Before leaving for Hong Kong, I wrote about my second attempt baking a macadamia nut cream pie. I didn’t, however, share the rest of the meal.
Preceding the pie we had a nice mixed green salad along with homemade focaccia bread based on a recent Cook’s Illustrated recipe.
Served with a main course of braised pork with star anise, ginger, and bok choy, the same recipe I made a few weeks ago, served over rice. This dish is getting better each time as I’m figuring out how to build a more complex flavor out of the stew. Finishing with some soy sauce and some chopped garlic in chili oil definitely moves it forward a few steps.
christao408 
Ah. Food porn. I do love it.
I like the arrangement of ‘cheese or ginger sticks?’ on top.
Looks good!@CurryPuffy – Bamboo sticks?
@yang1815 – Oh, those look like bamboo sticks too!
i knew it. checking this entry would make me hungier. the pie looks too tempting. give me some. give me some :)btw, what do you call the leaf you put on the dish, pechay?
@CurryPuffy – my guess ginger…..
@Renatojr3 – The bread has rosemary on it and the pork stew has bok choy (the large green things) with thin matchsticks of ginger and a sprinkling of green onions.@CurryPuffy – @yang1815 – @agmhkg – Bamboo? Cheese? Ginger!@Passionflwr86 – Good way to start a week. Or end it.
I ❤ focaccia bread! Wait, what am I talking about, I pretty much love all my carbs… lol. I really like the pseudo-pizza focaccia’s though, with sun-dried tomatoes on top.
@christao408 – D’oh!
That looks so beautiful and it is everything I love, including bamboo!
why do your posts always make me so hungry 🙂
Looks yummy. I stopped at the Super H Mart in Atlanta and we got some Vietnamese bread. All the bread looked good – too good. Had to make a decision and it was difficult to walk away with so many loaves left behind… Your bread looks just as good.
@murisopsis – The motto of the kitchen rangers: “No loaf left behind.”@portiajules – Recommended that you eat before browsing Xanga subscriptions! Ha ha!@Fatcat723 – Thank you, but what bamboo?
lunch time here. Your pictures and descriptions are driving me crazy. Gotta go eat.
@RushmoreJ – There’s always the risk of ending up hungry when you’re browsing sites on Xanga. =D