Stored bought lap cheong in UK are really tasteless, I don't really know why. I had tried so many brands and never find any I really like. It's such a shame good lap cheong from the far east are banned from import and carrying them yourself through custom. [...]
Lap Cheong ?? - Chinese dried sausage
Posted by yanti on Sunday, March 28, 2010
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Moo goo gai pan ????
Posted by yanti on Saturday, March 27, 2010
The first time I heard of 'moo goo gai pan' said in American/English years ago, I had no idea what it was. Then I figured it out it must be chicken with mushroom, still took me many years later to figure out what 'pan' is in Chinese till I Google and [...]
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Jjajangmyun (Korean black bean sauce noodles)
Posted by yanti on Friday, March 26, 2010
Jjajangmyun is Chinese Zha Jiang Mian Korean style. Jjajangmyun was introduced by Chinese immigrants living in Korea years ago.The main ingredient for the sauce is a Korean black bean sauce called chun jang. This black bean sauce is nothing like Chinese [...]
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Mooli and pork wrapped in flaky pastry ?????
Posted by yanti on Monday, March 22, 2010
These are nice little dim sum pastry balls great with a cup of Chinese tea. I am using traditional Chinese flaky pastry for this recipe but if you can't be bothered you can use bought puff pastry. Chinese flaky pastry is made up of two type of pastries [...]
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Banana and coconut chiffon cake
Posted by yanti on Sunday, March 21, 2010
I had few very ripe bananas sitting in the fruit bowl. The only way I can think of to use them up is cake. I want something light and less calorie rich. I had banana chiffon before, it's a bit bland IMO. Then I thought why not add coconut with banana [...]
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Sichuan preserved vegetable and pork noodle soup ?????
Posted by yanti on Friday, March 19, 2010
?? Zha Chai is my favourite store cupboard Chinese pickled vegetable. This is available in most Chinese grocery store, some in plastic packaging and some in tin/can in large chunks or ready shredded. Personally I prefer the chunky type in a tin/can.This [...]
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Opor Ayam
Posted by yanti on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Opor ayam is one of the popular chicken curry in Indonesia/Malaysia/Brunei areas. Two common curry spices like chilli and turmeric are not required. This curry is fragrant with spices but not spicy hot and quite creamy with coconut milk. Quite easy to [...]
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Hakka fried pork braised with woodears ???????
Posted by yanti on Thursday, March 4, 2010
Most People called this char yoke, meaning fried pork. The pork is fried then braised. It's similar braising pork like hong shao rou. The dish is flavoured predominantly with red fermented beancurd and five spice powder. Quite a simple recipe, other [...]
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