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Dark Chocolate Brownie bark

With the holidays coming up, there will be a lot of gathering within families and friends. When there is gathering, food will always be involved. Sometimes it’s hard to think about what to bring to the gathering. Recently I’ve scrolling through social media and there was brownie bark that was trending. I decided…

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…

Homemade Hot and Sour soup

Growing up, hot and sour was my favourite soup. My mom used to buy these hot and sour soup mixes and I would boil hot water, add in powder and a beaten egg. It was a quick and easy soup. This homemade hot and sour soup has all the flavours I love, the…

Congee (with preserved duck egg and ground pork)

With the weather turning cold, there is nothing that says comfort food than something warm and soupy. Congee is my ultimate comfort food when I’m feeling sick or when the weather is cold. This is also my go to food when I’m on my period because it’s warm and easy to make. The…

Homemade Chili Sauce (Spicy!)

When I was in university, I lived with a Taiwanese lady who married an Indonesian man and subsequently lived in Indonesia for many years. She would make me a lot of delicious and spicy food from Indonesia. She also has this homemade chili sauce that she made by her self. While I forgot…

Honey French Toast

There is a famous bakery in London UK called Hachi and they make these really popular honey butter toast. I saw so many variations of the honey butter toast until I saw someone on Chinese social media decided to put a twist on french toast with honey. This honey french toast does not…

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…

Wintermelon Pork Meatball Soup (冬瓜肉丸汤)

When I was growing up, my mom would always cook one soup plus a couple of stir fry veggies for dinner. This wintermelon pork meatball soup is often on our dinner table. This soup is incredibly easy to make and I can see why my mom made this growing up. The taste is…

Scallion oil noodles

A Shanghainese noodle noodle dish. It’s simple to make on the weekday and perfect in making larger batches for family. It can be stored up to a week if needed.

Pumpkin Basque cheesecake

I love fall weather. While it was quite warm in September in Ontario, October has been cooling down. This means I can pull out my sweaters for the fall. With fall reaching its peak, I’m reminded of the fall colours and foods associated with fall especially for Thanksgiving. In the past, I’ve always…