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Recipes you can make for breakfast

Pineapple Bun (菠萝包)

Pineapple bun is a staple in any Hong Kong bakery. When I was young, I loved going to these Hong Kong bakeries, grab a tray, tongs and pick all the breads you want. At the time it was about $0.50 to $0.75 at bakeries. My go to bread was a red bean bread, coconut cream bread, beef curry bread and pineapple bun. Now that inflation…

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Steamed Egg Custard(鸡蛋羹)

Egg custard is a very common Chinese food. I remember having egg custard lot when I was younger. My mom would make this when I was a toddler because it was easy to digest, relatively easy to make and also great when I was sick. This steamed egg custard is similar to the Japanese Chawanmushi and to Korean Gyeranjjim. From my childhood memory, egg custard…

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Easy Foolproof Japanese Milk Bread

In my teen years I refuse to eat anything that was made of white flour. Everything had to be whole wheat. As I got older, I stopped caring about eating everything whole wheat. I started to crave white bread. While I still buy whole grains loafs, once in a while I crave for a soft and sweet bread. A milk bread definitely hits the spot….

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