You Fan is one of the most comforting and nostalgic dishes for me — and for many Taiwanese people. In Taiwan, You Fan is a common festive food. We often eat it for special occasions like Lunar New Year, religious festivals, or to celebrate a newborn baby’s first month. In Taiwanese tradition, You Fan is…
Rice dish
Taiwanese Fan Tuan Rice Roll 台式早餐飯糰
Breakfast food in Taiwan is diverse with so many options that you can choose, from traditional ones to western fusion, there are way too many to introduce one by one. And speaking of my favourie Taiwanese breakfast, Fan Tuan飯糰, known as Rice Roll or Rice Ball, is definitely on my top 3 list. Fan Tuan…
Crispy Sesame Tofu 酥脆芝麻豆腐
Seeing a lot of my Instagram fellows doing Veganuary this month, I don’t think I am ready to go vegetarian or vegan over a long period, but I am having vegetarian days twice a lunar month and it has lasted for nearly two years. Today happens to be my vegetarian day (the first day…
Butter Chicken 奶油雞咖哩
Speaking of curry, I always eat or cook Japanese one as Japanese curry is what I used to have since I grew up, therefore I used curry cubes quite often at cooking rather than curry powder. However when Bang Curry kindly sent me their two 100% natural spice kits, I was very excited to try…
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…
Pak Choi Fried Rice Christmas Tree
𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭 ! Last time when I made Hong Zhao/Red Yeast Paste Fried Rice I came up with an idea…since I am doing mostly Asian cooking here, how about making Asian cuisine look Christmassy even it’s not traditional Christmas food? Then here it is, Pak Choi Fried Rice Christmas Tree….
Brown Crab with Silken Tofu 蟹黃豆腐
I really love the combos of rich brown crab and the tender texture of silken tofu, so comfort and warmy with distinctive flavour. Have made this dish before, this time I referred to the recipe from Ah-Chi-Shih (阿基師), a well-known celebrity chef in Taiwan, his cooking method seems to have multiple steps to follow…
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…
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…
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…