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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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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Cheesy Baked Prawns (奶酪烤虾)

INTRODUCTION

How I wish  i have lots of money such that I can use lobsters for the recipe.. This recipe is ideal for lobsters and if I do not remember wrongly, it was sold at the classier Chinese restaurants too..

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Vietnamese Spring Rolls Recipe aka Gỏi cuốn (越式春卷)

INTRODUCTION

If my memory does not failed me, I think this is my first Vietnamese recipe. The family celebrated my birthday last year in a Vietnamese restaurant and that is the first time i ate their spring roll.

It was

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Shredded Cuttlefish Stir Fried With Pork (鱿鱼丝炒五花肉)

INTRODUCTION

I have never eaten this dish for ages but I can remember very clearly the taste of this aromatic dish. I have also never seen it sold at mixed vegetable rice stores or at restaurants. I do not know

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Braised Duck With Sea Cucumber (海参焖鸭)

INTRODUCTION

I am trying to trace the origin of this dish but not successful. Apparently this common restaurant dish in Singapore and Malaysia are not really common in China or other Chinese restaurants. I am unsure who paired sea cucumber

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Peranakan Recipes: Pineapple Prawn Curry aka Udang Masak Lemak Nenas (凤梨虾咖喱食谱)

INTRODUCTION

While I know that Peranakan is famous for this prawn pineapple curry but we have been eating this dish rather frequently though we are not Peranakan. My late parents used to cook this dish whenever they have extra pineapples

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Chinese New Year Recipes: Fuzhou Spicy and Sour Fish Maw Soup (福州酸辣鱼鳔羹)

INTRODUCTION

Usually before Chinese New Year, fish maws will flood the Chinese New Year market. It is considered as one of the presentable gifts to friends and relatives as it is rather costly and not a common item in the

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Chinese Comfort Food Series : Sweet and Sour Fish (酸甜鱼)

INTRODUCTION

How can I forget this dish that always appeared on my childhood dining table. My mum cooked this rather often and in fact she bought  the tomato sauce purely for this dish alone..

This is such a common household

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Thai Fish Cakes aka Tod Man Pla ทอดมันปลา (泰式煎鱼饼)

INTRODUCTION

If my fish cakes are thinner, that will be perfect… Well, I used my best judgement to shape the fish cake and my judgement seemed to be wrong only when I took picture that I realized it was too

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