This extremely beautiful and very delicately done Thai style grilled beef dish originated from the rural northeastern part of Thailand (E-Sarn) and later became very popular all over the country. It is serves with a slightly spicy, savory, and tangy dipping sauce plus a salad. The legend of the name “Crying Tiger” said a tiger…
Category: Asian
Taro Cake – 芋頭糕,
Taro cake is another must have for the Lunar New Year celebration. It symbolizes moving upward, job promotion, and children will grow taller! Unlike Turnip cake, a small pinch of five-spice powder in the Taro cake batter is like Bonnie and Clyde, or Bacon and Egg as a perfect pair. Usually we don’t eat it…
Turnip Cake 蘿蔔糕/萝卜糕
Turnip cake is made of daikon (lo bak in Cantonese), a long white radish that’s commonly used in Asian cooking. There are three versions of turnips, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. For this recipe, I use the Chinese variety because it has more texture and larger easier to work with. I have been working this recipe with…
Orange Chicken 鮮橙雞柳
Orange chicken is the signature dish of the American fast food chain Panda Express, which sells over 100 million pounds of it every year. In the TV series The Big Bang Theory, the character Sheldon’s favorite Chinese food is orange chicken Chef Andy Kao (from Panda Express) claims to have developed the original Chinese-American orange chicken recipe…
A Family Chinese New Year — the Traditional Cantonese Way Workshop
About this Workshop Join Eddy Ng and his daughter, Vanessa, as they welcome you to their family home for Chinese New Year. As immigrants from Hong Kong, Eddy and his wife Sophia came to Vancouver in the late 1960s and started their family in Canada. Vanessa, their daughter, is first-generation Chinese-Canadian and together, they’ll share…
Thai Style Glass Noodle Salad (Yum Woon Sen) ยำวุ้นเส้น
Getting tired from eating your usual green salad with the usual dressing? Try this exciting Thai glass noodle salad for a change. It is sweet, sour, savory and slightly spicy. The traditional Thai glass noodle comes with mince pork or prawns. However, I like it just the way it is with a simple dressing with…
Cucumber Salad, Sichuan style with Spicy Sesame sauce 涼伴黑木耳小黃瓜 (麻棘相拼)
This recipe has to be one of the most famous appetizers from the province of Sichuan, China. It is best served during summer when the weather is hot and humid. This simple but complex vinegar dressing can truly tingle your Umami taste bud. Give it a try! Note: · Use mini cucumber for best result…
Thai Pork Lettuce Wrap 泰式生菜包
This recipe must be one of the top ten summer patio dinning items, tangy, sweet, spicy and slightly sour. You can also use turkey, beef, or chicken to replace pork. You can also use firm tofu if you are on a vegetarian diet.
Thai All Purpose Dipping Sauce – 泰式萬用酸辣汁
Thai All Purpose Dipping Sauce – 泰式萬用酸辣汁 Shallot X3 Fresh Thai pepper X6 Garlic X3 Cilantro stem 1 bunch Lime X8 Lime leaf X6 – remove center hard stem Lemon grass X2 Palm sugar X2 Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Turmeric paste 2 tablespoons Water 2 tablespoons Method: remove the hard middle stem from lime…
Beef Digital Shank in Brine Water, Szechuan Style – 川式滷水牛腱
Brine water is a cooking method by using seasoning, soy sauce, herbs and water as a medium to cook and tendering meat. it is a very popular cooking method in Southern China. There are two different types of brine water, dark (add soy sauce) and white (without soy sauce). After cooking the meat, you can…
2019 Chinese New Year’s Eve Dinner – 團年飯 – Year of the Pig
The New Year’s Eve Feast is a “must do” dinner with all family members reuniting. Chinese try very hard to make this family event, often traveling long distances. This is the main reason for the huge travel stress throughout China. Big families including several generations sit at round tables and enjoy the food and time…
Goat Stew 枝竹羊腩煲
LAMBS and GOATS are two different species. Often lamb have wool whereas goats have hair, but there are hair kamb, without wool, as well. Goat meat is leaner, lower fat, and less cholesterol while lamb meat has a higher fat and cholesterol content. For the purpose of this traditional recipe, we are using goat meat…
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