Taiwanese Food Cooking Class with TAP in Austin

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In this 2 hour cooking class, you'll learn hands-on how to make oyster omelette from scratch with Taiwanese American Professionals - Austin (TAP-ATX). Oyster omelette (蚵仔煎), "a Taiwan night market favorite and has constantly been ranked by many foreigners as the top cuisine from Taiwan. The dish consists of an omelette with a filling primarily composed of small oysters." You'll be chopping and cooking along with our instructor, Hanna Huang, at Sustainable Food Center's teaching kitchen.…

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Taiwanese Oyster Omelette Reduxe

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*This is a post-script to "Flipping Out: An Irreverent Photo Essay on Making the Taiwanese Oyster Omelette" (“Oh-ah-jen” 蚵仔煎) since people inquired about recipes As Mrs. Lin did not use a formal recipe (like all venerable grandmother chefs, she comes from the "a pinch of this" and "a handful of that" era), below are tried-and-true recipes from two tasty Taiwanese food sites: Taiwan Duck and its excellent step-by-step video on how to cook (and flip) the oyster omelette. Mrs. Duck—okay,…

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Flipping Out: An Irreverent Photo Essay on Making the Taiwanese Oyster Omelette

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Ah, "Oh-ah-jen" (蚵仔煎). Oyster omelette. Taiwan night market staple. Street food favorite—and rare find in the United States. McD's does not exactly have an Oyster McOmelette on the drive-thru menu. So, last Saturday, several of us made the pilgrimage out to Union Church in Astoria, Queens to take part in TAP-NY's "Cooking Series" (aka Cooking 101 with a Taiwanese "Ah Ma"). Mrs. Lin, our oyster omelette Yoda, introduced us to the main ingredients of sweet potato starch, eggs, oysters…

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