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Umami Days

Congee days and ramen nights

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  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Salads
    • Soups
    • Main courses
    • Side dishes
    • Sweets
    • Beverages
  • Cooking tips
    • Kitchen how-tos
    • Cooking ingredients
    • Kitchen tools
  • Food stories
  • Umami Art Club

Sausages, bacon and ham

Teriyaki bacon rice balls

Teriyaki bacon rice balls

Inspired by one of the most stunning street food I have ever encountered in Japan, these bacon-wrapped rice balls are broiled and brushed repeatedly with reduced teriyaki …

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Crowne Plaza Hong Kong style congee

Crowne Plaza Hong Kong style congee

Served with chopped mushrooms, Chinese sausage and century eggs, Hong Kong Crowne Plaza Hotel's congee transformed this congee non-fan into an aficionado.

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Bacon asparagus puff pastry spirals

Bacon asparagus puff pastry spirals

Strips of bacon and puff pastry are wrapped in alternating fashion around each asparagus spear before baking to make this special occasion appetizer or snack.

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Chorizo in red wine

Chorizo in red wine

Spanish chorizo is delicious. But soak it in red wine and it is ten times more delicious. The depth of flavor is simply incomparable.

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Bacon-stuffed pork loin with side salad

Bacon-stuffed pork loin

Butterflied and pounded pork loin is stuffed with bacon and sun-dried tomatoes, rolled, browned and roasted. The bacon-stuffed pork loin is rested before it is sliced and …

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Bacon pepper pancakes with cheese sauce

Bacon pepper pancakes with cheese sauce

Make your pancake batter, stir in bacon, bell peppers and scallions, then cook as usual. Instead of the traditional sweet syrup, pour melted cheese over them. Oooh, …

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Sausage and apple sandwiches

Sausage and apple sandwiches

I’m not a fan of wet sandwiches. I cringe when I see cooks pouring sauce over sandwich filling, and the sauce is just too much that a pool forms on the plate around the …

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