Tag: bocafood

POLISH CHICKEN SOUP (ROSÓŁ)

Polish chicken soup, or rosół, is a traditional Polish soup made of meat (most commonly just chicken, although other meats are added as well), slowly cooked with vegetables and spices. Although many variations and recipes have existed for centuries, it has always consisted of a rich and nutritious one-pot broth served...

MISO SOUP RECIPE WITH VEGETABLES

Earlier this month, we shared a recipe for a basic miso soup using only a miso paste and scallions, which you can view here. As we have mentioned, the basic recipe was a good go-to for a quick miso, but also served as a base for more elaborate variations...

DINING REVIEW: HONG KONG CITY (TAMARAC)

Hong Kong City, located at 5301 North State Road 7 in Tamarac, Florida, is a genuine New York Chinatown cuisine restaurant (view their website here). It is open daily until 11 p.m., and is known for its excellent dim sum. We have been coming here for about twenty years...

VEGETA: AWESOME EUROPEAN FOOD SEASONING

Vegeta is an awesome European all-purpose food seasoning for savory dishes. It has been used for many years by most Eastern/Central Europeans in almost all of their cooking: in appetizers, soups, sauces, vegetables, rice, pasta, potatoes, and just about all meat and fish. Vegeta adds a perfect and well-balanced...

DINING REVIEW: NINO’S OF BOCA RATON

Open daily until 10:00 p.m., Nino’s of Boca Raton is located in Central Boca’s Del Mar Shopping Center, at 7120 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton. 2PhatPhucs come here for our favorite veal marsala, which Nino’s makes so delicious that we always come back for more. The restaurant has a very...

RECIPE FOR MUSHROOM SHALLOT GRAVY

This mushroom shallot recipe makes an amazing gravy using merlot and creamy sherry that goes perfect with our perfect filet mignon and white rice cooked firm. A shallot is a type of small onion that also resembles garlic. For this recipe, we use canned mushrooms instead of fresh ones....

HOW TO MAKE PERFECT FILET MIGNON

A perfectly made filet mignon is by far one of our favorite cuts of meat. It is extremely lean and tender, and also very juicy and flavorful when prepared right. Below we are going to describe our way of making perfect filet mignon, so it retains its juices and...

HOW TO COOK RICE (FIRM)

The cooking directions below are for white rice cooked firm, typically using long grain rice. INGREDIENTS: 1 ¾ cup of water 1 cup of long grain white rice (we use Mahatma Parboiled Extra Long Grain Enriched Rice, especially for cooking it firm) 2 pinches of salt (we use The...

DINING REVIEW: BLUEFIN SUSHI (BOCA RATON)

Bluefin Sushi & Thai Grill is located at 861 Yamato Road in Boca Raton, on the NW corner of Yamato and Congress. We are going describe below our first and only visit there thus far. We stumbled upon this place on a Friday night, while looking for a random...

DINING REVIEW: P.F. CHANG’S (BOCA RATON)

Our local P.F. Chang’s is located at 1400 Glades Road in Boca Raton. We usually come here for a few of our favorites, which we are going to describe below. According to their website, P.F. Chang’s makes all of their food “from scratch in each restaurant, every day.” Having...