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One of my favorites was white rice with sprinklings of soy sauce or Maggi. (I actually still eat this to this day!)

My husband prefers condensed milk on his white rice.

I don't live in NYC, but when I visit, my girlfriends take me to Evergreen on 3rd Ave in the 70s. I've enjoyed the food every single time I've been, and the dimsum is pretty good--and it's reasonably priced, too!

My current favorite pork recipe is from a recent issue of Saveur. It's pork belly in red sauce. I haven't found pork belly in my stores, so I've used a combination of pork back and stewing meat.

You boil 2 lbs' worth of cubes of pork in water. Drain. Saute scallions and ginger in peanut oil, then add the pork. Saute for two minutes, then add .25 cup of Chinese rice wine vinegar. When the pork has browned a bit, add 5 T of mushroom soy sauce and 2 cups of water. Let it boil, then simmer (covered) for an hour. When the meat is tender, add 3 T of sugar and simmer for 15 more minutes, until the sauce has thickened.

This is absolutely lovely over hot, white rice. I try to make it a bit healthier by throwing spinach into the pan, and only eating one or two cubes of the pure pork fat.

Maybe I should make some tonight!

love them: #1 would be Ming Tsai but he's not on food network any more. I do love Alton--soooo smart and sexy. Love Mario & Morimoto. And Lieberman! Don't know why so many hate RR--she's great for folk who need to stick to budgets!
hate them: Sandra Lee. Bobby Flay (ever since the iron-chef-standing-on-choppingboard-incident. Emeril.