café silliam

silliam’s silly food adventures!

Welcome to Café Silliam!

Silin and William here—we are so excited to announce our newest project!

Here, we share details of our culinary adventures in both the kitchen and restaurant. Under our “menu”, you can find our newest gastronomical creations. Similarly, under our “take-out” page, you can find the most accurate and informative reviews of shitty and high-class (what even is high-class anyway -DC probably) restaurants alike.

We invite you to take a look around, and enjoy your stay at Café Silliam!

The Silliam Gang

proudly serving Meow since 1478

Today is Will’s birthday, so I thought it’d be fitting to say a word about what is quite possibly one of his best culinary creations to date: the simple, humble, and incredibly comforting Mapo Tofu. I’m really not sure what prompt
This was a dish that was never supposed to happen. Imagine: 1. The hands of the clock hold at midnight. 2. Soy sauce sluices down the drain. 3. Boiling water reaches the cabinets. 4. The clink of metal pans. These events, in no particular order, ch
If you want a quick and easy meal that comprises no more than 4 ingredients and 1 pan, look no further than Aglio e Olio, which means something in Italian but must translate to “easy and still delicious”. This is the dish to make when you
Sunny’s Chinese remained a fabled whisper of the immortals for some stretch of time. For years upon years (truthfully, like a few weeks) I had heard tale after tale lauding the incredibly quality, taste, and ambiance of Sunny’s; not to me
Kintaro Izakaya is not just a restaurant, it is a whole experience—from the moment you walk into the restaurant, you are transported back to the 70s and 80s in post-war Japan, with various signage, torn-down posters, dim lighting, and an atmosp
Since this is the first espresso-based drink featured in our glorious return to the blog, I figure I ought to do some similar return evaluations as Will in his last post. No calculations here, just a shoutout to Will for managing to snag a nearly mi
For context, I got Silin a matcha whisk set for her börthday. After constant mention of wanting one, I decided to get a 9-piece set that I hoped would satiate her desires for grass water. This turned out to yield incredible returns on my investm
7/10 | I hear you—how can a noodle dish be both Chinese and use Gochujang, a famously Korean sauce (or spice i’m not actually sure what it is) at the same time? The answer is simple: reject semantics. This is actually quite a heavenly di
8/10 | They say that dessert comes after dinner, but sometimes—in times like these—you wish it *was* dinner. That sounds like pretty high praise for a cup of gelato, and let me reiterate—it is. I’m not that big of an ice crea
6/10 | And for the first blog post (ever), the most basic homemade tomato-egg. My actual comments on this dish are quite sparse; easy to make, great-tasting, and overall amazing when trying to forget about one’s life obligations by indulging in
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Mapo Tofu
Silin Wei
Mapo Tofu
Silin Wei
Silin Wei
Soy Sauce Chicken
William Wang
Soy Sauce Chicken
William Wang
William Wang
Aglio e Olio
William Wang
Aglio e Olio
William Wang
William Wang
Sunny’s Chinese
Silin Wei
Sunny’s Chinese
Silin Wei
Silin Wei
Kintaro Izakaya
William Wang
Kintaro Izakaya
William Wang
William Wang
Niced Coffee
Silin Wei
Niced Coffee
Silin Wei
Silin Wei
Strawberry Matcha Latté
William Wang
Strawberry Matcha Latté
William Wang
William Wang
Eataly Gelato
Silin Wei
Eataly Gelato
Silin Wei
Silin Wei
Gochujang Chinese Noodles
William Wang
Gochujang Chinese Noodles
William Wang
William Wang
Homemade Tomato & Egg
William Wang
Homemade Tomato & Egg
William Wang
William Wang