Chinese Style Braised Pork Knuckles (中式焖蹄膀)

Updated post on 10-4-2016

Usually with extra gravy available, I will use it to braised mei cai or mui choy like what my mum did. Please scroll down for simple instructions.

INTRODUCTION

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Chinese Peanut and Sesame Pancake (花生和芝麻烧饼)

INTRODUCTION

A Teochew granny in Singapore knew that I love to taste authentic Teochew kuih and she took the pain to  arrange her relatives from Shantou, China to bring me this unsightly kuih all the way from China. By the

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Borneo Sour Brinjal aka Terung Dayak or Terong Assam

INTRODUCTION

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One Pot Vegetable and Nuts Dish (养生蔬菜坚果饭)

INTRODUCTION

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Preserved Radish Omelette aka Cai Poh Nerng (干煎菜脯蛋)

INTRODUCTION

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Classic French Almond Friands (杏仁费南雪)

INTRODUCTION

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Pumpkin Bread Rolls (金瓜排包)

INTRODUCTION

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I did not have much to tell readers except that this is a very

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INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

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