Black Sugar Ginger Cubes (黑糖姜母砖块)

INTRODUCTION

This is a common item and i do not know if there are any Asian readers who does not know these sugar cubes. Well, it is always a hand gift item for friends who just return from Taiwan

Read the rest
Post Chinese New Year Recipes: Easy Peasy Hand Knead Pizza : Bakwa Leek Oriental Pizza (手工披萨: 肉干大蒜披萨)

INTRODUCTION

This is a unprecedented and impromptu post. I was having family lunch at a relative’s house and I just wanted some quick  dinner for my family members and therefore I thought of preparing pizza. I arrived home at about

Read the rest
Traditional Chinese Recipe: Sweet Glutinous Rice Cake aka Bee Koh (糯米糕)

INTRODUCTION

Every year on the 8th night or 12:00 am for the 9th day (初八晚,初九凌晨), many Chinese dialects especially the Hokkien will be paying to the Jade Emperor (玉皇大帝)or locally known as pai ti kong (拜天公). The praying is usually

Read the rest
Famous Chinese Recipe: Wansan Pork Knuckles (苏菜之: 万三蹄)

INTRODUCTION

It is the 3rd day of Chinese New Year 2017 and I wished to take this opportunity to wish all the readers a Happy and Prosperous Rooster Year. This is supposedly a Chinese New Year dish which I should

Read the rest
Chinese New Year Recipes: Natural Colouring 5 Elements Huat Kuih aka Wuxing Huat Kuih (天然色素吉祥五行发糕)

INTRODUCTION

I have prepared these a few days ago and I am rushing out the recipe tonight though I am very tired. My rationale is very simple, some readers may need a huat kuih recipe before Chinese New Year.

Huat

Read the rest
SPECIAL COMPILATION OF 30 CHINESE NEW YEAR RECIPES–PART 2– Auspicious Chinese Cakes and Sweets ( 30 春节食谱汇编 2– 应年节庆糕点)

INTRODUCTION

This is a special compilation for all the Chinese New Year related recipes. It will be divided into 3 posts.

  • Part 1 (90 recipes)  is concerning all the cookies, pastries pertaining to the Chinese New Year recipes.
Read the rest
Chinese Cured Meat Rice aka Lup Mei Fan (粤式瓦煲腊味饭)

INTRODUCTION

I got a request from a reader to issue this recipe which is a very common recipe during Chinese New Year Period. When you saw that cured meats are sold in the supermarket, it signifies that Chinese New Year

Read the rest
Mandarin Orange Cranberry Muffins (大吉大利吉祥马芬)

INTRODUCTION

I presumed most readers will know that mandarin oranges is an auspicious fruit during Chinese New Year. It was considered as auspicious because the name 大橘 (da jv) has almost the same tone as 大吉 (da ji) which means 

Read the rest
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

Read the rest
Chinese New Year Recipes: Curry Laksa Cookies (咖喱辣沙曲奇)

INTRODUCTION

The concept of laksa cookies is not new and it has been in existence for a few years. If you Google laksa cookies, you will see lots of recipe. However, I opt to design my own cookies because cookies

Read the rest
Skip to toolbar