

“Ying Ying was dying, and with her a history in recipes and love.” On the line cooking perfect Ricotta Sformato, he found himself far from his heritage. “Some things just matter most,” he writes in his 2021 book. The ingredients are relatively simple one just needs flour, salt, unsalted butter, cold water, granulated sugar, hot water, evaporated milk, eggs, and vanilla extract, per The Woks of Life. He had been cooking at Quince, a renowned Jackson Square restaurant, when Ying Ying passed. A lot of times, she was battling other grandmas to get the very best!” “Lap cheong from down the street, a live fish from Stockton Street, the produce market. Almond jelly is a breeze to make and only calls for milk, ground almonds, water, and gelatin or agar-agar. Made with almond-flavored gelatin and fruit salad swimming in a sweet syrup, it’s a light treat to cleanse the palate.
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It was coming full circle for the kid who grew up in the Chinatown, nestled under the wing of Ying Ying, the family matriarch and chief cook, as she made her rounds at the markets. Almond jelly is one of the simplest and most popular Chinese desserts around.

Today, he watches the parade from the perch of Mister Jiu’s, his award-winning restaurant. He marched in the annual parade, showing off his kung-fu skills.

Chef Brandon Jew’s memories of Lunar New Year (on February 1st this year) are firmly entrenched in San Francisco’s iconic Chinatown.
