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…
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Qianlong Baicai 乾隆白菜 is an extremely simple yet very well-known salad dish from Beijing. Translated into English as “Emperor Qianlong’s Cabbage”, this dish could be interpreted as the Chinese version of the American “Caesar’s Salad” – although its origins are…
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!
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.
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