Chinese: 龟苓膏/龜苓膏 Guilinggao is an ancient medicinal desert, which hails from the county of Wuzhou 梧州 in Guangxi province in China. Legend has it that during the Era of the Three Kindgoms (AD 220-280), military strategist Zhu Geliang led his…
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English: Silver/White Pomfret Scientific name: Pampus argenteus Chinese: 鲳鱼 Bahasa melayu: Ikan Bawal Putih Thai: ปลาจะละเม็ดขาว Vietnamese: Cá chim trắng Cebuano: Salay Winaray: Sandatan Malayalee: വെളുത്ത ആവോലി Silver pomfrets thrive in the warm seas of the Indian Ocean, and are an important…
Chinese: 魚露 Ancient Chinese: 鮨 Korean: Jeotgal 젓갈, Jeot 젓 Japanese: 魚醤 Thai: nam pla น้ำปลา Vietnamese: nước mắm Tagalog: patis Ancient Greek: Garos γάρον Latin: Garum, Liquamen English: Worcestershire sauce, fish pickle, fish sauce I am very fortunate to have an understanding partner, who lets me cook whatever I…
Cellophane noodles are a staple in Confucian countries in Northeastern Asia: China, Japan and Korea. Through the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, it has infiltrated the cuisines of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and even Hawaii….
Cantonese Chinese: Yi Min, Yi Fu Min 伊麵, 伊府麵 Minnan Chinese: Yi Mi 伊麵 Mandarin Chinese: Yi Mian, Yi Fu Mian 伊面/意面, 伊府面 In this recipe, the “Seongtong Longha Wuiyimin” 上湯龍蝦燴伊麵 (Cantonese Braised Lobster with Egg Noodles), I introduced a…
Alaea is a traditional red Hawaiian sea salt made from minimally-processed Pacific sea water blended with a touch of Hawaiian red clay. The salt is rich in trace minerals, and the small amount of harvested reddish Hawaiian clay (“Alae”) further…
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…
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…
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