Traditional Foochow/Fuzhou Ceremonial Cake aka Ley Pia (福州礼饼)

INTRODUCTION

If not because I bought a package of this cake and I am very impressed, I would not have issued this recipe. I was told that this Foochow ceremonial cake is a nice cake and common in Sibu and

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Famous Wuxi Spareribs (无锡排骨,无锡肉骨头,酱排骨)

INTRODUCTION

I have a weakness for this Chinese famous dish: Wuxi spareribs (无锡排骨,无锡肉骨头)。 I got to know the dish when I was stationed in Shanghai and Wuxi is very near to Shanghai, about a few hours train ride from Shanghai.

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Taiwanese Crispy Fried Chicken Nuggets aka Yan Su Ji (台湾盐酥鸡)

INTRODUCTION

I do not think I need to introduce this Taiwanese fried chicken, yan su ji (盐酥鸡)or literally translated as crispy salt chicken . If you have been to Taiwan, I am sure you bound to try this snack which

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Japanese Potato Salad (ポテトサラダ 日式土豆色拉)

Updated post on 12-9-2016

Updated a recipe to convert into a vegetarian recipe. For vegetarian recipe, please omit the ingredients in red. This vegetarian recipe is only suitable for those who takes eggs (蛋素). Those who did not take eggs,

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Traditional Yunnan Ham Mooncake (云腿月饼)

INTRODUCTION

I stumbled across this type of mooncake while I was searching the recipe for the Cantonese five nuts mooncake that has ham and candied pork belly. I was stunned when I read the recipe, this Yunnan famous ham moon

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Traditional Kaya Puff or Kaya Kok (咖椰角, 咖央酥)

INTRODUCTION

Whenever I think of kaya puff, it will bring me down the memory lanes of my University days in University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Occasionally, I would travel from Section 17 and visited the Kota Raya area. One of

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Chawan Auspicious Harmonious Bun aka Ho Hup Bao (诏安 和合包)

INTRODUCTION

I bet you have never seen bun with such an unique shape. It is another type of lotus leaves bun. I have been holding this recipe for quite a while. The time when I was given the recipe, I

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Authentic Chawan Seafood And Meat Porridge aka Cat Porridge (诏安 猫仔糜)

INTRODUCTION

My dialect group is Chawan aka Zhao An (诏安),the town next to Chaozhou (潮州)and Shantou (汕头)。 While I have been sharing recipes for many dialect groups such as Teochew, Hakka and Cantonese , but it will be an injustice

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Teochew Fermented Bean Curd Mooncake (潮汕腐乳饼,粤式鸡仔饼)

Updated post on 15-802018

I have decided upload a new set of picture after I managed to get the mould from Taobao.

I have already sold almost 300 pieces non vegetarian version this year (2018) and will prepare another batch

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Zhao An (Chawan) Traditional Egg Crepe Meat Rolls (诏安蛋皮肉卷, 姜香猪肉蛋卷)

INTRODUCTION

When Ms. Patricia Ho posted this dish in my Chawan (Zhao An aka 诏安) dialect Facebook group, I am so excited because I have almost forgotten this dish. Ms. Ho has a lot of unique Chawan dishes that

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