‘San Bei’三杯, or ‘Three Cup’ is a classic Taiwanese sauce recipe which refers to three main ingredients : Soy sauce, rice cooking wine, and sesame oil. Three Cup Sauce is like Japanese Teriyaki sauce that you can homemade and use it as go-to sauce for stir-fry dishes such as Three Cup Chicken. The sauce is…
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Quick & Easy Marinated Sashimi (with Korean Style Mayak Eggs Sauce) 麻藥生魚片
I’ve made Korean Style Marinated Eggs/Mayak Gyeran 마약계란 a couple of times before, it was divine and so addicting that I really wanted to make it again recently. This time, however, I would like to do something differently, no eggs…but sashimi raw fish!Not going to lie the idea is coming from Japanese ‘Zuke-Don’. (If you’ve…
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…
Easy Flower Sushi for Bento Idea 小花壽司
Creating a decorative bento box might be time-consuming but making this flower sushi roll (or ‘norimaki’のりまき) is easier than you thought, and I think even a bento making beginner can easily achieve with this tutorial! I first saw this idea from mamatastv It’s a Japanese account which offers many useful tips especially for…
Taiwanese Lu Rou Fan 台式手切滷肉飯
Lu Rou Fan, or Braised Pork Belly Rice, is one of Taiwan’s beloved comfort foods which can be found in every part of Taiwan. This classic one-bowl-dish has variations due to regional differences. For example, in the south of Taiwan, people called it ‘Rou Zao Fan’ 肉燥飯 rather than Lu Rou Fan; the taste is…
Garlic Butter Soy-Glazed Scallops Rice Bowl 干貝蓋飯
Scallops are one of the simplest ingredients to cook at home and could be the perfect fast food. They can be cooked very quickly and taste incredibly good once you know the cooking tips. Just made these pan seared scallops for lunch and they were mighty delicious with amazing garlic butter soy sauce! Trust me,…
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…
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…
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…
Shi Zi Tou / Lion’s Head Soy Balls 素獅子頭 (冷凍素丸子版本)
‘Lion’s Head’ meatballs (we called it ‘Shi Zi Tou’ 獅子頭 in Mandarin) is a classic dish in my Taiwan’s family particularly to be served as celebration meal for Lunar New Year. Basically they are large-sized pork meatballs stewed with Chinese leaves, the meatballs taste super tender and succulent with flavourful broth. To be honestly it’s…