Southeast Asian Chicken Wings

It’s May!

The temperature is definitely rising and the sun has been coming out to play. In Irvine, we have been getting really warm days. Today, the highest temperature is in the low 90's, and in the past few days, the mouthwatering smell of barbeque has been wafting in the air around my neighborhood. It’s never too early to break out your grill even though summer is not officially here. With warm and gorgeous days like this, I just couldn’t wait and had to fire up my grill and made these Southeast Asian chicken wings.

If you have been following me on Rasa Malaysia, you should probably know by now that Asia, especially Southeast Asia, is my favorite region in the whole world. (That’s one of the reasons why this blog is all about Asian cooking.)  There is nowhere else quite like Southeast Asia: the friendly people, happiest smiles, breathtaking landscapes, and the scrumptious foods; Southeast Asia captures my heart. It’s the place I will always call home, the place I have longed to be every single day, and the place millions of tourists flock to every year.

This Southeast Asian chicken wing is the epitome of the colorful and exotic cooking of the region. Creamy coconut milk, fragrant lemongrass, aromatics such as ginger, garlic, cilantro, and the extra zing of lime juice and Thai chilies make these wings bursting with the flavors of the street food fare in countries such as Thailand , Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. They are absolutely pleasing to the palate, and the flavor is deep and complex. I came back from the region two months ago, but I have been aching to go back. I have a Vietnam trip planned in end of May and I just can’t wait to soak in the warm and humid days in Southeast Asia again.

Until then, I have these Southeast Asian chicken wings to satiate my craving and soothe my soul. Summer is a few weeks away, and you can certainly bookmark this recipe to welcome summer. When you fire up your grill for this recipe, you will know why I am forever hooked on the exotic flavors of the region. Enjoy!

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In Syracuse, more Southeast <b>Asian food</b> is coming to Carousel <b>...</b>

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Syracuse, NY -- Your options for Southeast Asian-style eats in Carousel Center’s food court are growing exponentially.

Scheduled to open today: China Master, filling a spot that’s long been empty — so long I’ve forgotten what was there. To locale has occasionally played host to a seasonal coat-and-package-check station.

China Master is next to Carousel News Stand and, well, two other Southeast Asian-style food stands, China Max and Japan Café Grill. Across the way is Cajun Café, which, some have said, is more Chinese than Cajun.

Whatever floats your wok, yes? What’s diff about China Master so far is the look. It has the new-signature Carousel food court touches — stone and brick demise columns — plus its own customized storefront. So generic, it’s not. (We’ll try to fill you in on how Carousel’s food court is getting some touches of its relative, Palisades Center, after a targeted visit soon).

If you’re more in the sit-down restaurant mood and still going for Asian-style food, here comes Koto Japanese Steakhouse. Talk about your customized build-out. It’s all hidden now, but inside is wow. It’s scheduled to open in early March, perhaps the week of March 7, says Rob Schoeneck, Carousel Center mall’s manager.

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Also at Carousel Center mall: the new Francesca’s Collection, which opens Saturday, but I’d hazard a stroll over there today just in case.. You’ll find Francesca’s on the mall’s second level, between J.C. Penney and the Center Atrium.

The unique Houston-based retailer has one other store in New York state, in Victor, near Rochester. Francesca’s Collection prides itself on what it calls “fashion-forward styles” of women’s clothing, accessories and gifts, and the stores aren’t cookie-cutter. This one won’t look the same as Rochester’s.

And you’re now seeing the storefront of Carousel’s coming White House Black Market, another upscale women’s clothing boutique. Scheduled opening: Thursday, as in next week, but I’m thinking soft opening before that day.Speaking of Rochester, that’s where you’ll have to go to get in touch with Body Shop soon. The last Onondaga County Body Shop is closing soon in, well, ShoppingTown Mall. Carousel’s bailed a while back.I know you like some SuperCuts in the Fairmount area. Customers are being told it’s moving across West Genesee Street into Fairmount Fair’s flashy newish outparcel.Speaking of which, the newest additions to FF, Dress Barn and Famous Footwear are hovering. This may make the reclaimed shopping center at or pretty darn close to capacity. Great comeback story via Benderson Development.Our friends from Canada, the Tim Hortons cafes, are doing random acts of coffee — through Sunday. Some folks are being handed packets of Hortons’ mouture fine — Canadese for “fine grind” — packets of coffee. Timmies calls them a Random Act of Kindness, and encourage receivers to brew up a batch and share it with a friend. Friend me.

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