I know it’s getting warm and beautiful now on the other side of the world; but to where I am it’s the other way around as temperature is dropping off so fast. Winter season has definitely arrived! What could be better than a bowl of hot soup on a chilly, rainy, windy or haily kind … Continue reading »
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Stir Fried Mussels with Black Bean and Chilli Sauce
I think I had already mentioned before that I love to learn different ways to cook mussels as I don’t know a lot of recipes that uses these wonderful sea creatures. So far I these are the recipes I know that uses mussels as the main ingredient Baked Tahong Moules Marinieres Butter Garlic Mussels Tinolang … Continue reading »
Lean Pork and Century Egg Congee
Congee is a type of rice porridge popular in Asian countries, it has a lot of variations across the region where different meats, eggs and vegetables are added but one ingredient always remain which is rice. A dish that can be consumed as a breakfast item, supper or even as a snack like the Philippine … Continue reading »
Tea Eggs
Day 3 and lets feature something Asian, Tea eggs that is. Tea Eggs for those who haven’t seen one or tried is a Chinese savoury snack made out of eggs simmered in various spices, soy sauce, and black tea leaves. A common snack sold by street vendors in night markets in China; a dish that … Continue reading »
Lion’s Head Meatballs
We will be posting ahead of time today due to a group themed post from World in a Plate. What is World in a Plate? World on a plate is a blogging cultural exchange. On the last Sunday of the month, bloggers from all over the world get together to interpret a food through the … Continue reading »
Sung Choi Bao of Pork
Sung Choi Bao or San Choi Bao is a dish made out of seasoned stir fried pork, chicken or beef; wrapped in a lettuce leaf then served with a savoury sweet sauce. This Asian style wrap is commonly served as an entree in Chinese cuisine, furthermore, it is also known for its simple but good … Continue reading »
Maki Soup
Soup week: Day 3. What we will be making today is Maki Soup! Yes, you’ve seen it right! This is not the maki you know about and those two are not related. Maki Soup is far from being Japanese dish but it is a Filipino Chinese soup dish which is flavoured with fluffy tender pork … Continue reading »
Pancit Bihon Guisado
For the fourth day of the Chinese dish week it will be something created outside of China but this dish definitely has its Chinese roots which is the case for a lot of South East Asian dishes. So for this post it will be a noodle dish called Pancit Bihon Guisado. Pancit or Pansit is … Continue reading »
Prawn Fried Rice
If were in a hurry we always resort to making some fried rice either for lunch or dinner, it’s not just quick to prepare it is also an all in one dish where you have your carbs and protein in one serving. For those who does not know fried rice is an essential part of … Continue reading »
Almond Jelly
Second day of our Chinese week and for today we will be making a cold dessert which is called Almond Jelly. This dish is a traditional Chinese dessert traditionally made out liquid extracted from Chinese almonds (apricot kernel) or sweet Chinese almond which is sweetened and mixed with agar served together with fruits. Modern versions … Continue reading »
Lo Han Chai (Buddha’s Delight)
Since it was Chinese New Year a couple of weeks ago and Lantern Festival this weekend lets celebrate that by posting Chinese dishes this week. First on the list is this wonderful vegetarian dish called Lo Han Chai which is commonly served during this period. Lo Han Chai, Luohan cai,Luohan zhai, lo han jai or … Continue reading »
Siomai (Shumai)
Siomai or Shumai is a traditional Chinese dumpling served in dim sum. In China there are two varieties of Siomai which are the Cantonese and Jinghan. The difference between the two varieties is that the Cantonese is made out of pork, shrimp and black mushroom covered in a thin sheet of dough while the siomai … Continue reading »
Pancit Molo
Pancit Molo is a Philippine dish which is more of a soup rather than a pancit (which is noodle in Tagalog) it shares the similarity with the Wonton Noodle Soup sans noodles. This dish originated from the province of Iloilo which is also known for La Paz batchoy, Bacalao, Dinuguan, Puto and Piyaya, this is … Continue reading »
Spicy Steamed Tripe
There are a lot of Chinese dishes that I love and most of them I know the recipe by heart but there are some that I don’t and usually these are the ones that I don’t know the name that’s why it is a bit hard to make it at home as you don’t know … Continue reading »
Taho
Taho is one of the most popular Philippine street foods, it is made out of fresh silken tofu, thick sugar syrup and sago pearls. Enjoyed as a tea time snack or a breakfast food item, this sweet tofu has a texture of very fine custard that everybody would easily love. Not sure though whether I … Continue reading »