Suki Suki is a retired photojournalist turned culinary artist residing in Queens, NY.

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It’s cold snowy Sundays like these that make my home confinement feel not so bad after all. No slush to crawl through and mess up my leather knee high Manolos. I figure while I serve my time, why not get in touch with some of the little people, and answer some fanmail? Give them a little taste of the luscious living that is my own.

From: Li Ming Yan

Dear Suki Suki:

How do you keep your girlish figure so girlish?!?

Yours,
Li Ming (Laura) Yan.

Dear Laura:

It is no secret that we Indoarabilaysiphinos are blessed with a naturally high metabolism, but having become a culinary artist hasn’t exactly been the best to my 33-23-35 figure. Therefore, I make sure that after every meal, I eat a natural, organic, mild and yet devastating cathartic.

Cho had her comquats. I personally prefer my avocados. Yes, nothing purges your emotions (and your bowels) more than one or twenty ripe and ready to eat avocados.

The embedded pie recipe video by the Good Asian Drivers is a great way to start you off, as long as you skin, pit and eat them unlike what is shown.

And if you enjoyed it, maybe you can take a moment and vote for them in the Avocado Video Bowl contest?

With love and blessings,
Suki Suki

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El Secreto Esta en la Salsa

El Secreto Esta en la Salsa

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I don’t know why my publicist sent me these recipes just a moment ago. He’s taking the night off to hunt for some cultural delicacies, he says. And what in heavens is a Stacey au Poivre, and why is that going to be my next show?

I don’t know why my publicist sent me these recipes just a moment ago. He’s taking the night off to hunt for some cultural delicacies, he says.

And what in heavens is a Stacey au Poivre, and why is that going to be my next show?

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To the lovely fan who sent Suki Suki a box of Rite Aid make up stuffed in a Shiseido bag. Thank you! But I’m more of a M·A·C PRO kind of gal. Call me when when you get hold of some magenta madness pigments. Smooches, Suki Suki PS, Don’t mind the mess in the back. Being held for house arrest can make the best of us a slobbering pig. Right, Uncle Bernie?

To the lovely fan who sent Suki Suki a box of Rite Aid make up stuffed in a Shiseido bag. Thank you! But I’m more of a M·A·C PRO kind of gal.

Call me when when you get hold of some magenta madness pigments.

Smooches,
Suki Suki

PS, Don’t mind the mess in the back. Being held for house arrest can make the best of us a slobbering pig. Right, Uncle Bernie?

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I do apologize for my lack of updates, young lovers on the web. But I have sadly been imprisoned after throwing a shoe at Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney for stealing my hairstyle. Lighting it on fire first probably did not help my case. I’ve publicly apologized for my mistakes, and once I get out of Bedford Hills I promise I’ll have more delicious treats for you to enjoy. With love and defecation, Suki Suki

I do apologize for my lack of updates, young lovers on the web. But I have sadly been imprisoned after throwing a shoe at Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney for stealing my hairstyle.

Lighting it on fire first probably did not help my case.

I’ve publicly apologized for my mistakes, and once I get out of Bedford Hills I promise I’ll have more delicious treats for you to enjoy.

With love and defecation,
Suki Suki

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My entry for tonight’s Casserole Crazy contest Indonesian Fried Rice Casserole Ingredients: 1 Pint of cooked rice (mix of brown and white, ebony and ivory, tiger woods, our dear president-elect) 3 Chicken thighs, deboned, cut to cubes and then fried. 1 Cup of greens (i.e., string beans) 1 Can of coconut milk 1 1/2 Cup of Peanut Butter 1 Cup of water 2 Tbs. Corn Starch mixed with 2 Tbs water 1 - 2 Tsp of red pepper flakes 5 - 10 Tbs of sweet soy sauce 3/4 Cup of Panko 1/2 Cup of fried onions In a large pot, mix the coconut milk, 1 cup of water and peanut butter over high heat until smooth. Add the sweet soy sauce one tablespoon at a time to taste. Add the red pepper flakes in the same vein - some like it hot. Mix the cornstarch and 2 tbs of water to a slurry, then place the thickening agent in the sauce. The sauce should come together very quickly. Pour in the rice, chicken and greens. Mix well, then place in a casserole dish. Top with the panko and the fried onions for a crunchy and flavorful topping. Bake for 30 minutes in a 350° oven. A sweet, crunchy and brown treat without hassle - like me, recycling on the beach.

