This Chinese braised pork belly with taro is an exceptional dish. Why? Because the pork belly is served up-ended, The pork and taro are cooked in a braising liquid in a deep bowl and inverted on a plate to serve. This action is called 扣 (means turn upside down, pronounced as ‘kao’), and meat is called 肉 …
Eggplant with garlic sauce (Yuxiang eggplant, 鱼香茄子) is a relatively easy and extremely delicious home-cooked dish.However, it is very tricky to cook eggplant. Many people struggle to perfect it because of eggplant absorbs oil quickly and become soggy, at the same time it lost its appetizing purple hue after cooking.This article will show you how to …
Vegetable stir-fry is a quick and easy Chinese dish. However, if you do it right, sir-frying only adds a new dimension to your plain vegetables. I want to explain how to prepare Chinese vegetable stir fry in this article. Your gorgeous vegetable stir fry with remarkable texture will knock your socks off. You will immediately …
Look at the image above, the Chinese Spare Ribs that has to be tasted to believe. Why? If you regularly use herbs and spices like rosemary, thyme, black pepper and olive oil to make braised pork ribs, now think of replacing them with a plethora of Asian spices- cloves, scallion, star anise, cinnamon, sesame oil …
If you have not tried Lo Mai Gai (steamed glutinous rice with chicken, 糯米鸡), you are surely missing out something. Lo Mai Gai is the specialty Dim Sum of Singapore and Malaysia along with Cantonese Dim Sum like Har Gao, Shumai and Char Siu Bao popular across Asia. Why is this Lo Mai Gai recipe …
Have you ever replicate the restaurant style Chinese fried rice, but still fall short of the result you want after trying all the methods on the internet, YouTube and recipe books? This article is aimed to provide the final piece of the missing puzzle that you are searching for. I am referring to the simple …
Fresh Vietnamese spring rolls are light, crispy, and airy. It will shatter in your mouth when you bite on it. Fresh Vietnamese spring rolls are simply irresistible. The crackling sound of the first bite brings back the memory of the bustling old-school Dim Sum shop I once had as a kid. The middle-aged women pushing …
The post is about how to make an easy pasta sauce, but not the conventional sauce with tomato, cheese, and milk. I want to serve the sauce in my cafe with a ‘wow’ factor, which intends to give a pleasant surprise my customers. For sure, it was an uphill task to find one among thousands …
This Chinese porridge recipe is one of the most comforting breakfast favorites among the Chinese. The porridge (congee) is called the Lean Pork and Century Eggs Porridge (皮蛋瘦肉粥). Many people think that the only way to get the velvety smooth porridge is to simmer the porridge for long hours. In this porridge recipe, I’ll describe …
My recent trip to Hong Kong for an authentic wonton soup recipe was fruitful. I have the advantage of having my siblings stay in Hong Kong and savoring some of the best wontons in town. They also brought me to places only known to the locals to hunt for the exotic ingredients the top wonton …