Classic Chinese Comfort Food–Sichuan Vegetable Minced Meat (榨菜肉丝)

INTRODUCTION

This is another dish that I grew up eating..In addition to the salted vegetables minced pork dish, this is another favourite dish that I always looked forward to eating when I came back from school .. I ate it

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Classic Chinese Comfort Food – Anchovies Onion (古早味江鱼仔炒大葱)

INTRODUCTION

When I was a kid, my daily breakfast was rice porridge without fail. I had this porridge breakfast until the day I left my house for university in Kuala Lumpur. No cakes, no breads or even steamed buns like

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Glass Noodles Stir Fry With Minced Meat (肉末冬粉)

INTRODUCTION

I am unsure if other families cooked this dish but it is rather common during my childhood days and I must blog this recipe for records. If my memories serve me right, I do not recall the mixed vegetarble

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Bottle Gourd Stir Fry With Glass Noodles (大姨妈嫁女 , 蒲瓜炒冬粉)

INTRODUCTION

This is a common household dish and I doubt if any readers have never eaten this dish before… It is a cuisine of Cantonese by origin but apparently it is well liked by all dialects. i am issuing this

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Hot Plate Egg Tofu (铁板豆腐)

INTRODUCTION

This is one of the very common dishes that is always served in the restaurants or Tzi Char stores in Singapore and Malaysian. My kids loved them very much and always asked me to cook this dish.

The preparation

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Sweet And Sour Meat Balls (糖醋炸丸子)

INTRODUCTION

Making porky meatballs are easy, but to make meatballs that are bouncy or springy will need some techniques and pointers. In fact, these pointers applied to all types of meatballs be it chicken, fish, pork or beef balls.

Chinese

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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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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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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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