What a lovely and peaceful way of vegetarian dining at Zen Oasis where food and zen are so beautifully fused together. The combination of the serene gardens and the wholesome vegetarian buffet lunch was too much to pass up… This winter I’m in Sydney visiting family, and while I’m here I’ve decided to check out a vegetarian restaurant that everyone so raves about. Zen Oasis is an Asian vegetarian buffet…
An easy Asian watercress soup with dates, goji and lots of ginger. This perfect combination of tender watercress leaves, red dates, carrots, ginger and a drizzle of sesame oil is very appetizing with a bowl of warm rice! Watercress is a nutrient dense vegetable with amazing health benefits. It contains high levels of disease-fighting phytochemicals. Weight for weight, watercress contains more Vitamin C than an orange, more calcium than milk,…
While I was born and raised in the United States, my mother is a Taiwanese immigrant. On a typical evening as a child, our dinners were standard Midwestern meals. However, there were plenty of evenings that my mom would cook the most amazing Chinese dishes, and those were among my favorite meals growing up. Right now, one of my favorite side dishes when I make Chinese food for my own…