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…
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Easy Vegan Zha Jiang Mian / Stir-fried soybean paste noodles 簡易素食版炸醬麵
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…
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…
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…
Taiwanese Three Cup Whelk Meat 三杯炒螺肉
‘San Bei’ (三杯), or ‘Three Cup’ is a very classic Taiwanese cuisine recipe which refers to the equal parts of three key ingredients : Soy sauce, rice cooking wine, and sesame oil. Most of you might have heard about ‘San Bei Ji’ (三杯雞) aka ‘Three Cup Chicken’, but San Bei, or Three Cup sauce, could…
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…
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…
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…