I love simple food like this – just a bowl of plain rice with a simple side dish, made with simple love and minimal effort. It’s the tastiest comfort food one could ever get from anywhere in the world.
Category Archives: Tofu
家常便饭 – 肉末蒸蛋 (Steamed Egg With Minced Pork and Tofu)
Steamed Egg Tofu With Prawns & Salted Egg Yolk
It’s the fifteenth day of Chinese New Year! What better option than to serve up a dish that looks golden and bright and round (a.k.a. 金玉满堂)? A round ingot that brings prosperity to the year ahead, hopefully the remaining months … Read more
Kimchi & Gyoza Nabe (Hotpot)
‘Nabe’ means a Japanese cooking pot, or a stew or soup cooked in such a pot. For this recipe, it means a soup or stew that is cooked in a large cooking pot (I used my favourite Dutch oven instead), … Read more
Hot & Sour Soup (酸辣汤)
Time to celebrate the closing of a festive new year season. May the year of the Tiger be a calm and peaceful one, and may we continue to look forward to a better year ahead.
家常便饭 - 咸菜豆腐汤 (Salted Vegetable and Egg Tofu Soup)
We just came back from a tour of Japan – the land of the rising sun. I’m still stuck with a feeling of nostalgia and slapped with a rather bad dose of withdrawal symptoms. It was a very tiring trip, … Read more