The osthmanthus flower is a small, yellow (or white) flower that grows on small shrubs or trees and has a strong and sweet fragrance, which is why it is very popularly used as a flavour of tea as a dried … Read more
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Osthmanthus Flower Jelly (桂花糕）
Posted in Chinese, Dessert
Tagged Boiling, Chilled, Chinese New Year, Jelly, Konnyaku, Osthmanthus
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The Ever Auspicious Fish Maw Soup
The smell of fish maw in the kitchen was very strong as I was boiling this ingredient in preparation of making this soup the night before. It smells like Chinese New Year; smells like how the kitchen and the entire … Read more
Posted in Chinese, Soup
Tagged Chinese New Year, Crab Meat, Fish Maw, Seafood, Wedding
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Cantonese Chee Cheong Fun (Rice Noodle Roll)
This is my first attempt at creating rice noodle rolls (or what we call ‘chee chiong fun’). The usual way to make it is to use rice flour with a little potato or corn starch, the latter of which is … Read more
Bee Tai Mak Soup (Chinese Silver Needle Noodles)
I used to dislike eating silver needle noodles a lot when I was young. Whenever I fell sick, my mum would buy a packet of these for me to eat because that’s what sick people should eat when they have … Read more
Posted in Chinese, Noodles
Tagged Bee Tai Mak, Boiling, Mushroom, Pork, Prawnball, Silver Needles, Soup
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Old English Buknade Pottage (Chicken Stew)
First dish of 2019 – an old English classic with a simple yet stunning flavour. Old English buknade pottage, made of leftover meat that’s cooked into a stew (‘pottage’ means ‘stew’).
