Category: Snacks
Homemade Rice cake
I’m a lover of rice cake. I think it’s influenced by my grandma. She loved anything chewy and she loved rice cake. While I can find rice cake at my local Asian Grocery store or Korean supermarket, there is something so satisfying making it at home. I feel a sense of accomplishment making…
Butter Rice Cake (Gluten Free)
One evening, I was scrolling through a Chinese social media and I came across videos of people making butter rice cake. It looked so good, the outside is crispy but has a chewy texture on the inside. One of the videos described the texture similar to Cannelés (which I want to try to…
Pan Fried Rice cake with Brown Sugar Syrup
If it is one thing I love then it has to be rice cakes. I love mochi as I love pretty much anything with a chewy texture. The fact that this simple pan fried rice cake recipe has chewy, slightly sweet and only needs 4 ingredients means I can make it all the…
Zucchini Pancakes
Growing up, my mom would cook most veggies as a stir fry because it was the easiest thing to do. However, sometimes she would choose to make pancakes with them. The two most cooked vegetable pancakes my mom cooked were celery leaves pancake and zucchini pancakes. My mom’s recipe for zucchini pancakes were…
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,…
Korean Mochi Bread
Update: I actually made some changes to the recipe. Originally I used tapioca starch for the Korean Mochi Bread but I found Cassava flour which worked so much better. If you haven’t already guessed it, I love desserts that are bit chewy and slightly sweet. This sesame Mochi bread is definitely up my…
Kimbap (Homemade Korean rice roll)
I’m a Korean drama fan, I used to binge watch Korean drama in my high school and university days. I also would study while watching Korean drama. Definitely don’t recommend, but I survived. I was obsessed with Korean food and I also watched a lot of Maangchi videos for Korean food. I loved…
Ginger Milk Pudding (姜撞奶）
I’m a huge fan of Asian dessert. They are not too sweet. Ginger milk pudding is one of them. It is a classic Cantonese dessert that I love making at home. There are few Cantonese dessert restaurant here in Greater Toronto area and this dessert is always featured on the menu. At restaurants,…
Easy Watermelon Kimchi
Summer is almost over (sad face). For me, summer is the abundance of watermelon. When I was young I remember having so many watermelon in the summer time that we were eating a watermelon per week. To this day, I love having watermelon in the summer time. The way I eat it is…
Dorayaki (Red Bean Pancake)
I have another recipe to use the red bean paste. This one is pretty well known dessert from Japan called Dorayaki. It’s basically red bean paste sandwiched between two pancakes. If you know Japanese manga series Doraemon then you know dorayaki is Doraemon’s favourite food! What is Dorayaki? The modern dorayaki originate from…
