Simple Household Recipes: Stir Fry Shredded Lotus Root ( 醋溜莲藕丝)

INTRODUCTION

My wife was complaining to me that I have never honour my promise. I was shocked and asked what was the promise. She said I did not stir fry the lotus root dish that we have eaten at my

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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

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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

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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

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Bakwa Leek Savoury Muffins (肉干大蒜咸香马芬)

INTRODUCTION

I have many muffins recipes but most are sweet and when an overseas member asked me for a savoury muffin recipe, I analysed and noted that I only have one luncheon meat muffin which is savoury  (Recipe: Luncheon Meat

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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

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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

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Famous Chinese Recipes: Ham and Chicken Dish aka Yuk Lan Gai (年菜: 金华玉树鸡)

INTRODUCTION

This is a very simple yet classic recipe. Those in my age group should not be unfamiliar with this dish. It was a common chicken dish during my childhood era.

Though simple, the challenge is to debone the chicken

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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.
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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

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