Today I made a festive dish called pork belly with preserved mustard greens. It is called ‘mei cai kou rou / meicai kourou / 梅菜扣肉 in Chinese. It is a dish I will only prepare during the festive season, and today is the 10th day of the Lunar New Year / Spring Festival. Why do …
My brother-in-law brought me a pork knuckle last week, perfect for making braised pork knuckles to celebrate Chinese New Year! So why he gave me the pork knuckle? Because pork knuckles represent prosperity and good luck for the coming year. Today I will show you a Chinese New Year pork knuckle recipe. For readers who …
Stir-fry beef with black bean sauce is my favorite food ordered in Chinese restaurants. Since my favorite restaurant is no longer serving this dish recently, I decided to dig deeper into how to prepare it at home. I am delighted it is pretty easy to prepare if I use a store-bought black bean sauce. What’s …
Today is a lazy Monday, and I’m alone at home. What I want is a simple lunch, and what is better than making a Thai omelet? There are only two ingredients required, egg and fish sauce, but it is insanely delicious. It is all because of frying the egg with plenty of oil until the …
This Thai vegetable stir-fry is garlicky, crisp-tender, and loaded with a spicy, sweet, savory, and garlicky taste. It is quick and easy, and the flavor of Thai fish sauce and Golden Mountain Sauce will change the way you look at vegetable stir-fry forever! I will show you how to make a Thai-style mixed vegetable stir …
Tofu is often described as soft, tender, and tasteless. What about improvising it by creating a crackling surface to encase delicate texture? This is the spicy crispy tofu recipe. Today I will show you my favorite crispy tofu dressed in a spicy Sichuan-style thick sauce. Best of all, it requires only a few simple ingredients …
This panang curry recipe is easy to make and super delicious. I just had it in my favorite Thai restaurant last week for dinner and itching to try replicating it at home. So I purchased the ready-made panang curry paste (also spelled as phanaeng and phanang) online but soon realized that it is not that …
Chinese watercress soup is an easy Chinese soup that only requires two main ingredients. It is more well known among the Cantonese by the name Sai Yong Choy Tong, xi Yang Cai Tang, or 西洋菜汤. It is an easy Chinese cuisine usually made by most Cantonese families. My mum used to prepare it when I …
This Japanese curry udon recipe has an incredible flavor and takes less than 30 minutes to prepare. Curry is not originated in Japan. However, it has been ricocheted from India to every region of the world and assimilated into the local culinary culture wherever it settles. There was no exception when curry arrived in Japan. …
Let me share the Sup Kambing recipe, the classic Malaysian soup, in this article. Sup kambing is one of the delicious soups I always order in the local Malaysian Indian restaurant. It tastes completely different from most Western and Chinese soups due to the liberal use of spices. Don’t freak out when you see a …