When I lived in California, I ate a lot of Mexican food. I would go with friends and family to taquerias, food trucks, small shops serving Mexican soups and sandwiches and Oaxacan restaurants that specialise in complex mole sauces with layers of flavour. When I return to Hong Kong after my annual visits to the United States, my suitcase is laden with ingredients such as fresh and dried chillies, tomatillos, masa harina and dried corn husks. Some once hard-to-find ingredients have now...
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