TtuckPpokki Korean rice cakes

TtuckPpokki traditional Korean rice cakes simmered in a hot chili sauce, from Dokebi in Brooklyn.

rainbow roasted winter vegetables

Roasted turban squash and purple potatoes, over bed of kale and quinoa, with chile-cumin-lime sauce.

xi'an tofu and noodles

Chang-an Spicy Tofu: Soft tofu served with house sauce, hot oil sauce, and cilantro.


Liang Pi Cold Skin Noodles: Bouncy and chewy hand-pulled wheat noodles with cilantro, wheat gluten, bean sprouts, cucumber, and an amazingly flavorful chili sauce.
Both from Xi'an Famous Foods in Flushing, New York.

chili & bannock

A rare vegan First Nations meal, from Salmon n' Bannock in Vancouver. The fried bannock (bread) was fantastic!

korean ramen with rice cakes

Ramen noodles with rice cakes and vegetables, in a pool of not-too-hot chili sauce, from Thumbs-Up Korean Food Restaurant in Toronto.

thai pizza

More fusion crossovers - red and green thai pizzas.
Red pizza: coconut curry sauce, red onions, tofu, and mushrooms, topped with red chili sauce
Green pizza: coconut curry sauce, cucumbers, tofu, mushrooms, scallions, and jalapenos, topped with green chili sauce

rava masala dosa & chili and onion uttapam

Cream of wheat dosa with potatoes, plus sambar and coconut chutney on the side.
Uttapam in the background.
From Udupi Bhavan, in Middletown, Connecticut

Corn Waffles topped w/ Chili

sesame noodles

noodles with chili sauce, sesame oil, fresh basil, carrot, cucumber, scallions, and sesame seeds, served cold
from Suzie's Soba in Baltimore

sweet potato chili

From The Vegetarian Family Cookbook by Nava Atlas

chili, cornbread, cucumber salsa

three bean chili made with homemade seitan, kidney and pinto beans & lentils (topped with lime-jalapeño tofu sour cream), cornbread, and cucumber-red onion salsa, from Angelica Kitchen in Manhattan