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Southeast Asian sweets add variety to life
Fresh mango glistening the brilliant orange of a late-summer sun, glutinous rice balls glowing a radiant pandan green, tender taro cakes blooming the same piercing purple as a field of lilacs.
Bhan Kanom Thai is a rainbow rush of colors. The Hollywood favorite is a den of overstimulation, its shelves stuffed with Thai desserts alive with vivid colors, focused flavors and foreign textures. To a particular set of Los Angeles diners, the sweet shop is an essential experience.
Yet even as Southeast Asian flavors move from places like Thai Town and Little Saigon into the mainstream, the region's diverse desserts remain largely unknown, tropical curiosities far more complex than a simple batch of banana fritters. Across greater Los Angeles are countless examples of these sweets, a vast dessert diaspora as varied and unique as the ingredients and cultures that constitute each confection.
Nearly every Southeast Asian nation is represented in Los Angeles' own sprawling geography: Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The sweets found here are the very same as those found on the streets of Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila, desserts directly descended from their native countries. They've been imported by former culinary school instructors and avid cooks no longer confined to borrowed kitchens, by expatriates re-creating tastes of home and younger generations now carrying on those traditions.
Southeast Asian sweets have even gone upscale. At restaurants like Lukshon, Red Medicine and the Spice Table, dessert draws inspiration from the region's honeyed heritage: pearls of palm sugar boba, dollops of avocado and coconut creams, strata of thick kaffir lime custard. It's an evolution in Los Angeles' appetite, one finally primed to embrace Southeast Asia's sweet side.
Bhan Kanom Thai
If Bhan Kanom Thai's sweet seekers aren't set on trying a cup of kabocha squash resting in a puddle of coconut milk or a few scoops of lychee ice cream, they're probably picking up kanom krok, spherical coconut cakes made from rice flour and coconut cream. The batter is ladled into a pan cratered with a half-dozen concave cups. Each cake cooks just until its skin solidifies, its center remaining a flood of coconut cream. Still, all eyes inevitably land on the panchi, taro fritters bound with shredded coconut and a few kernels of corn. Each little disk is gently griddled, its exterior barely crisped to contain the soft, sweet taro mash.
5271 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 871-8030, bhankanomthai.com
Thach Che Hien Khanh
Some file into Little Saigon's Thach Che Hien Khanh for a slice of the dense Vietnamese banana cake called banh chuoi or a mound of xoi gac (sweet sticky rice flavored with spiny baby jackfruit), but Hien Khanh is first and foremost a house of che. It's something of a hybrid dessert — part pudding, part dessert soup. The base is almost always thickened, sweetened coconut milk, which in some preparations has nearly the pull and elasticity of molten mozzarella. Suspended throughout might be slippery jellies or pieces of fruit. Che ba mau is probably Hien Khanh's definitive dessert. Swimming in a cup of iced, thickened coconut milk is a dollop of yellow mung bean paste, a handful of adzuki beans, a tangle of tapioca noodles and a few balls of boba.
9784 Westminster Ave., Garden Grove, (714) 537-5105; and 9639 Bolsa Ave., Suite A, Westminster, (714) 839-8143
KH Supermarket
Beyond the banquet halls of Long Beach's Cambodia Town is KH Supermarket. The store stocks a bounty of freshly made Cambodian desserts, a number of which reveal themselves to be somewhat sweeter and often funkier versions of similar Vietnamese preparations, such as rice dumplings filled with shredded coconut and caramelized palm sugar laced with fish sauce. Less intense is a wonderfully sticky pumpkin custard called nom ko. Packed inside a tiny plastic cup is a chilled mixture of pumpkin, rice flour, mung beans, coconut milk and sugar — it's the flavors of Thanksgiving passed through the palate of Southeast Asia.
