time. After looking through several recipes, I was happy to see that it wouldn't be as hard as I had originally thought to make them :)
The fun part was coming up with the fortunes. Unfortunately, I lost the original fortunes Jason and I wrote together between our original January scheduled Chinatown and our rescheduled March date and as such had to come up with some on my own without my sarcastic husband's input... fortunately, they still turned out pretty good :)
The fortune cookies weren't quite as easy as the recipe lead on.... apparently you should be able to start out making 2 or 3 at a time and increase from there. I started with 2 and had to revert back to making 1 at a time and never got to increase it....fortunately they cook fast so it didn't take too long to make them. 
We decided to pair the fortune cookies with coconut sticky rice. 
The difference between sticky rice, or sweet rice, is that you steam it vs. the traditional boiling method. There are rice steamers that you can buy, or if you are feeling inventive, you can create one out of a large pot, an oil splash guard, and a bowl. It worked great!!
Dessert is served!!!
Recipes:
Fortune Cookies:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/9684/fortune-cookies-i/
Sticky Rice with Mango:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/sticky-rice-with-mango-12066
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