Chinese: 当归/當歸 Latin: Angelica sinensis French: angélique de Chine Thai: ตังกุย Vietnamese: Đương quy Danggui is known in Chinese culture as the ginseng for women. Danggui is widely used in Chinese medicine for gynecological ailments, fatigue, mild anemia, and high blood…
Chinese: 山西老陈醋/山西老陳醋 English: Shanxi Vintage Vinegar In China, it is known that Shanxi people love vinegar. They add it in everything: soup, noodles, salads, meat. You name it, they add it. That’s also because they probably have the best vinegar…
Yangzage 羊杂割 is a street food common in the northern region of Shanxi 山西 in China. It consists of lamb offal and lamb meat, served in a creamy broth with some cellophane noodles. It is a common breakfast food, eaten together…
’Tom kha kai’ or ’Tom kha gai’ (ต้มข่าไก่) is such a simple dish to make, I feel almost ashamed to post it here. But it is absolutely one of my favourite Thai dishes! I cannot do otherwise than to honour…
History of goloyok It really bothers me the Chinese ALWAYS translate the name of their dishes. It is as if they feel obliged to explain themselves, while the Japanese just present “unagi” as “unagi”, not grilled eel, and the…
There is a saying in Chinese: ’When the spring wind blows, sow thistles thrive. Wild plains turn into stores of food.’ (春风吹，苦菜长，荒滩野地是粮仓) There are 24 seasons in the Chinese calendar and the eighth season is known as Xiao Man…
English: sow thistle Scientific name: Sonchus oleraceus French: laiteron maraîcher Español: cerraja Deutsch: Gänsedistel Nederlands: melkdistel 中文: 苦苦菜，苦苣菜，滇苦荬菜 日本語: ノゲシ，野芥子 한국어: 방가지똥 My foraging of wild garlic led me to read up more about wild vegetables. Traditionally, Northeast Asians –…
English: wild garlic, ramsons, buckrams, wood garlic, bear’s garlic Scientific name: Allium ursinum French: ail des ours Español: ajo de oso Deutsch: Bärlauch, Bärenlauch, Knoblauchspinat, wilder Knoblauch, Waldknoblauch, Hexenzwiebel, Zigeunerlauch, Ramsen, Waldherre Nederlands: Daslook The wild garlic is a native…
This is the third and last of my yong tau fu recipes: Yong Tau Fu in miso udon. Like my second Yong Tau Fu recipe, this is also a fusion dish that combines Chinese Hakka with Japanese. After some experimentation,…
This is the second of my yong tau fu recipes: Tom Yam Yong Tau Fu. It is a fusion dish that combines the Thai ‘tom yam’ soup with Chinese Hakka stuffed vegetables ‘yong tau fu’. To make my tom yam,…
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