A Trendy Mooncake Festival Snack Dan Huang Su AKA Salted Egg Yolk Flaky Pastry or 蛋黄酥

A very popular Taiwanese Mooncake festival snack

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Celery Braised Pan Fried Fish (芹菜半煎煮鱼)

INTRODUCTION

This is my childhood dish and I took some special effort just to document this simple recipe that was cooked by my mum very frequently. I need a collection centre of all my childhood dishes and my blog is

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Chinese New Year Recipes–Mixed Nuts Florentine (杂果仁脆片)

INTRODUCTION

I have not been sharing for such a long time as now I am doing some home baking for sales to my readers and friends. I wrapped dumpling twice a week and it took me 4 full days that

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Classic Zucchini Slices (夏南瓜切片小吃)

INTRODUCTION

I seldom said my bake is delicious but this one I have to say it loud and clear that it is delicious and kids has been asking for more which is rather unusual and this is prepared using an

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Old Timer Delights: Soft Coconut Sweets or Candy (古早味椰子软糖)

INTRODUCTION

I have not eaten this childhood sweet for donkey years… I cannot remember when is the last time i have eaten but when I took the first sweets, the taste and texture are so familiar and this recipe yields

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Teochew aka Chaozhou Sweet And Savoury Dumplings (潮汕双拼肉粽)

INTRODUCTION

I have never intended to share this recipe though I have eaten many times Teochew aka Chaozhou style of dumplings. It is the buyer who has requested to buy such dumplings  and that prompted me to research and blog

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Macadamia Pitted Dates (夏果椰枣)

INTRODUCTION

It is not a bad idea to pair nuts with prunes or dates.. In fact it is very delicious .. Whereas the prunes and dates provide natural sweetness to the snack, the nuts provide crunchiness and negate part of

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Vegetarian Nonya Rice Dumpling (娘惹素粽)

INTRODUCTION

I have an ex-colleague who is presently my wife’s colleague who is a long term vegetarian. For every festival, she would have difficulty to get delicious festival treats such as dumplings or moon cakes or cookies that are pure

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Fried Dace With Fermented Black Beans (豆豉鲮鱼)

INTRODUCTION

I am utterly surprised that this canned food – Fried dace with fermented black soya beans (豆豉鲮鱼) even have a rather comprehensive write up in Wikipedia..  i have always thought that this is just a common household canned food

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Classic Baked Sweet Potatoes (烤地瓜)

INTRODUCTION

Essentially, there is no recipe for this post. It is almost a common sense type of preparation and what is needed maybe some forms of simple guidelines. I have decided to blog this recipe because it is my childhood

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