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…
Growing up my mom would cook a lot of Chinese food that she grew up eating, which is mostly Northern China food. It wasn’t until I moved away to college that I became exposed to other Asian food from different countries. During my second to fourth year in university, I lived with a Taiwanese lady who lived in Indonesia for many years. She would cook…
Growing up my mom cooked a lot. She cooked a lot of different Chinese dishes. One of those dishes were Sweet and sour pork ribs. It’s a simple and classic Chinese dishes that only utilizes one main ingredient: pork ribs. The sauce is simply sugar and vinegar. The ingredients are simple but it does require some time to braise (but it’s still simple to make)….
When I lived alone, one of the foods I cooked on repeat was no fry chicken with Korean inspired sweet and spicy sauce. I love eating fried chicken but I don’t like to fry food in my house. This is mainly because I dislike the clean up. One day I thought ” what if I made some Korean fried chicken but I don’t have to…
Growing up, hot and sour was my favourite soup. My mom used to buy these hot and sour soup mixes and I would boil them in hot water and add a beaten egg. This soup has all the flavours I love, the slightly spicy and satisfying sour taste. Also I LOVE the vegetables in the soup. It certainly helps me to get some vegetables in…
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 alley. I’ve seen these been sold in Korean supermarkets. They are usually…
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 cooking korean food when I lived alone because I can make single…
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, they charge about 4-5 dollars for this dessert! However, this dessert only…
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 the recipe had changed and now they are completely different. The Chinese…
Recently I’ve discovered a new drink. It was at a Vietnamese restaurant and they had a drink called Salty Lemonades. I ordered it and it was delicious. Lemonades are a quintessential summer drink. I was never a big fan of it until I tried a salty lemonade at a Vietnamese restaurant. I know it’s pretty weird but bare with me, this drinks grows on you….