Thanks @justinparke! Yeah, we try. We didn't cook much when we lived with our parents, so I was surprised myself when I noticed I had an affinity for it the past 2 years.

lol, we would love to cook for you guys, but we have little experience with Ital food. Pretty sure I'm not on your level. 😅 There's a lot of creativity and natural ingredients unknown to me that are involved in those dishes, while I just use one vegetable or leafy green.

I tried making this saoto dish without chicken once, with a vegetable stock. Obviously it had a different taste, but it was delicious nonetheless. As long as you have enough of that ginge/galangal combination.