915 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, (562) 599-7240
Vientiane Thai Laos
As Cambodia's desserts provide edible evidence of the country's proximity to Vietnam, so do Laotian sweets demonstrate Laos' porous culinary border with Thailand. Vientiane Thai Laos in Garden Grove bundles the two cuisines, a dual menu reflected even in the restaurant's dessert roti. Here, the flatbread (arrived in Southeast Asia by way of the India subcontinent) is stretched until it achieves crepe-like thinness, then crisped on the griddle and drizzled with sweetened condensed milk. It's the kind of after-dinner snack that vendors hawk on the streets of Vientiane and Bangkok, motorcycles sputtering by and the scent of sizzling roti perfuming the night.
10262 Westminster Ave., Garden Grove, (714) 530-7523
Golden Triangle
At Golden Triangle in Whittier, Burmese desserts descend from a trio of traditions. A single sip of pha lu da points you toward South Asia. The dessert drink is the Burmese version of Indian falooda, here a kind of coconut milk and rose water shake. Mounds of sticky rice layered with mango signal an obvious Thai influence. Then there are sweets that are wholly Burmese, desserts derived from Myanmar's ethnic minorities. Shwe gi mok and pa law penan are both glutinous, cassava root-based cakes, the former studded with raisins and showered with fried onions, while the latter possesses a sweeter, more assertive coconut flavor. Each is perfect with a cup of the restaurant's smooth Burmese coffee that's fortified with either slightly sweet mango or odorous durian.
7011 Greenleaf Ave., Whittier, (562) 945-6778
Yazmin's tastes travel farther south on the Malay Peninsula. The Alhambra restaurant's bubor cha cha is a quintessential Malaysian dessert, lumps of yam, taro and sago (a tapioca-like starch extracted from palm trees) buoyed in a pool of sweetened coconut milk. Ketayap is equally distinctive, a spongy crepe colored jade green by the faintly floral pandan leaf and rolled up like a sweet taquito. Packed inside is a mass of shredded coconut sticky with warm palm sugar caramel.
27 E. Main St., Alhambra, (626) 308-2036
Merry's House of Chicken
On the outer edges of the San Gabriel Valley, Merry's House of Chicken sates the Indonesian sweet tooth. Shaved ice is ubiquitous here, and the es teler is a fine example: coconut milk, condensed milk, shaved ice, avocado, jackfruit, grass jelly and shredded coconut. It's an intricate dessert, a confounding collision of textures and flavors that speaks directly to Southeast Asian sensibilities. In part because of the Dutch colonial influence once exerted on Indonesia, Merry's also makes some expert baked goods. Try a slice of the lapis surabaya, an unimaginably soft layer cake that owes its airiness to about three dozen egg yolks.
2550 E. Amar Road, Suite A5, West Covina, (626) 965-0123
Luisa & Son
Ube is the uniting ingredient at Luisa & Son. The Filipino bakery is awash in brilliant purple pastry: fluffy ube bread marked with pockets of the purple yam, puck-sized hopia cakes filled with a concentrated ube puree, even bulbous ube muffins. But the Filipino bakery's hallmark is its ube ensaymada, a billowy brioche pastry as rich as the most decadent doughnut. Assimilated and modified under centuries of Spanish rule, the Filipino favorite pulls apart in fat, feathery hunks, like a cinnamon roll stained a vibrant violet and slathered in a buttery glaze.
12543 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, (562) 921-8171, and 116201/2 South St., Artesia, (562) 924-8100
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Snapshots from Greece: Koulouri, the Thessaloniki Street Food
Note: Our own Erin Zimmer just returned from ten days eating and drinking her way around Greece and will be sharing her adventures with us all week as Snapshots from Greece. —Ed.
I didn't spot a single hot dog cart in Thessaloniki, but there were a few umbrella-shaded vendors selling koulouri, or biscuit-like rings covered in sesame seeds. They are bagel-shaped, or maybe bagels are koulouri-shaped, considering these date back to the Byzantine era. Unlike bagels, they yield more of a crunch than a chew, along the lines of biscotti.
