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CONTENTS

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1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Dedication
5. Introduction
6. APARTMENT DAYS
   1.   The Restaurant in Apartment No. 205
   2.   Recipe Notes
      1. BRAISED AND CARAMELIZED VIETNAMESE COCO PORK BELLY (AKA THIT KHO)
      2. LEMONGRASS CHICKEN
      3. LEMONGRASS TOFU
      4. BRAISED COCA-COLA JACKFRUIT
      5. TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP
      6. JAPANESE CURRY MEATBALLS
      7. PREPACKAGED CURRY!
      8. NOM NOM PORK (AKA NEM NUONG)
      9. GARLIC NOODLES (AKA MAKE-OUT NOODLES!)
   3.   Tofu Balls: A Practice in Being Vietnamese/Cantonese
      1. CRISPY TOFU BALLS
7. LUNCH DAYS
   1.   Kitchen Ninja
      1. CUCUMBER MINT AGUA FRESCA
      2. HONEY SESAME DRESSING
      3. DOUBLE-FRIED CHICKEN WAAAAAAAAAAAANGS
      4. SWEET GINGER CHICKEN WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG SAUCE
      5. TANGY KOREAN PEPPER PASTE WING SAUCE
      6. TAMARIND WING SAUCE
      7. PANDAN/GALANGAL CHICKEN
      8. KOREAN SPICY PORK BELLY
      9. KARA-AGE
      10. “CRACK” KRAB CAKES
      11. MALAYSIAN CHICKEN CURRY
      12. MALAYSIAN COCO CHICKEN
      13. PINEAPPLE BEER CHICKEN WING SOUP
      14. SALTED PLUM LYCHEE PANNA COTTA
      15. TAIWANESE MINCED PORK W/ PICKLED LICORICE CUCUMBERS
   2.   Failures
      1. 4½ CHEESE BACON MAC AND CHEESE
      2. VIETNAMESE EGGROLLS (AKA CHA GIO)
8. FIRST DINNER POP-UP
   1.   Banana Suit Confidential
      1. CITRUS SESAME TOFU
      2. BÓ LÀ L´ÔT (GRILLED BEEF WRAPPED IN SESAME LEAVES)
      3. VIETNAMESE BEEF CARPACCIO
      4. GREEN CURRY SILKY TOFU
      5. RIBEYE SATAY NOODLES
      6. BRAISED SPICY CHICKEN FEET
      7. SHRIMP AND PORK CHILI OIL WONTONS WITH SZECHUAN SHREDDED POTATOES
      8. SESAME OIL SPARERIBS
   2.   Marijuana—A Meal for One and All
      1. OSMANTHUS PANNA COTTA W/ RED WINE POACHED PEARS
      2. PANDAN BAVARIAN CREAM
      3. PROFITEROLES
      4. SALTED DUCK EGG CEREAL PRAWNS
   3.   Growing Up Asian
      1. CLAYPOT CARAMELIZED STRIPED BASS
      2. GRILLED FISH HEADS AND TAILS
9. SECOND POP-UP / BUTTON MASH
   1.   Legal Loopholes and Why I Keep Getting Into and Out of Trouble
      1. SODA CHANH (AKA VIETNAMESE LIME SODA)
      2. WATERMELON GINGER AGUA FRESCA
      3. GINGER SESAME RAINBOW ROASTED CARROTS (AKA ROASTED CARROTS WITH SWEET SOY GLAZE)
      4. MISO CHARRED BRUSSELS SPROUTS
      5. MUSTARD GREENS AND PANCETTA
      6. CANTO-STYLE CHAYOTE, ENOKI, AND GOJI BERRIES
      7. SHRIMP TOAST (BRUSCHETTA)
      8. CLASSIC DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER
      9. ALMOND “TOFU” JELL-O
      10. FIVE-SPICE APPLE FRITTERS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FLUFFY THE APPLE FRITTER AND ITS BANANA JAM SIDEKICK)
      11. BLACK SESAME PANNA COTTA
      12. GREEN TEA LEMON LATTE COOKIES
   2.   The Thai Prostitute Who Introduced Me to Pandan/Kaya
      1. PANDAN CHURROS
      2. COCONUT KAYA CREAM
      3. SWEET AND SOUR RIBEYE BEEF
      4. HANOI GRILLED TURMERIC FISH WITH DILL AND ONION
      5. BUN CHA HANOI (AKA HANOI GRILLED PORK BELLY AND PORK PATTY)
      6. TRIPLE-COOKED OSMANTHUS PORK SPARERIBS
   3.   Death and Rebirth
      1. SPICY KOREAN NOODLES
      2. DAN DAN NOODLES/MIEN
      3. BANH BEO (AKA STEAMED VIETNAMESE RICE CREPE)
      4. POPIAH (AKA BO BIA)
      5. SOY BEAN JICAMA
      6. FRENCH/GREEN/LONG BEANS
      7. CURRY TOFU “FRIES”
      8. GOOD OL’ OMELET
      9. HOISIN PEANUT DIPPING SAUCE
      10. SPAM BRUSSELS SPROUT FRIED RICE
      11. GALANGAL CHICKEN FRIED RICE
      12. SHRIMP AND GRILLED PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE
      13. ROAST PORK BELLY
      14. ROAST PORK BELLY XO FRIED RICE
      15. VIETNAMESE MINCED BEEF-TACULAR
      16. SINGAPOREAN CHILI CRAB
      17. CHILI CRAB SAUCE
      18. BUTTERMILK BEER BEIGNETS
      19. BLACK PEPPER CRAB
   4.   Full Circle
      1. SINGAPOREAN CHILI CRAB GUMBO
10. FUNEMPLOYMENT
    1.   Chaos and Pork Chop Sandwiches
       1. BRAISED PORK BELLY WITH VIETNAMESE FERMENTED SHRIMP PASTE AND LEMONGRASS
       2. JAPANESE CURRY ROUX
       3. CHICKEN FRIED STEAK (AKA COUNTRY FRIED STEAK)
    2. BASIC RECIPES
       1. BANH MI
       2. BEEF TALLOW / RENDERED BEEF FAT
       3. CARAMEL SAUCE
       4. COCO RICO VIETNAMESE FISH SAUCE
       5. DARK ROUX
       6. GINGER SESAME SAKE SAUCE
       7. HONEY BOURBON CREAM SAUCE
       8. PICKLING LIQUID
       9. ESCABECHE
       10. PICKLED KOHLRABI
       11. PICKLED MUSTARD GREENS
       12. PICKLED PERSIAN CUCUMBERS
       13. PICKLED RED ONIONS
       14. PICKLED SHREDDED CARROTS AND DAIKON
       15. PICKLED WATERMELON RINDS
       16. SPICY AIOLI
       17. STARRY KITCHEN MAYO
       18. SUPERCONCENTRATED CANTONESE CHICKEN STOCK
11. Acknowledgments
12. Index
13. About the Author
14. Credits
15. Copyright
16. About the Publisher