I know. The name sounds like an oxymoron: XO brandy with milk?! Believe me, it’s a great combination. This is a Singaporean dish that appeared about 25 years ago. When it first appeared, they added XO in the soup to…
This soup brings back memories. I used to fight with my siblings to suck the bone marrow of the fish bone. Unfortunately, I have not been able to use spinal bones for this soup, so no sucking. A very, very…
I first tasted this in a Xinghua restaurant in Singapore. Xinghua is an offshoot of the Min Nan language, branching off to develop on its own more than a thousand years ago. The cuisine also developed separately. Today, this…
Razor clams Scientific name: Ensis arcuatus 中文: 蛏 日本語: マテガイ Deutsch: Gerade Scheidenmuschel English: Razor clam, Bamboo clam Français: Couteau Nederlands: Zwaardschede How can you eat it? Try this sensational steamed razor clams with sizzling garlic, or these razor…
This dish is the only non-street food originating from the Min cuisine in China’s southeastern Fujian province that features on banquet menus in Chinese haute cuisine restaurants. There is no specific recipe for this dish: every chef has his own…
Crab Omelette with Cream of Truffle Omelette goes fantastically well with truffles. With the crab meat left over from my previous adventure on Buddha Jumps Over The Wall, I am making a crab omelette. What is unusual about this…
Located in current-day Shanxi province, north of the Xinzhou city 忻州 lies the “Wild Geese Pass” – Yanmenguan 雁门关 Built by Qin Shi Huang 秦始皇 as part of the Great Wall of China around 200BC, Yanmenguan was for two thousand…
Nine Dragons Walls are a sign of royalty in China. Today, there are around three complete walls left: Forbidden Palace 紫禁城, Beihai Park 北海公园 and this one in Datong 大同. All three Nine Dragons Walls were constructed during the Ming…
Islamic fanaticism has seen the Taliban destroyed the world heritage site of the Buddhas of Bamiyan back in 2001. Many around the world bemoan the loss of such exquisite works of art and history. Little is known that around the…
The Yingxian Pagoda 应县木塔 is also known as the Shijia Pagoda 释迦塔 referring to the Shakyamuni Buddha, named after two Buddha’s sariras supposed housed in the pagoda. Located in the Yingxian Town 应县 in the province of Shanxi in Northen…
