My husband is a meat and potatoes loving Texan. His favorite cut of beef used to be the ribeye, until I introduced him to the Filet mignon wrapped in bacon with the compound butter adding extra flavor and moisture that truly is not needed but here at The Pink Papaya we love to over indulge. […]
While living in California, there is a small city called Arcadia that had this little Japanese restaurant / Sushi bar. I was introduced to Dynamite there many many years ago. Sammysan used to bake it in a gorgeous Abalone shell and his wonderful wife Rajean would garnish and serve it to us. What a treat!
When I was little, my sister in law Yvonne used to make steaming hot white rice and put it in a bowl. Then she would make cold tuna salad from the can and put it on top of the rice. This may not sound so great because of its simplicity, but let me tell you,
This dish was inspired by the sea. When you drive around the coastal cities in Puerto Rico, you cannot help but be inspired by all the seafood options. Most of the seafood here is locally caught but even the imported seafood is great to work with. So we decided to do seared scallops over a
Previous Next When I first started this blog, I mentioned that it wasn’t about me but my wife. However, I did say I may come up from time to time and this is for sure one of those times. Today’s dish is one of my favorites. So much so it is a weekly occurrence in
Corned Beef and Cabbage with Creamed Horseradish sauce Read More »
Have you ever taken a trip and tried a dish where the flavors just blew your mind. Then go back home and that is all you can talk about for weeks. You even bring it up from time to time years later. That is the Shrimp, Pineapple, Cashew Fried Rice for my wife. She first
Our family has a weekly routine of getting sushi. Our go to roll has always been the Spicy Tuna roll. While living in the US Virgin Islands, the best place to get this was a unique sushi bar on the water in St. Thomas called Enkai Sushi Bar. However, In 2017 we were hit by
Salmon over a Bed of Coconut Rice topped with Avocado and spicy mayo Read More »
Lobster Ravioli in a Lobster Brandy Cream Sauce – This dish is a tale of two seas. The ravioli contains Maine lobster while the lobster brandy cream sauce was created using locally sourced lobster here in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Although these two crustaceans do not normally swim together. Make no mistake. In this dish, they