Category: Lunch/Dinner
Braised Eggplant with Tomatoes
Braised eggplant with tomatoes is one of my favourite dish that my mom used to make. This dish has a slight tangy taste that is very addicting with rice. My mom actually taught me this recipe when I moved out and it’s one of the dishes that I now cook quite often in…
Beijing Fried Bean Sauce Noodles (ZhaJiangMian)
I spent a part of my childhood in Beijing and my mom is from Beijing. One of the dishes my mom made was fried bean sauce noodles with this fried bean sauce. If you had Jajangmyeon from a Korean Chinese restaurant, it has origin to original Zha Jiang Mian. However over the years…
Instant Pot Gamjatang (Korean Pork Bone and Potato Stew)
Today I’m making a easier version of the classic Gamjatang using my instant pot. When I was in high school, I used to take music and band lessons in Richmond Hill. My parents would always go to a T&T supermarket and they had a stall that would sell Korean Pork Bone potato stew…
Easy Make Ahead Pork Wontons
Pork wontons is one of my favourite meals when I’m feeling lazy and don’t want to cook. The great thing about it is that I can freeze ahead of time and just take it out when I want to eat. The wontons are filled with ground pork and spices, and this recipe is…
Braised Pork Belly (hong shao rou）
Hong shao rou is very popular dish in China. This is also one of my favourite dish my mom used to cook for me. I used to love eating pieces of pork belly with boiled eggs. It was definitely one of the dishes that will make me eat a whole bowl of rice…
Cold Noodles
A delicious bowl of cold noodles that requires minimal cooking and it’s great in hot weather for a refreshing taste! We had a heatwave in the middle of April with temperature as high as 28 degrees Celcius. It felt like summer in early spring. This type of weather makes me a very lazy…
