My addiction to Dumplings has to be traced all the way back to Melbourne. The frequent visits to Shanghai Noodle House during the student years (cheap, but service is nasty). The more refined Hu Tong for their Xiao Long Baos. Or the weekly work lunch at Ping’s Dumplings Bar in Clayton (Awesome vegetarian dumplings!). Back…
Category: Chinese
Pineapple Tarts
Of all the Chinese New Year cookies, Pineapple tarts would probably be the most popular. Who can resist these delicious morsels, with the flaky and buttery pastry and the sweet but tangy pineapple jam? Besides, the pronunciation of pineapple in Hokkien, “Ong Lai”, means “Prosperity Comes”, and the golden hue represents, well, gold or money. All very…
Chinese New Year Yee Sang
Since Chinese New Year is just one week away, I’ll take the opportunity to feature some festive recipes. I don’t follow most of the traditions of Chinese New Year as for the past few years I’ve been living in a country that does not list Chinese New Year as public holiday. Go Figure. In fact…
Childhood Favourite: Fried Lao Shu Fen (Silver Needle Noodles)
My grandma is a super cook in all aspect. Growing up, we always have endless supply of food lovingly prepared by her, such as Ang Jiu (Red rice wine) Chicken Soup (she made her own rice wine), Chwee Kueh, Ang Gu Kueh, Kacangma (Chicken dish made with Kacangma herb and rice wine, also cognac sometimes….
Home away from home: Kampua Mee 干盘面
Most people who has heard of Sarawak dishes can think of a few: Sarawak Laksa, Tomato Kueh Tiaw and of course Kolok mee, often being referred as the signature noodle dish of Sarawak. Kampua mee is less well-known variety, but pretty much synonymous with the Foochows, just like Kolok mee is to the Kuchingnites, or Wanton…
Lazy Chicken Rice with Momofuku’s Ginger Scallion Sauce
Momofuku (literally translated as Lucky Peach in Japanese). What a name! I’ve heard of this David Chang‘s chain of restaurants but unfortunately can’t go all the way to the states to taste! Bless the food bloggers that has been sharing his recipes, people like me get to recreate the dishes and enjoy them. One of the…
Kelly Siew Cooks 