Hong Kong Wonton Soup


Another silver lining of lockdown is that I’ve finally nailed the recipe to make a HK style wonton soup. These wontons are best described as bouncy balls of meat, wrapped with silky thin egg dough, swimming in the most fragrant, HK memory-evoking smell. The bounce is a result of a prolonged kneading, done easily with…

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Chocolate Mascarpone Cream Brioche Donuts


Fluffy donuts here we go! With these donuts, I’ve gone with 50g for large and 20g for minis. Note that large is smaller than your usual as I tend to make smaller-sized desserts, for ease of sharing and also mindful of fridge space. Not saying these donuts should be in the fridge, because they should…

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Beef Rib Ragu with fresh pasta


This is my favourite “red” meat pasta sauce (if you must know I’m partial to a creamy vodka tomato sauce too but let’s not digress). The rich rib meat, that is meat between the bones, is loaded with connective tissue that will gelatinise when slow-cooked. It turns into this most flavourful and succulent roast and…

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Savoury doughnuts with salmon, bacon, corn, chives and cream cheese filling


(See how fluffy this tester is!) Crispy bacon, cream cheese and salmon donuts A savoury twist to one of our favourite snacks, these pillowy fluffy donuts are as scrumptious as their sweet counterparts. Filled with a crispy bacon, corn, chives and whipped cream cheese mousse, these moreish bites are fun to eat. Complete with more…

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Pickled Mustard Greens and Pork Noodle Soup 酸菜肉絲麵


My current favourite lockdown activity is going through restaurant menus and picking what I should cook next. We are going for dishes that I had not bothered with previously, because the Chinese restaurant nearby my city office does it superbly. Since we haven’t been to the CBD for 74 days now it’s far too long…

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