How I love going to the Asian market every week

It's times like these that i really have to question why I'm vegan.

Mofongo

I made a vegan version of Mofongo today. I fried green plantains and mashed them with a good bit of garlic then used a soup cup to shape them. I accompanied it with tempeh simmered in sofrito and sweet potatoes sauteed with carribean spices. The dish went together nicely except for the plantains being extremely dry. I played around with the plating a bit and ended up slicing the mofongo into discs and frying them, the crispyness was a nice contrast to the softness of the tempeh. I'm going to try again tomorrow and hopefully add some pictures.

On a side note: Of all the spices to spill all over the place, turmeric is by far the worst. Trust me on this.

First off.

My name is Chris and I'm the chef at a little restaurant in Richmond,VA called Ipanema Cafe. I was going to start a blog about my food and all food related things, but decided to just use this to write about random things (including food) like I used to years ago before blogs were around.
For example this morning I woke up to the sound of some asshole on a megaphone screaming at marathon runners to "run" for over an hour. I'm pretty sure they had the hang of it by then, thanks buddy.
Pretty much I just need a place to write down random thoughts every now and then. This should do.