Hot and sour soup is a very common dish in both Taiwan and China. People usually have fried or plain dumplings with hot and sour soup. The sourness of this soup is very good
Hot and Sour Soup
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Drunken Chicken
When I was a child I always thought you prepared drunken chicken by feeding the chicken a bottle of rice wine before cooking. I thought if the chicken was drunk enough it
Beef Shank with Spring Onion Pancake Wrap
Beef Shank with spring onion pancake wrap originates from Northern China. Northern Chinese cuisine uses flour as an ingredient very often while Southern Chinese cuisine uses rice as an ingredient
Pearl Meatballs
Because of the layer of glutinous rice that surrounds this meatball we give it the great name of “Pearl Meatball”. This is because the rice looks translucent and the colour and
Bang Bang Chicken
Is everybody feeling the heat lately? Recently Edinburgh has been getting a lot warmer. It’s great weather when I have a day off but it’s really horrible when I have to work under this
Authentic Tang Yuan Soup recipe
The other day I read about Ching he Huan’s recipe for this Tang Yuan soup on the good food channel and she mention this dish is
Dongpo Pork Recipe
I haven’t cooked this dish, called Dongpo, pork for a really long time. Dongpo pork is one of the first dishes I ever cooked for Chris and to this day it’s one of his favourites. I remember just after we married I cooked
Glutinous Rice Shumai
I’ve caught the flu recently that’s the reason I haven’t replied to all of your comments recently, really sorry about that but I hope you can understand a person like me who
Beijing Roast Duck
Due to the recession Chris and I had a really tough year in 2009. Chris was out of work for around nine months and I had three months off work sick following working part time for several months, so things were difficult.
Chicken Chow Mein Recipe
My friends and family are always fascinated to know what kind of food Chris and I eat at home. Most people think we eat really posh
Stewed Egg Salad (Lu Dan)
Stewed Egg is a very common dish in Taiwan and we call it “Lu Dan”. I loved to order a stewed egg with my lunchbox when I live in
Dumplings shui jiao
Dumplings, or shui jiao, are one of my favourite foods. They are really tasty but also the perfect food for a working couple like Chris and I, for whom both of us work shift
Shengjianbao
Shengjian mantou, also known as Shengjianbao, is a common and popular dish in both Taiwan and Shanghai. It’s very popular in Shanghai for breakfast and we eat
Vegetarian Spring Rolls Recipe
I started my new job this week and finally got some time to update my blog after finishing three crazy days of 14 hour shifts. I decided