This dish does not originate in China but in the Malaysian city of Ipoh. It is firmly rooted in the Cantonese tradition hence I have classified it as a Cantonese dish. There are so many dishes with the same name…
“Wonton” is a Cantonese dish. Legends has it that when Northern Chinese-speaking people invaded and colonized the Yue/Viet (Malay-speaking people) people in the southeast (in today’s Guangdong and Fujian provinces) in around 100BC, they missed eating dumplings. Hence, using…
I do not know where to classify this recipe, since it is my own invention. But I would say the style is very Cantonese, so am placing it under Yue cuisine. This dish is simple and easy to make. It…
Scientific name: Amaranthus dubius/Amaranthus mangostanus L. Mandarin Chinese: Xiàn Caì 苋菜/莧菜; Or 青香苋、红苋菜、汉（汗）菜、红菜、野刺苋、米苋、人旱菜，杏菜、莹莹菜、玉米菜、米谷菜、云仙菜 Cantonese Chinese: Yin Choy 莕菜 Minnan Chinese: Heng Tsai 荇菜 English: Red spinach, Chinese spinach Vienamese: Rau Den Thai: Phak Khom ผักโขม Khmer: Ptee Bahasa Melaya: Bayam…
Scientific name: Vigna umbellata Mandarin Chinese: Chi Xiao Dou 赤小豆/飯豆 English: Red rice bean I know I have not been posting for a long time. That is because I have been away, trying to recover from a serious bout of…
You don’t always have to cook tofu. They are cooked anyway. Cold tofu are fantastic on those cool summer nights when you crave for something light and healthy. These are great with rice congee or cold soba noodles. Ingredients:…
Sorry about the quality of the photo. I was in a hurry to eat it so I just used my mobile phone to take the picture. This is a really simple Hokkien dish that is both heartening and filling. Called…
This is a classic Chinese-style steaming for fish. You can use this recipe for all other large white-fleshed fish like seabass, or pomfret. Serving: 2 persons Ingredients: 1 large sea bream, descaled and gutted 2 cloves of garlic, shelled…
I was thrilled to have found these in Belgium, as they are hardly seen even back home. I mentioned before the large variety of tofu and one of them is the hard tofu, called tauguah in Hokkien. While you have…
English: Red cargo rice Mandarin Chinese: 红糙米 The white rice that most people know are “dead rice”, meaning that the outermost layers have been removed and what is left is the core of the seeds. Brown rice are “living…
