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…
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Yakiniku Donburi / Streaky Bacon Rice Bowl with Spring Onion Sauce 蔥醬豬培根燒肉丼飯
If you are craving Japanese Yakiniku Donburi (Grilled Meat Rice Bowl) then this is an easy recipe by simply using streaky bacon from supermarket. This marinade sauce is generally used for grilled ox tongue or beef but I found it also perfect for bacon. Adapted from Masa Cooking Beef Yakiniku Shionegi Donburi recipe, I made…
Easy Laksa at Home in 15 minutes. 速成叻沙咖哩湯麵
Do you like Laksa ? Laksa is an iconic Malaysian coconut curry soup with rich, fragrant, and flavoured broth. I always wanted to try making Laksa but felt it’s not an easy job as it requires a lot of spices and ingredients from scratch. However, when I saw Marion’s Kitchen simply using Thai red…
Shogayaki / Japanese Grilled Pork with Ginger Sauce 薑汁豬肉
When I firstly used Waitrose thinly sliced bacon for hot pot, I was also thinking to use it for making this Japanese popular home cooking dish : Shogayaki (生姜焼き). ‘’Shoga’’ means ginger and ‘’Yaki’’ means grill in Japanese, this dish generally refers to paper thin sliced pork so these thinly sliced bacon I got…
Taiwanese San Bei Ji / Three Cup Chicken 台式三杯雞
Taiwanese San Bei Ji (三杯雞), or Three Cup Chicken is one of the most classic Taiwanese homey recipes that my mum would usually make at home. For those people who don’t understand Mandarin may not have clue what does ‘’Three Cup’’ mean ? The name ‘’Three Cup’’ actually refers to the equal parts of…
Spicy Garlic Butter Prawn Spaghtti
I know spaghetti is Italian’s thing but do you know it also goes well with soy sauce ? Have seen this dish from @marionskitchen at Youtube, I knew it would be delicious and I absolutely love it when I tried out. Inspired and adapted from Marion’s original recipe, here is how I made it :…
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…
Japchae / Korean Glass Noodles Stir Fry
Japchae (or Chapchae/잡채) is one of my must order dishes when eating at Korean restaurants. (another one is sea food pancake!) I love the chewy texture of Korean style glass noodles and the taste with various ingredients (meat, vegetables, eggs…). Have heard Japchae is Korean classic dish particularly for festive days or special occasions,…
Taiwanese Zha Jiang Mian / Soybean Paste Noodles 台式炸醬麵
Zha Jiang Mian (炸醬麵), aka soybean paste noodles, is actually a very common street food in Taiwan. You may notice Korean ‘’Jajangmyeon’’ sounds quite like Mandarin Chinese ‘’Zha Jiang Mian’’ as Jajangmyeon originated from Chinese dish but then was transformed to Korean style noodles. Same in Taiwan, Zha Jiang Mian is a Northern Chinese…
Mayak Eggs / Korean Marinated Eggs 麻藥雞蛋
*The original article was posted on 05/11/2020 and re-edited with new photos & video in 2021. The word ‘’Mayak’’ translates to ‘’illicit drugs’’ in Korean language which means Mayak egg (마약계란) is something delicious with addictive flavour. When I saw this dish online I can tell it would definitely taste good even I’ve never tried it…