Sichuan Recipe: Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐)

INTRODUCTION

This classic Sichuan restaurant dish looks easy to prepare, yet I have watched more than 5 videos to give me some confidence to cook the dish. Of course the foremost worry is no more than breaking the tofu. I

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Hakka Nam Yu Fried Meat With Black Fungus (客家南乳炸肉 焖木耳)

INTRODUCTION

This is dish that is commonly posted by members of Chinese Facebook Group in Malaysia. It was claimed to be Hakka Nam Yu Fried Meat (客家南乳炸肉). Some has served the fried meat immediately after it is deep fried but

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Cooked Dough Butter Cake (烫面牛油蛋糕)

INTRODUCTION

I am currently obsessed in exploring the cooked dough method of cake making. I have tried it with sponge cake and chiffon cake and I thought I might also give my butter pound cake a try.

Cooked dough is

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Durian Muffins (榴莲马芬)

INTRODUCTION

I have quite a number of durian recipes but I am still lacking durian muffin recipe. Since durian is in season, I thought readers might want to give it a try.

I have a durian crepe’s recipe as in

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Canned Sardines Appetizer aka Kerabu Sardin (沙丁鱼开胃菜)

INTRODUCTION

Talking about canned sardines, the first thing that came to my mind was the picnic sandwiches that we had when I was at secondary school. It was relatively common that we have picnics during the school holidays at the

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Philippine’s Unofficial National Dish–Pork And Chicken Adobo (菲律宾 猪肉和鸡肉阿斗波)

INTRODUCTION

I never know that pork adobo is so easy to prepare. I have eaten a few times and I remember the first time I have eaten this dish during the time when I visited Manila many years ago. As

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Authentic Hakka Confinement Dish–Yellow Wine Chicken (客家黄酒鸡)

INTRODUCTION

My boy has a very good memory of the food that he liked when he dined at restaurant. He will reminding me on and off to cook the food that he liked. He has been asking me to cook

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Hakka Mei Cai Stewed Pork Belly (客家梅菜扣肉)

INTRODUCTION

This is a very famous Hakka dish which most families will have eaten before. I remembered I first eaten this dish was a type of canned food imported from China. That was during my childhood time but it seems

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Classic Bread Puddings (面包布丁)

INTRODUCTION

“Bread pudding is a bread-based dessert popular in many countries’ cuisine, including that of Cuba, Ireland, Great Britain, France, Belgium,Puerto Rico, Mexico, Malta, Argentina, Louisiana Creole, Germany, and the southern United States. In other languages, its name is a

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Mashed Breadfruit Fritters (Jemput Sukun, Kodok Sukun, Cekodok Sukun 炸面包果球)

INTRODUCTION

Breadfruit (or buah Sukun 面包果)  is a rather common fruit tree planted by Malaysian households especially in Kampung area. The leaves are very distinctively big and have a smooth whitish tree trunk. It can be as tall as few

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