What did you do on Sundays as a kid?My Sunday routine, for as long as I can remember, was going to yum cha with my family and grandma after church. There were favourites for each of us: beef mince balls and steamed rice rolls for me especially, but siu mai (steamed pork, prawns and mushroom)…
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Spring onion pancakes
Sometimes we just crave simple food that brings back memories. For a simple meal, we often make rice congee and have stir fry noodles with it. The rice congee would take some time to prepare, in order for the rice grains to break down enough to be creamy. While that’s going, I can also prepare…
Chinese Roast Pork with crispy crackling
The closest chinese roast meat shop is 30 mins of driving away. To get our roast pork fix, we have to plan ahead and go on weekends. There has to be a better way, I thought to myself. So I decided that I will make my own! Ingredients: 2kg pork belly 3 tablespoon five spice…
Traditional Hong Kong street food – ‘Bubble Waffle’ (雞蛋仔)
Of all the things I miss of Hong Kong since moving to NZ, 8 out of 10 things are food related. Some of them I have been able to recreate, like the desserts, claypot rice, combination coffee and tea ‘Yin Yeung’ and appetisers such as barbecue pork and cold cuts. One special dish, has eluded…
Chinese pickle – turnip, carrot and cucumber
Sushi has become a very common choice for meals these days, for its multitude of flavours and healthy ingredients (perhaps not so the fried pork cutlet with layers of fat-ladden mayo). Surprisingly, J doesn’t like sushi and I still haven’t figured out exactly why. With her new found love for prawns, I might try a…
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