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The ‘Teochew Beef Horfun 潮汕湿炒牛河 ‘ – a Chinese Minnan Teochew classic – is a simple yet seriously satisfying beef rice noodles dish. Popularised in Singapore by the Teochew diaspora, the Beef Horfun is a local favourite at all Chinese street food kitchens called “Zi Cha Twah” (煮炒摊).
For many Singaporeans living abroad, otak-otak is one of the things that they would literally kill for. The aroma of burnt coconut leaves combined with the scent of fresh fish pate marinated with a magnificent blend of spices is one…
You may have tried some of the edible fungi popular in Chinese cuisines, such as the Wood Ear (Mu’er 木耳) which I have written about here or the Silver Ear (Yin’er 银耳) which is an important ingredient in a popular Cantonese dessert. If you haven’t tried the Golden Ear (Jin’er 金耳), then you really should!
With Chinese New Year round the corner, you must be busy preparing for it. With the strict COVID restrictions, many of us will prefer to stay home and cook instead of booking a table at a restaurant which had made…
Mayouji 麻油鸡 is the most classic Chinese dish that many women enjoy during the postpartum period after their delivery. Using just a few ingredients, ayouji 麻油鸡 provides many of the nutrients that women need in order to recover from the…
The Hainanese Herbal Mutton Soup 海南羊肉汤 is such a classic, that is fast fading into oblivion. As society globalises, traditional dishes sometimes move into the background as tastes change and evolve when influences from other cuisines catch our attention. This soup is the taste of my childhood. By posting this here, I hope others will take it up again so that we remember the cooking of our forebears.
Youmian Kaolaolao is a typical staple in the northern province of Shanxi 山西, where this unique species of oat grows. The word ‘Youmian’ 莜面 refers to the flour made from the Eurasian ‘naked oat’ called ‘Youmai’ 荞麦, which is only commercially grown across northwestern China from Inner Mongolia to Gansu. Youmian Kaolaolao is eaten very much like rice or noodles, so there are no specific instructions on what normally is eaten with this oat pasta. The texture of Youmian Kaolaolao is smooth, and compared to normal pasta made from wheat, you do not feel bloated after eating it.
The ‘wood ear‘ is the name translated directly from Chinese ‘Mu’er 木耳‘ for a group of related edible fungus. Most commonly, this refers to the ‘black wood ear‘ – the Auricularia auricula-judae – which comes from its common English name,…
In Singapore, many people call this “Odeon Beef Noodles” because of a famous food stall that used to peddle opposite the Odeon Cinema back in the seventies. The cinema is not there anymore neither is the stall, but the dish…
I came across this gem at my favourite mushroom seller Fred. A big fan of pleurotus mushrooms, commonly called ‘oyster mushrooms’, I was really curious when I first saw the pink oyster mushroom. The ‘Pleurotus djamor’ is smaller than its usual white and offwhite siblings, and it simply looks beautiful.
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