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Slow-cooked Bamboo Shoot Soup — 腌笃鲜 Yān dǔ xiān (Zhongli’s Recipe, Genshin Impact)

26 December, 20208 February, 2021 justafatboi 0 Comments

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What exactly did the Samurai eat? And creating a samurai burger.

21 December, 202021 December, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments japanese

Today’s mission is to create a “samurai burger”, following the attempt to create a ninja burger two weeks ago. The inspiration

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History and Stories Recipes 

Vegetarian Rice Burger based on Ninja Pills (Hyourougan and Suikatsugan)

7 December, 20207 December, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments burger, ninja, rice, vegan, vegetarian

Before you watch the video below, here’s additional context for what inspired the video so the opening of the video

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Perfecting the Hokkaido Salmon Burger

23 November, 202023 November, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments

Two weeks ago, I posted an attempt to make a better Hokkaido Salmon Burger than McDonald’s. The post proved to

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My attempt to make a better Hokkaido Salmon Burger than McDonald’s

8 November, 20208 November, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments

(Regular r/singapore readers will have seen this video already.) McDonald’s Hokkaido Salmon Burger seems to have nothing to do with

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Chicken Rice, 3 Ways: Hainanese | Vietnamese | French

3 November, 20203 November, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments chicken, chinese, french, Malaysia, rice, singapore, vietnamese

(Regular readers of r/Singapore will realise that this post is just a copy of the Reddit thread.)  Clickbait titles: Man

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Matsutake Meatroll Recipe | Genshin Impact

2 November, 20202 November, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments chinese, Genshin Impact, Huaiyang

In the game, Matsutake Meatrolls look like a proper Chinese dish in the in-game icon, but it is likely that

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History and Stories 

The Very First Bisques Were Made With Pigeons

9 September, 20209 September, 2020 justafatboi 0 Comments

In the 21st century, the word ‘bisque’ is commonly used to refer to thick, blended soups with cream and sometimes

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Why is Okra being poured into this woman’s pants?

11 August, 202015 March, 2021 justafatboi 5 Comments Art

Browsing through the r/trippingthroughtime subreddit, you’ll sometimes find posts pointing to this particular painting: A glance might lead most to

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How Japan’s Military Popularised Meat and Western Food

19 July, 202011 August, 2020 Fat Boi 0 Comments japan

A video version of this article exist on YouTube.  TLDR Buddhism and Shinto meant Japanese didn’t eat meat from 675

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