Category Archives: Chinese

Osthmanthus Flower Jelly (桂花糕）

Posted on 2 February, 2019 by cllism

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

Posted in Chinese, Dessert | Tagged Boiling, Chilled, Chinese New Year, Jelly, Konnyaku, Osthmanthus | Leave a comment

The Ever Auspicious Fish Maw Soup

Posted on 27 January, 2019 by cllism

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 | Leave a comment

Cantonese Chee Cheong Fun (Rice Noodle Roll)

Posted on 20 January, 2019 by cllism

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

Posted in Chinese, Noodles | Tagged Cantonese, Dim Sum, Rice noodle, Steaming | Leave a comment

Bee Tai Mak Soup (Chinese Silver Needle Noodles)

Posted on 12 January, 2019 by cllism

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