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Quarantine Dinner #41: Egg Foo Young

By Tommy Gunn|2026-05-12T23:09:13+00:00May 1st, 2020|

Hong Kong gardens... Growing up in Chinatown I ate all kinds of eggs fried, hard-boiled, soft boiled, water eggs, steamed egg custard, and omelet even the thousand year old egg 🥚 😲... When I was a kid we never had egg foo young as most people know it a deep-fried dark omelet filled with vegetables and some protein in almost a flying saucer shape then topped with some ubiquitous brown sauce. Quarantine Dinner #41 Quick Notes Quarantine dinner story cleaned up for easier reading. Main idea: Egg Foo Young. Original publish date preserved. Hong Kong gardens... Growing up in

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Quarantine Dinner #40: Oatmeal

By Tommy Gunn|2026-05-12T23:09:14+00:00April 30th, 2020|

One thing I never liked is oatmeal only 5% of the world eats oatmeal the other 95% is livestock. But I do like steel-cut oatmeal is normally boring even the story behind it is boring. But let me see if I can change that! Quarantine Dinner #40 Quick Notes Quarantine dinner story cleaned up for easier reading. Original publish date preserved. Mush! One thing I never liked is oatmeal only 5% of the world eats oatmeal the other 95% is livestock. But I do like steel-cut oatmeal is normally boring even the story behind it is boring. But let

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Quarantine Dinner #38: Instant Noodles

By Tommy Gunn|2026-05-12T23:04:48+00:00April 28th, 2020|

I want it now! Everybody nowadays wants everything fast including food. In my previous dinner it was a slow process making everything from scratch. Quarantine Dinner #38 Quick Notes Quarantine dinner story cleaned up for easier reading. Main idea: Instant Noodles. Original publish date preserved. I want it now! Everybody nowadays wants everything fast including food. In my previous dinner it was a slow process making everything from scratch. Now I wanted to go in the opposite direction can I make a complete dinner by the time the water boils? Yes! Instant noodles but I am sure I make

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Quarantine Dinner #37: Sabich

By Tommy Gunn|2026-05-12T23:04:47+00:00April 27th, 2020|

Scratch that itch… I was in an ambitious mood yesterday I wanted to make something that no one has ever heard of before..well some of you. I also wanted to make everything from scratch I mean everything. So I made Sabich let me tell you what it is… If you ever had a pita sandwich it something like it…yet nothing like it. Quarantine Dinner #37 Quick Notes Quarantine dinner story cleaned up for easier reading. Original publish date preserved. Scratch that itch… I was in an ambitious mood yesterday I wanted to make something that no one

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Quarantine Dinner #36: Pasta

By Tommy Gunn|2026-05-12T23:04:45+00:00April 26th, 2020|

Table for 3 please... Here we are again with another pasta dish but this one is kinda special their are a lot of pasta dishes but pasta primavera is different. This dish is kinda Special let me tell you why... Quarantine Dinner #36 Quick Notes Quarantine dinner story cleaned up for easier reading. Main idea: Pasta. Original publish date preserved. Table for 3 please... Here we are again with another pasta dish but this one is kinda special their are a lot of pasta dishes but pasta primavera is different. This dish is kinda Special let me tell you

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Quarantine Dinner #35: Pea Soup

By Tommy Gunn|2026-05-12T23:04:43+00:00April 25th, 2020|

Please sir may I have some more...? Pea Soup If you are the age where they served split pea soup in schools then you know the nightmares it caused for the lunch ladies. Let me explain... Quarantine Dinner #35 Quick Notes Quarantine dinner story cleaned up for easier reading. Main idea: Pea Soup. Original publish date preserved. Please sir may I have some more...? Pea Soup If you are the age where they served split pea soup in schools then you know the nightmares it caused for the lunch ladies. Let me explain... Pea soup has always had a

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Quarantine Dinner #33: Tuna Salad

By Tommy Gunn|2026-05-12T23:04:41+00:00April 23rd, 2020|

Something fishy going is on... Tuna fish salad either you like it or you don’t. I am trying to think of foods that either you love or hate Like marmite Marmite or surstromming that's a hardcore love or hate option. Quarantine Dinner #33 Quick Notes Quarantine dinner story cleaned up for easier reading. Main idea: Tuna Salad. Original publish date preserved. Something fishy going is on... Tuna fish salad either you like it or you don’t. I am trying to think of foods that either you love or hate Like marmite Marmite or surstromming that's a hardcore

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Quarantine Dinner #28: Ham And Cheese

By Tommy Gunn|2026-05-12T18:21:25+00:00April 18th, 2020|

I like cooking... But sometimes you get one of those days where even making toast feels like too much work. One Of Those Nights I like cooking... But sometimes you get one of those days where even making toast feels like too much work. Last night was one of those nights. I was not inspired to cook, and we just got a FreshDirect delivery. Yay! But here’s what really happened. A couple of items were sold out, but no biggie. Kitty ordered a chicken, probably to make a chicken salad. The chicken was a whole organic, free-range, no-hormone, non-GMO,

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Quarantine Dinner #23: Peas With Beef

By Tommy Gunn|2026-05-12T04:10:49+00:00April 13th, 2020|

Green peas with beef over rice. When I was a kid growing up, this was one of my favorite dishes. Quarantine Dinner #23 Green peas with beef over rice. When I was a kid growing up, this was one of my favorite dishes. It was about $1.50 for this back in the day. It was either ground beef or sliced beef, and sometimes served with a fried egg on top. Comfort Food Details Green peas Beef over rice Oyster sauce-based sauce Minced onion Sometimes a fried egg on top The sauce is oyster sauce-based with some minced onion. This

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Quarantine Dinner #20: Crispy Pork

By Tommy Gunn|2026-05-12T03:57:28+00:00April 9th, 2020|

Siu yuk. Plating was not my concern with this dish. Crispy skin was the mission. Quarantine Dinner #20 Siu yuk. Plating was not my concern with this dish. I was experimenting with a piece of pork belly and trying a different way to get the skin crispy and crunchy, but not in that hard-bite kind of way. I wanted to be able to bite with my front teeth, not my side teeth. The Goal Tender skin crunch Fatty underline that sticks to your lips Meat perfumed with five spice Crispy without becoming a hard bite I wanted that tender

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