https://www.wilsonzhao.com/ Recent content on Wilson Zhao Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:07:00 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/hickory-smoked-tritip/ Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:11:00 -0800 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/hickory-smoked-tritip/ Figure 1: Slice against the grain. Plated. Ingredients Things you should always have: Salt Whatever dry rub/modifications you want One slab tritip Chimney + coals Handfuls of chips Directions Remove from fridge one hour before cooking. Trim silverskin if needed, this helps the smoke to penetrate the meat. Dry rub, preferably overnight. I used coffee, garlic salt, pepper, and some sugar. Nothing too crazy. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/kimchi/ Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:24:00 -0800 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/kimchi/ Ingredients Things you should always have: 8 cloves garlic, S&P, 6-7 green onions, sugar Aromatics: 1-2 tsp shrimp paste, 1/4 cup fish sauce, 1/2 cup gochugaru (Korean red chili flakes), MSG/beef stock 1.5 heads of napa cabbage Rice flour/porridge 1-2 big fat asian pears Directions Chop cabbage lengthwise. Brine cabbage, with the ratio of half cup of salt to one head of cabbage. Soak for 30m-1hr. Rub extra salt near the stem, because it’s harder to penetrate. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/soondubu/ Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:24:00 -0800 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/soondubu/ Figure 1: Plated. Ingredients Things you should always have: 6 cloves garlic, S&P, 1 cooking onion, rice wine, rice. Aromatics: Sesame oil, dashi, kombu, MSG, ginger. 3-4 big fat spoons of Gochugaru (Red Pepper Flakes). Depends on how spicy you want it. 2 tubes of soft Soon tofu. 1/2 lb pork jawl/neck/belly (basically any pork location) Quarter korean radish ~10 shrimp 3 eggs 1/2 lb Oyster mushrooms (optional) 1/4 cup kimchi (optional) 10-20 shrimp heads Clay pot(s). https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/lasagna/ Sun, 01 Nov 2020 15:44:00 -0800 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/lasagna/ Ingredients Things you should always have: 1 stick of butter, 1-2 white onions, 3 cloves garlic, S&P, 1 white onion, >=8 cloves garlic, 1.5 cups chicken stock Aromatics: A bouquet garni of bay leaves, thyme, rosemary, + whatever you want. Roux: 75g butter/flour, 1L whole milk (half & half and regular milk works) Pasta: 400g flour, 4 eggs, salt, olive oil 1 big can of pureed tomatoes 1 chorizo sausage 1/4 cup deglazing solution (dry white wine/sake) Your choice of cheese Dutch oven Directions Red sauce Melt 4 tbsp of butter over med-high in a dutch oven. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/kalbi/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:21:00 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/kalbi/ Ingredients Things you should always have: Onions, garlic, green onions, water, black pepper Soy Sauce Brown Sugar Mirin/Sake Asian pear/other fruit Seasame Oil Directions Make marinade. Cover rib with sugar first. Ratio: for every 5 lb of short rib: 5 lb short ribs 1 cup brown sugar 0.5 cup water 0.25 cup sake 1 onion 1 asian pear minced garlic to taste black pepper Marinate for 5 hours to overnight. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/flume_greenpeace_lead/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 21:12:00 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/flume_greenpeace_lead/ What a beautiful and haunting synth. Jaw dropped when I first heard this song. Starts at 0:25. Ingredients Osc: Saw Attack: 190ms Delay: 583ms Sustain: -52dB (?) Release: 200ms (?). Instructions There’s some crazy pitch bend going on. Have a env pitch bend up into each note. Mono + portomento w/~200ms. Also applied the same env to a wavetable position on a sq/saw wave in the future, sounds sick. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/wagyu/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:07:00 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/wagyu/ Figure 1: Sushi-style. The rice is the perfect foil for soaking up meat gusher juices. Wagyu is a very specific breed of Japanese cattle. When the Japanese realized that they can’t beat the open pastures of America/Australia with quantity, they were able to do so with quality. After exports opened up in 2012, we were able to source real Wagyu in America. I found a website. Texted the number listed. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/truffle-pasta/ Sat, 26 Dec 2020 12:14:00 -0800 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/truffle-pasta/ Figure 1: White truffle imported from Italy. Ingredients Things you should always have: Olive oil, butter, 6 cloves garlic, S&P Fresh egg pasta 2 shallots Mushrooms Cream Gratable cheese (parmesan, etc.) ~10 slice proscuitto White truffle!!! Directions Cook proscuitto until it has the consistency of crispy bacon. Remove to ths die. Chop shallots. Olive oil. Shallots on medium-high for 5. Chop garlic and mushrooms, mix em in. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/crabcakes/ Sun, 29 Nov 2020 15:21:00 -0800 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/crabcakes/ Ingredients Things you should always have: olive, S&P, eggs Aromatics: parsley 1 lb crab meat 1/3 cup mayo Two spoons each of Dijon mustard, worchestire sauce 3/4 cup breadcrumbs Instructions Mix mayo, mustard, and worchestire sauce, and 1 egg. Chop parsley. Fold crab meat, breadcrumbs and parsley in a separate bowl. Fold back into the mayo mixture, and form 8-10 patties Brown around 6-7 minutes each side on medium high. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/osso-buco/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 23:49:00 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/osso-buco/ Ingredients Things you should always have: onions, garlic, olive oil, S&P, chicken stock 1 white onion, >=8 cloves garlic, 1.5 cups chicken stock Aromatics: parsley, lemon zest (or orange peel), bay leaves, oregano 3-4 lamb shanks A bunch of carrots 1 big can of pureed tomatoes White/Red wine Flour (to dredge shanks) A braising apparatus (Dutch oven preferred) Instructions Heat dutch oven to medium high. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/paella/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 21:12:00 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/paella/ Ingredients Things you should always have: onions, garlic, olive oil, butter, S&P, chicken stock 1/2-1 white onion, >=3 cloves garlic, 1.5 cups chicken stock Aromatics: paprika, saffron, bay leaves 1.7 cups rice 1 regular can of pureed tomatoes 1 big chorizo (maybe a lb?) 1-2 boneless chicken thighs (maybe half lb?) Lemon slices (optional) Instructions Dice onions. Sweat onions on medium high with oil, maybe 5-10 mins. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/cookbook-ratatouille/ Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:44:00 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/cookbook-ratatouille/ Ingredients Things you should always have: onions, garlic, olive oil, butter, S&P, chicken stock Aromatics: rosemary, thyme 4 tomatoes/6 roma tomatoes 1 green squash 1 yellow squash 1 zuccinni Assorted colored peppers Directions Mandolin veggies at 1/8”? The thinner it is, the fancier it is. Use a sharp knife on tomatoes instead. Submerge tomatoes boiling water for 30s to make them easier to peel. Red Pepper Soup Knob of butter + olive oil. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/blog/bracelets/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/blog/bracelets/ Present Yesterday, one year deep into COVID-19 quarantine, after picking up Indian food in my thoroughly suburban hometown, I pulled up into my thoroughly suburban driveway and took off my meshed biking gloves. And I noticed something unfamiliar on my left wrist. In the location where there would usually be a tattered string barely hanging on for dear life, adorned with what I would assume to be African colors–wooden beads of green, red, and yellow–there was nothing but pale skin. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/blog/youtube-to-stems/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 20:05:00 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/blog/youtube-to-stems/ After 5 (or is it 6?) months of social isolation, I realized I had an overflowing surplus of time. After a brief relapse into Warcraft III, I decided that surplus time could be better invested elsewhere. That “elsewhere” turned out to be music. I wanted to get better at sound design and learn how to recreate song I like. Yesterday, I had an epiphany: I knew how to code. The following script takes a youtube URL and extracts the stems–vocals, bassline, drums, and other stuff–into a predetermined folder. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/blog/solo-travel-why/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 20:39:00 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/blog/solo-travel-why/ Context I recently embarked on a journey circumnavigating the world from 1/3/19 to 4/15/19. By writing this series of blog posts, I hope to accomplish several things: This blog post serves as a way to unpackage all the thoughts floating rent-free in my head, patiently waiting to be captured by the written word. If I don’t write these down, they’re going to fade away. It also serves as some sort of guide to future solo travelers (and my colleagues) who have asked me to document some of the findings on my trip, so that they would not repeat the same mistakes I did. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/blog/solo-travel-how/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 20:07:00 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/blog/solo-travel-how/ On Onebagging It is impractical to lug a 50-pound suitcase if you’re constantly moving across country lines. You want the option to carry all your shit with you. Dragging a suitcase across cobblestone streets and over muddy rivers really detracts from the overall travel experience. In addition, if you ever get mugged, you want the option of making a quick getaway. The solution was simple: stuff everything I needed for 3. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/blog/cats-of-the-middle-east/ Tue, 28 May 2019 16:35:00 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/blog/cats-of-the-middle-east/ Didn’t expect to see many cats in the Middle East. Figure 1: Taken at the highest point of Petra, above the monastery. Figure 2: Ancient Byzantine Pillars outisde the Ayasofya. Excuse my language, but “don’t put pussy on a pedastal.” Figure 3: Steps in the Christian Quarter of old Jerusalem. Figure 4: On a motorcycle outside Bauhaus Hostel in Instanbul. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/about/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/about/ I attended the School of Computer Science @ Carnegie Mellon University from 2015-2018. I graduated one semester early to solo travel for 4.5 months. Bought a one-way ticket to Korea and went west until I returned home. In Berlin, some photographer took my photo and somehow it got published in Mixmag. Currently working @ Waymo to try to make the world safer for everyone, but also my bike Ver-nessa. I’m a proud owner of a Yamaha Reface CS and an Elektron Model:Cycles. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/blog/hello_worlds/ Sat, 14 Jul 2018 18:21:41 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/blog/hello_worlds/ On a bored Saturday, I realized that my old website (with all my iOS app descriptions and occasionally cringey high school blog posts) died when I spilled a cup of free coffee I got from the 6th floor of the Gates-Hillman center at CMU. Most expensive cup of coffee in my life. Now that I have a brand new laptop and hopefully much better coffee control, I’ve decided to create a new website. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/recipes/ Sat, 22 Aug 2015 06:42:21 -0700 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/recipes/recipes/ Not intended for external consumption. https://www.wilsonzhao.com/home/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.wilsonzhao.com/home/