I must confess, soup dishes are my favorite in winter. Maybe you are like me, and a hot, light, healthy soup is what you long for the most when the weather is cold. In China, we have a saying: “冬吃萝卜夏吃姜，不用先生开药方。” This means eating radish in winter and eating ginger in […]
So I bought half a salmon a while ago along with a bunch of other seafood while I had a really bad seafood craving (the one you know, sometimes you have it and you feel like you can eat the whole seafood market). Naturally, I had a bunch of leftovers […]
When the weather is cold, I naturally want to have soup. By now you could say it rather is a reflection, shaped by my culture deeply embedded in my blood. In China, soup is a pretty big category both in northern and southern China. Some of them are meat soups, […]
When talking about flavour bombs, you must try this authentic Chinese coriander beef salad! This dish is quite common in Chinese Dapaidang (大排档 dà pái dàng) – a kind of local night market, where vendors sell street food and beer. A popular saying in China is “王者以民为天，而民以食为天”, which means “The […]
One of the things that I miss the most when I am outside of China is street food. For me, street food is much more than just local cuisine. It represents the lifestyle and memories we form up with our friends and families. Guotie (锅贴 guō tiē) also known as […]
Are you ready to treat your taste buds for some “bitterawesomeness”? You might have seen these green spiky little fellas in your local market (I got mine from a local grocer called Taj), and never thought what you could do with them. Well, in this post I will share an […]
In this post, we bring the heavenly taste and vibrant colours of sweet and sour to seafood, topped with pineapple. This is the taste of happiness, one that will really wow your guests! So, sometimes I wonder, why is the sweet and sour flavour so attractive, and one of the […]
Sometimes when I don’t want to eat meat, mushrooms and tofu are my go-to options for a meat-free but still tasty meal. Mushrooms are commonly used in China to replace meat in a dish, most probably because of its unique umami, which is a savoury taste found in meat among […]
As a proud northern Chinese, I can live my life without rice, but I can’t survive without noodles. When it’s winter, all the noodle shops around the neighbourhood are full during meal times. You can smell the delicious soup noodles even across the street. One of my favourite memories is […]
Ah… sweet and sour (糖醋 táng cù)! I mean, what is there not to love. It has that magic taste that hits all the right taste buds giving you the ultimate comforting feeling. I love sweet and sour and if I am tired and hungry that’s normally the first thing […]
