I made this Pepper Lunch Style Mushroom Fried Rice for my vegetarian day! Pepper Lunch is a famous Japanese sizzling steak restaurant franchise, their significant pepper beef rice has become one of the most popular recipes, I also made it before and absolute love it. This is my take on no meat version, the ingredients…
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Easy Scallion Pancakes with Dumpling Skins 餃子皮蔥油餅
After making 10 chubby siu mai, I still have plenty of dumpling skins left but I don’t really want to put them back to the freezer. So I decided to make scallion pancakes, yes, with dumpling skins! The recipe only requires 5 ingredients and won’t take you much time and effort. The cheat version actually…
Prawn and Iberico Pork Siu Mai 鮮蝦伊比利豬肉燒賣
A month ago I bought Iberico pork belly and prawns from my local butcher and I asked on Stories for cooking suggestions. Then @jchli7 kindly advised me to make siu mai, I never made dumplings or any Chinese wrapping things before so I really doubted myself if I can make it… However, I have been…
Taiwanese Soy-Stewed Pork Rice Bowl 台式控肉飯
Kong Rou Fan 控肉飯/Taiwanese Soy-Stewed Pork Rice Bowl is another locally loved dish that I have been craving recently. It’s very similar like Lu Rou Fan滷肉飯but Kong Rou Fan is usually cooked with large cut of pork belly that you can enjoy meaty texture with soy sauce based umami flavour. A sweet and savoury, gelatinous…
Vegan Tonkotsu Ramen 素豚骨風拉麵
Do you know Japanese Tonkotsu Ramen could be made in vegan version, too? The answer is YES and it’s actually quite easy to make at home. To create this thick and cloudy broth without slow-cooking pork bones for 12 hours, the secret is to add oat milk! It’s similar like Soy Milk Ramen 豆乳ラーメン but…
Steamed Chicken with Spring Onion Ginger Oil 蔥薑醬
Steamed chicken is probably one of the easiest dishes to make and so delicious when topping with spring onion ginger oil. This is simple, efficient and I promise nothing complicated here. This chicken dish can be served in hot or cold, not to mention that fragrant spring onion and ginger oil sauce is definitely a…
Silky Steamed Eggs with Clams 蛤蜊蒸蛋
Steaming is one of the easiest and time-efficient cooking methods for sure and today I have cooked another steamed dish which is so easy to achieve for quick lunch! I followed the recipe from e.g.kitchen to make this super soft, custard-looking steamed eggs with clams; it’s SO SMOOTH with briny taste of clams. The ratio…
Crispy Sesame Tofu Katsu 酥脆芝麻豆腐排
I’ve made sesame tofu cubes quite a few times (see recipe here) and I really love how it turned out with crispy outside and soft inside. Then this time I would like to put on more efforts to make Sesame Tofu Katsu. Firstly I press my tofu block, freeze, defrost, then press again. It does…
Taiwanese Rice Noodles Soup 台式米粉湯
Probably not the best known, but Taiwanese Rice Noodles Soup (台式米粉湯) is another significant Taiwanese dish which is supper common in Taiwan from breakfast shops to local night markets. This is also a common home dish that every Taiwanese family would have their own recipe. Taiwanese rice noodles soup could be very simple with fewer…
Gyudon / Japanese Beef Bowl 日式牛丼飯
Gyudon is a Japanese dish of thinly sliced beef cooked in sweet sauce mixture to serve over the rice. I’ve ordered Gyudon quite often when eating at Japanese restaurant as this was something I wouldn’t cook at home. The reason is I can’t get thinly sliced beef from supermarkets, don’t like the quality of frozen…