I’ve ever introduced Taiwanese Zha Jiang Mian (炸醬麵) before, it’s a very common street food in Taiwan consisting of noodles topped with stir-fried pork mince and soybean paste. I do love the meaty taste of Zha Jiang Mian, but this classic noodles dish can be transformed to veggie version and it also tastes divine. This…
Chinese food
Beef Stir-Fry Noodles 牛肉炒麵
Beef Ho Fun used to be one of my favourite takeaway dishes from Cantonese restaurant. During the lockdown every time when I wanted to make it at home, I realised I didn’t stock up Ho Fun at all. And one day I was really craving for it, therefore I just worked it out with…
Congee Breakfast for New Year’s Day
‘𝐘𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐧’ 元旦 is the phrase in Mandarin Chinese to call the first day of New Year. Considering the first day of the year, I always like to have myself a proper breakfast or brunch to greet the start of New Year. And ‘𝐗𝐢 𝐅𝐚𝐧’ 稀飯, or Congee in English, is a comfy food to…
Hong Zhao/Red Yeast Paste Fried Rice 紅糟炒飯
Fried rice is my usual clean-out-the-fridge meal particularly on the day before my grocery delivery. My ingredients are simple, but this time I added Hong Zhao(紅糟醬)/Red Yeast Paste to stir fry, and the fragrance of red glutinous rice wine just perfectly enhanced the aroma of fried rice. Also I feel the colour of this…
To Make Pan-fried Beef Pie with Pizza Dough 牛肉餡餅 (披薩餅皮版本)
Not a while ago I’ve already seen someone using pizza dough to make Chinese buns and pies, so I always wanted to try this hack. Finally made it this week and I was quite surprised how easy and how delicious they turned out with pizza dough ! Simply using beef balls is also a…
Shui Zhu Yu / Spicy Boiled Fish 麻辣水煮魚(調理包版本)
This is another Szechuan cuisine that makes me drooling all the time. ‘’Shui Zhu Yu’’ (水煮魚) is basically to poach fish fillet into hot seasoned stocks with the toppings of chillies. The fragrance and the flavour of spiciness from ‘’Hua Jiao’’ (Szechuan pepper) is certainly addictive (and may make your lips go numb in…
To Makeover My Leftover : Slippery Eggs with Lamb Over Rice
I cooked Waitrose Slow Cooked Lamb Shanks for a Sunday Roast last week but to be honestly I don’t think it tasted amazingly good. The portion was just too much for me, I saved the leftover in the fridge and I’ve decided to turn it into a total different dish : Cantonese style slippery eggs with…
Suan La Fen / Hot & Sour Noodles Soup 酸辣粉 (蒟蒻麵版本)
Suan La Fen (酸辣粉) is famous Szechuan-style hot and sour noodles soup that consists of spicy, sour, and umami flavours along with noodles and different ingredients. Before I always had instant noodles version, but it turns out making Suan La Fen at home is not as difficult as you thought. 𝐈𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞…