Recently I have been developing more Asian vegetarian dishes, adding various elements like low carb, paleo, keto, etc and trying to use as much whole foods as possible. Rice and noodles are certainly two major processed food we eat, and we all know about the bad side of them so here I came up […]
When you want to turn a chicken into a more sophisticated dish, this is what you can do. Instead of roasting or baking the whole chicken, steam it just like what I did here, and then wait until it cools and hand shred it and put it on a bowl of hot rice! The making […]
Ginger is one of the best natural remedy to help warming your cold body in the winter, you can either take a ginger foot bath or drink ginger tea, or enjoy a ginger fried rice. To a lot of people, even some Asians, ginger has an overwhelming strong taste that you just can’t swallow […]
Now this is part 2 of the slow cook pork ribs with soft cartilage recipe I shared recently, apart from a dish to pair with rice you can also make this into a delicious udon soup. First cook your udon with the MSG free soup stock for noodles that I shared earlier, and place the […]
It’s always been difficult to make a delicious and healthy brunch/lunch vegetarian dish, especially when you try to follow the traditional Chinese healthy winter diet – to avoid cold chilly food. So here I took very basic frequently chosen Asian ingredients to make an easy healthy warm salad, including steamed Kabocha squash(this is definitely my […]
Whether you are a fan of Korean fried chicken or the actual KFC, there’s no way that you can miss the Taiwanese deep fried pork chop. Bubble tea shops are still a growing business in Toronto with more mega chains from Taiwan settling in the city, but try to hunt for the small local […]
｜Tsukiji tamagoyaki ‘brick’ egg sandwich (Daan G)｜ ‘Daan G’ or egg sandwich in Cantonese is an iconic Hong Kong style Chachanteng food apart from Hong Kong style milktea that you must try when you visit the city. To judge a good piece of ‘Daan G’ base on the thickness of the scrambled egg as well […]
This is the kind of Japanese style soft boil eggs many Asian has a crush on! There are many different ways to make it, but I find that most of the methods I’ve come across are just too “scientific” for me. Instead of testing the temperature and time, I just cover the eggs (from […]
| simple Chinese preserved veggie (suit choy) | Preserved veggies come in many different ways in Chinese cooking, this is one of the easiest that anyone can try at home! “Suit Choy”, or preserved mustard green is a very popular pickled veggies used in Hong Kong’s Cha Chan Tang, it’s paired with vermicelli soup, fried […]
| Enoki mushroom beef roll in sweet soy sauce | This is one of the easiest, best looking presentation Japanese inspired dish that you can serve when you have companies over or, simply make a neat bento! The tricky part is you will need to use the Asian thinly sliced beef for hotpot to wrap […]