Tomato and Vermicelli Soup
What can warm you up in a cold rainy day better than a bowl of spicy sour soup? Plus, this is my secret recipe to fix hang over quickly. Tomato and Vermicelli Soup Ingredients: (serves 2) 5 tomatoes 50g vermicelli 5 dry chili peppers 1/2 spring onion 1 tsp of salt 1/2 tsp of […]
Diced Chicken with Chili Pepper
Both my husband and I love spicy food, if we don’t have spicy food once in a while, it feels like something is missing. When we refill our ‘spicy energy’, Chongqing style dish “Diced Chicken with Chili Pepper” is always near the top of the list. Diced Chicken with Chili Pepper Ingredients: 350g […]
Rice with Stewed Pork – Taiwan Style
Rice with stewed pork is one of the most famous Taiwanese style dishes. In Taiwan, from street stands to fancy restaurants, you can always find this dish on the menu. It is also a common dish in normal Taiwanese families. When kids come home, mothers always make a big pot of stewed pork with thick broth, pour over just-cooked […]
Sautéed Sweet and Sour Pork Tenderloin
I decided to make Sautéed Sweet and Sour Pork Tenderloin for dinner today, and turns out, as soon as it is cooked, somebody with an empty stomach came back home and finished it as snack in 5 minutes. Sautéed Sweet and Sour Pork Tenderloin Ingredients: 200g pork tenderloin 1 egg 2 tbsp tomato puree 2 tbsp […]
Sautéed Shredded Pork in Sweet Bean Sauce
Sautéed Shredded Pork in Sweet Bean Sauce is another traditional Beijing style dish. Back in 1930, there was an old man named Chan living in a tenement courtyard in Beijing with his grandson. Chan makes Tou Fu for a living. Although he can only make very little money, Chan still put all his effort in […]
Shredded Chicken with Sauce
When I was small, if there was a roasted chicken served for dinner, I would only eat the legs or wings, because the meat is much more smooth and has more flavor than the breast. I remember complaining to my mom: why does the breast always taste so plain? Once my mom made this dish with some […]
Noodles with Soy Bean Paste – A Traditional Beijing Dish
When we consider Beijing style dishes, most people will think of Beijing Duck. But there is another delicious traditional Beijing style dish – Noodles with Soy Bean Paste. In a hot summer afternoon, once the day of work has finished, come back home while the sun is going down. Fill up a big bowl with noodles that have just […]
Scrambled Egg with Tomato
When I was in the Netherlands, I met many Chinese students who did not know how to cook. If there was only one dish they could make, that was “Scrambled Egg with Tomato”. If you ask a Chinese person what is the most common dish in a Chinese family, or what was your favorite home made dish […]
Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs
When I was living in Deventer, the Netherlands, I would normally go to this open market where you can find all kinds of fresh vegetables and meat with good deals. There was a meat stall that was my favorite because they sold good quality ribs with very cheap prices. With €1 worth of ribs, you could make a great meat dish. So ribs […]
"Yuan Yang" – Hong Kong Style Milk Tea
Recently it has been cold and rainy. So I have decided to make some Hong Kong Style Milk Tea to warm myself up. Milk tea is a popular part of many Cantonese people’s daily lives, not only served as part of afternoon tea, but also at breakfast or dinner. There are different types of Hong […]
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