How to cook an ostrich egg? Yes, that’s a big question when Nourished Communities gifted me an ostrich egg for my Foodtryb Mystery Ingredient Challenge. Didn’t expect to receive such a huge egg and need to create a recipe for this so I was struggling in the beginning as it seems a challenge to even…
Recipe
Basque Burnt Cheesecake 巴斯克焦香乳酪起司蛋糕
Basque Burnt Cheesecake might be one of the leading food trends of pandemic since last year and I finally give it a go now. The method is just so simple that hardly can fail and it certainly brings some comfort and satisfaction when feeling a bit moody with London’s unsettled weather. Ingredients -200g soft…
Crispy Seaweed Crackers 自製海苔脆餅
Anyone knows ‘’のり天’’ (noriten) ? That is my favourite seaweed tempura snack that I can easily finish one pack in a few minutes. So when I first saw seaweed crackers food hack by simply using rice paper and nori seaweed sheets from Youtube, I told myself I have to try it! But since then I…
Japanese Beef Rice Bowl (Gyudon) 牛丼
Japanese Beef Rice Bowl, or Gyudon (牛丼), is one of those simple, home-style Japanese dishes you never get tired of. It’s also the signature dish at many Japanese chains, Yoshinoya, Matsuya, and Sukiya among them. It needs very few ingredients, comes together in one pan, and is ready in under 20 minutes, which makes it…
Easy Quiche Recipe with Sardines & Olives 沙丁魚橄欖鹹派
A quiche for weekend brunch? YES! Just saw this easy quiche recipe from Utosh and I had almost forgotten how much I loved this savoury pie! I think quiche is a dish that I first tried to make when I was a beginner cook, it’s so easy to put everything together, just simply use ready…
Drunken Chicken / Shaoxing Wine Marinated Chicken 醉雞
In Taiwanese culture, Chicken is a symbolic dish for Lunar New Year as it symbolises to bring the prosperity of family. This comes from the Taiwanese phrase ’Jia-Ke-Khi-Ke’’(呷雞起家) as the Taiwanese pronunciation of chicken -‘Ke’ – has the same sound as ‘’home’’. Usually the whole chicken is the most popular, but ‘’Drunken Chicken’’ 醉雞, a…
Pancake Day 2021
I’ve always missed Pancake Day before but this year I particularly pinned it at schedule together with Lunar New Year so I wouldn’t forget. My first attempt was to do Jana’s pancake bunnies but unfortunately failed (not easy to make the exact shape I want!), then I tried to make mini pancakes, again, not as…
Minced Prawns Lettuce Wraps 生菜蝦鬆
Finally, it’s Lunar New Year’s Eve today!!! In Taiwan, reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve is such an important part of Lunar New Year as all family members need to come back home having a huge feast together to celebrate the coming new year. At reunion dinner we usually have various kinds of cuisines cooked…
Good Fortune Tofu Box for Lunar New Year 豆腐福包
I was brainstorming some recipes for upcoming Lunar New Year, then after seeing Vernabanana’s viral teriyaki tofu sticks wrapped with nori seaweed, I was so inspired and came up with a similar idea to create these fortune-box-look-like tofu blocks. And here it is! Basically I wrapped nori around tofu in a different way to…
Steamed Garlic Prawns with Glass Noodles 蒜蓉蒸蝦粉絲
Have no idea what to cook for Lunar New Year? How about trying this steamed garlic prawns recipe which is super simple but looks sophisticated on the table? This is a great LNY celebration cuisine with beautiful taste of shell-on prawns and to impress your family as they would feel you cook like a restaurant…