The best Chinese beef stew (柱侯蘿蔔炆牛腩) I have ever tasted was at an old-school coffee shop in Aberdeen, Hong Kong. They cooked traditionally, nothing fancy, but did it exceptionally well. Serve with a bowl of noodles on the side. The rich flavor is heavenly. After a few months of not enjoying the beef stew, I …
The biggest challenge of making whole wheat bread is to get the soft, and fluffy texture with good volume. In this article, I want to share with you how do we make our whole wheat loaf in our cafe, by using the TangZhong method similar for the Japanese milk buns, one the most fluffy and …
I was brought up in a Cantonese family with soup for every dinner without fail. Lotus root soup with pork is the best among a variety of soup served by my mother. Over the years, I have tasted many variations of lotus root soup, but none of those can beat the time-tested traditional lotus root …
Taiwanese salt and pepper chicken is the crispiest fried chicken I have ever tasted. It stays crispy even after one hour! The secret? Deep-fried the chicken twice. In this article, I want to share with you how to produce the glass shattering crispiness exterior with the correct frying methods, and the proper way to flour …
This gorgeous, luscious Thai Pineapple Fried Rice will knock your socks off! Your guests will be pleasantly surprised when you serve the fried rice in the beautifully crafted pineapple bowl. It is great as the main dish or as a side dish. In this article, I will share with you my method to fried the …
I want to share my time-tested homemade apple pie recipe with you. This recipe delivers a delicate balance of flavor and texture, which make every bite blissful. The pie crust is flaky and buttery, and the filling is gooey, sweet and yet still has some slight crunch apple pieces. Homemade apple pie will never go …
Turnip cake (lo bak gou / 蘿蔔糕) brings back the fond memory of my childhood seeping a pot of bottomless Pu’er tea with my father in the dim sum house every Sunday morning. Besides the barbecue pork bun, shrimp dumpling, and Shumai, pan-fried turnip cake is the dim sum I always order whenever the lady …
Who doesn’t like the authentic peanut sauce made from scratch? I am referring the umami-rich peanut sauce for satay. This Asian peanut sauce is so versatile that besides for satay, can be used as the gravy for noodles, making Indonesian style salad (Gado-Gado) and even as the sauce for tacos and wraps. The sauce is …
I want to share how to prepare the Malaysian chicken satay in the article. The best satay is from a tiny town called Kajang in Malaysia. Due to its popularity, many satay stores in other cities tried to piggyback on the name and called their satay ‘Kajang satay’ to attract customers. The origin of Satay …
Dan Dan Noodles (担担面) is the new inclusion into the hot and numbing Sichuan dishes that I obsessed lately. It is a dry noodle dish with a strong savory flavor as a result of the combination of Sichuan peppercorn, chili oil, minced pork, vinegar and siumiyacai (green mustard pickle), perfect as a side dish or …