My entry for tonight’s Casserole Crazy contest

Indonesian Fried Rice Casserole

Ingredients:

1 Pint of cooked rice (mix of brown and white, ebony and ivory, tiger woods, our dear president-elect)
3 Chicken thighs, deboned, cut to cubes and then fried.
1 Cup of greens (i.e., string beans)
1 Can of coconut milk
1 1/2 Cup of Peanut Butter
1 Cup of water
2 Tbs. Corn Starch mixed with 2 Tbs water
1 - 2 Tsp of red pepper flakes
5 - 10 Tbs of sweet soy sauce
3/4 Cup of Panko
1/2 Cup of fried onions

In a large pot, mix the coconut milk, 1 cup of water and peanut butter over high heat until smooth. Add the sweet soy sauce one tablespoon at a time to taste. Add the red pepper flakes in the same vein - some like it hot. Mix the cornstarch and 2 tbs of water to a slurry, then place the thickening agent in the sauce. The sauce should come together very quickly.

Pour in the rice, chicken and greens. Mix well, then place in a casserole dish. Top with the panko and the fried onions for a crunchy and flavorful topping. Bake for 30 minutes in a 350° oven.

A sweet, crunchy and brown treat without hassle - like me, recycling on the beach.

Fried Rice Casserole
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sparklingpants: Recent posts of Malaysia remind me…this is my favorite cookbook and has been for a couple of years now.  I don’t cook from it as often as I would like, since most recipes take me all day, but I’m feeling a craving coming on.  Maybe this should be a joint culinary extravaganza with Suki?  Let me know, baby.  I will travel to Queens and have my costume ready. You got it, sweetpants. We’ll cook until our fingers turn permanent yellow with turmeric, and our sweat naturally odored with nutmeg and the scent of curry.

sparklingpants:

Recent posts of Malaysia remind me…this is my favorite cookbook and has been for a couple of years now.  I don’t cook from it as often as I would like, since most recipes take me all day, but I’m feeling a craving coming on.  Maybe this should be a joint culinary extravaganza with Suki?  Let me know, baby.  I will travel to Queens and have my costume ready.

You got it, sweetpants. We’ll cook until our fingers turn permanent yellow with turmeric, and our sweat naturally odored with nutmeg and the scent of curry.

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Casserole Crazy

I’ve missed you, dear sexy hungry reader.

But Suki Suki’s run out of crayons to beat her face. Which explains why she won’t be appearing at Emily Farris’s Casserole Crazy extravaganza. But her publicist will be there, competing for her.

Will any other New York readers be there? I’m winking at you, Ms Sparklingpants.

XoXo,
Suki Suki
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Happy Halloween, mothersuckas.

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I read via Hyphen that a revival of Flower Drum Song is coming to the American Musical Theatre of San Jose.

I haven’t seen the film, so I’ve missed out on the cringe-worthy Asian cultural cliches. But watching this all-Asian American cast dance in the clip below…kinda makes me happy, especially considering that this was the early 1960s. Even seeing Nancy Kwan — forever cemented in cinematic history as Suzie Wong — lip-synch a song about a strictly superficial element of womanhood isn’t bugging me too much. I mean, at least she’s lip-synching in English. It makes Hwang’s revival all the more significant because it eliminates the hack while still acknowledging the talent of its actors, singers, and dancers. (via Hyphen)

Suki Suki shares Hyphen’s sentiment that Asians lip-synching in a barely-hanging-on towel and prancing around dressed as Chinese Take-Out boxes doesn’t have the same demonizing connotations as they used to. In fact, that’s her idea of a successful weekend.

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