In Greek, they are known as "κουλούρι," and could probably be classified as somewhere between a cookie and bread with a hint of sweetness. The sesame seeds add a nice nuttiness and, of course, everything is more fun to eat when it's ring-shaped.
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Liberty grads create iPhone/iTouch fitness application
Two innovative Liberty University graduates have contributed their talent to the generation of handheld convenience. Alumni Bryan Dulaney ('08) and Brad Blackburn ('07) helped create a one-of-a-kind fitness application for the iPhone and iTouch called "Fit Pulse," released in December 2009.
Fit Pulse makes it possible to keep track of personal fitness and nutrition plans at the touch of a button, including socializing and competing with other Fit Pulse members. It is designed for iPhone/iTouch users who work out or plan to start working out and want to easily manage their fitness program. The application keeps track of workout milestones while integrating the social networks platforms Twitter and Facebook.
After majoring in Biblical Studies and Graphic Design at Liberty, Blackburn started a design agency, B2B Studios, in Florida. The boutique digital arts agency provides high-quality design services to clients across the nation.
B2B Studios partnered with Dulaney and Somba Mobile (a company run by former Liberty students William Herring and Mark Hammonds), which strives to create high-quality brand name applications for the iPhone.
"Working on Fit Pulse has been a great experience," said Dulaney, who majored in Marketing. "We have all put a lot of hard work and prayer into this app and our goal is for it to be relevant and useful in helping people achieve their fitness goals."
The group attributes much of their success to their time at Liberty.
"We feel very humbled for the experience [we had]at Liberty and very thankful that we were able to attend school and work there, specifically under [LU founder] Dr. [Jerry} Falwell," Blackburn said. "More than anything else Liberty equipped us spiritually to be everything we are today and everything we hope to be in the future."
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Oh, baby: How to keep that infant safe
Manager of Ambulatory Care at UVA's Outpatient Clinic
Q: My wife and I are expecting our first baby in about a month. What are the baby-proof basics?
A: Baby-proofing a home is something you have to think about from day one, and you need to consider the potential dangers of everything within reach of your infant or toddler.
The crib is one obvious thing that needs to be baby-proof. Side slats should not be any further apart than 2 and 3/8 inches. There should be no sharp edges or peeling paint anywhere on the crib. Corner posts and decorative head posts can also pose a threat if they can snag clothing, and make sure the mattress is fits the crib well so that your baby can't get stuck in between it and the crib.
Be aware of things your baby can pull or tug from his crib. Mobiles are usually safe for newborns, but as a baby gets older he might grab at it, causing it to fall on top of him. Cribs should also be located far enough away from walls so that the baby can't get hold of any loose cords or strings, such as those attached to blinds. Even pacifiers with strings that go around a baby's neck can be dangerous.
Don't place any big sheets, blankets, or large stuffed animals in the crib that can suffocate. At the same time, don't put in any toys that are so small the baby may try to swallow them.
Babies should never share a crib, nor should a parent share a bed with an infant.
Finally, once a baby is big enough to climb out of the crib, move her to a bed with rails so she doesn't try to climb out and hurt herself.
Serious baby-proofing begins once your tot's on the move. Avoid buying anything used to baby-proof the house since it usually comes without a warranty, and you don't know who tested the product.
Definitely get some baby gates to block off the bottom of stairways and rooms your baby shouldn't go into by himself, such as the bathroom. Don't put a gate at the tops of stairways if your baby can climb over it, though. If she does, she'll fall farther than she would if she simply attempted the steps.
Cabinet locks are important, especially in the kitchen, around the sink, or any others that may contain dangerous objects or substances, all of which should be placed out of reach anyway. Be careful with your purse, since you probably keep things like nail files or personal medication in it.
Turn your water heater down to at most 120 degrees in case your baby turns on a faucet. His skin is thinner than an adult's, so he could end up with a third-degree burn if the water's too hot.
Buy corner protections, doorknob covers, and socket covers for every room. As your baby learns to walk, she's going to get a few inevitable bumps and scrapes, but you can do your best to prevent any serious injury.


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