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Red Beans With Tangerine Peel & Cream Crackers

March 12, 2012

Red Beans with Tangerine Peel and Cream Crackers

Red beans or adzuki beans soup is one of the classic Chinese dessert loved by many. This recipe adapted from Cooking with Chinese Herbs book adds tangerine peel to give a zesty flavor. According to the cookbook, red beans are protein packed and when combine with tangerine peel make a ‘warming’ drink that helps to [...]

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Korean Rice Cakes Soup with Leeks & Mandu

March 2, 2012

Korean Rice Cakes Soup with Leeks and Mandu

I found out I like disc-shaped tteok (떡 Korean rice cakes) better than the cylinder-shaped one after tying a packet of this flat pancake like tteok. I created this recipe simply because I have a packet of tteok and leek at hand. This dish utilizes some ‘lazy technique’ with the help of anchovies granule and [...]

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Steamed Soft Beancurd In Country Style

February 24, 2012

Hmmm why is this dish called country style? I’ve no idea. Most probably due to the use of fermented bean paste. Just like the Japanese with their miso (fermented rice/barley/soybean) and the Korean with their doenjang (fermented soybean paste), we Chinese have fermented bean paste or more commonly known as taucu. I don’t think anyone [...]

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Brown Rice With Pumpkin & Mushroom

January 17, 2012

Firstly, I would like to wish my dear readers a very Happy Chinese New Year. San nin fai lok. Man see yue yee. Can’t wait to ‘mum’ the CNY cookies and yummy dishes in less than a week time. Hehe :) As promised, here’s another interesting dish which you can try for the coming CNY. [...]

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Stuffed Lotus Root With Mushrooms

January 13, 2012

Happy New Year everyone! This first post of 2012 is themed lotus root. As Chinese New Year is around the corner I will share 1 or 2 CNY dishes with you all (provided they are yummy of course) and this is one of them. Lotus root is one of the many auspicious Chinese New Year [...]

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My Very First Kimchi Making Experience

December 28, 2011

Kimchi (김치) is a popular traditional Korean dish which involves fermenting vegetables with seasonings. Each regions and seasons in Korea has their own distinct kimchi ingredients and flavours. So you can imagine how many varieties of kimchi you will find in Korea! Kimchi is said to be one of the top 5 health food of [...]

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Chinese New Year Cookies: Salted Egg Yolk Cookies

December 16, 2011

Huh! Salted egg yolk cookies??? Yup you read that right. I was hesitating a little when I choose to make this cookie. Would it be yummy? Would it come out well? The answer is yes and yes. I’m so glad I tried this cookie. This is one of my new favorite cookies (together with Star [...]

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Chinese New Year Cookies: Green Pea Cookies

December 9, 2011

Green Pea cookies was a big hit few years back during Chinese New Year but I was never at the right place to taste it. I never caught on the green pea fever (if you know what I mean). Ahh but never fear, there’s always first time for everything. :) Alien balls! Hahaha

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