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“Cheongfan” 腸粉 (‘Changfen‘ in Mandarin Chinese) is a very typical street breakfast in the southeastern Chinese province of Canton and Hongkong. It is naturally part of the dim sum repertoire in Cantonese brunch restaurants, and is my personal favourite. Street-style…
“Sam Lou Hor Fan” 三捞河粉, sometimes spelled as “San Lao Horfun”, is a very popular Singaporean dish of Chinese Cantonese roots. Here’s the secret recipe to help you recreate it at home with fresh ingredients!
If you do see these bright green and deliciously juicy garlic scapes in the market, grab them with both hands! While most people use them as a green alternative to the more pungent garlic bulb, this Chinese recipe that pairs…
This is a Cantonese restaurant classic that always appears in wedding and birthday banquets! The good news is, it is actually very simple to recreate this dish at home! Either raw or cooked lobster will do. I know it is difficult to get proper Yimin noodles outside of East Asia, so I have even proposed an alternative!
Some time ago, I have introduced to you this traditional Chinese female aphrodisiac called the long net stinkhorn 竹笙. It is a beautiful mushroom that wears a bridal gown, and is found in all sub-tropical regions around the world….
I finally found a pack of facai – the “human hair vegetable” – which prompted me to make this dish that is normally reserved for Chinese New Year. It is the first time that I made this ‘the proper…
Some days I am just tired of extremely savoury foods, and I start to want something really light yet sophisticated, so as to give my taste buds a relaxing rejuvenation. This is one of those dishes that makes you go,…
One of the major frustrations of living abroad is that you never get fresh rice noodles. All the rice noodles you see are dried versions that you have to boil in water. But as all rice noodles connoisseurs know, these…
So I have a bunch of oriental spinach. The most logical thing to do, is to do a very typical Cantonese dish with it. Oh no, not all Chinese greens are stir-fried. Some, like the oriental spinach, are best served…
This is the easiest thing to do in the whole world yet it goes so well with all Cantonese noodles dishes. Therefore, every discerning connoisseur of Chinese Cantonese food must have a jar all ready in the fridge! Chillies of…
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