Yesterday I went to the supermarket opposite my house, Sainsbury’s, and was really happy to find that they are now selling tofu. One of
Steamed Tofu with prawn
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Stir Fry Lamb with BBQ Sauce
Edinburgh has been snowing for five days now. The snow has affected most public transport and people are really struggling to
Cantonese Roast Crackling Pork
Recently I’ve been seriously struggling with daylight. I planned to cook three dishes this week but with the sun now starting to go
Crystal Dumplings
Crystal dumplings are a unique kind of dumpling that takes the name crystal as it looks a bit like a crystal on the outside with it’s almost translucent skin. Obviously this
Fried Wonton authentic recipe
Wontons are a very popular dish in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Even different provinces in China have different names and
Tan Tsai Noodles
In Edinburgh the season has changed once again and it’s turned really cold now. I feel like I’m still recovering from our holiday where we had really hot weather but recently
Deep fried chicken legs with savoury sticky rice
Normally for female chefs it’s very hard to get promotion and near impossible in my home country but no matter how hard you work
Crispy Chicken with Chili Sauce
Crispy chicken with chili sauce, known in Chinese as 椒麻雞 is a dish that my grandpa cooked for me often when I was young. I
Wuxi Ribs Redone
Recently I spent a week in Spain, which was absolutely fabulous and I’ll be blogging pictures from this holiday here soon, but while on holiday I received two really negative comments for my Wuxi Ribs recipe. I genuinely forgot to
Stir fried Cats Ear Noodle
I can imagine what you are thinking. Oh no, an Eastern person has cooked her cat! Don’t worry, our cat Popo still has his ears. Cat’s ears noodles is an interesting dish with an
Smoked Duck Noodle Soup
In Taiwan, Taiwanese people will use smoked duck’s bone to make a special stock for noodle soup and duck meat for this duck noodle. I always remember when I went to
Wuxi Ribs
A long time ago I watched a Taiwanese cooking show which taught people how to cook Wuxi Ribs. This dish needs to simmer for a couple of hours to make the meat on the ribs really tender. For most people, I
Donkey rolling on the ground 驢打滾
The Fringe Festival is finally going to finish soon and my life can finally can go back to normal. I’m sorry that I can’t reply messages lately but I did try my best. I really miss updating new recipes on my
Prawn with Pineapple
I don’t like to moan but the fact is I’m really exhausted from work. As mentioned in a previous post the Fringe and Tattoo festivals are on at the moment and Edinburgh is horrendously busy. I always crave food with strong flavours, such as
Steamed Egg with Seafood Sauce
In Edinburgh I believe August must be every Edinburgh Chef’s worst nightmare. Edinburgh is an extremely busy city throughout the year
Deep Fried Prawn Rolls
I went to a ceramic workshop call Doodles last week with Chris and where we both painted two items each. Doodles is a ceramics workshop where you can walk in, choose a pot, whether it’s a plate, bowl or
Singapore Noodle cooking class with politician
Today, I had an interesting cooking class. My student Robin Harper is a Green party’s
Dragon Phoenix Leg
My mother asked me yesterday “What are you going to cook for your blog this time?” I answered her “Dragon Phoenix Leg”. She immediately told me with a surprised voice “Ohh….That’s a great snack that I ate from childhood.
Raspberry Snowflake Cake
There are couple things that have made me feel very happy recently. The first thing is my head chef asked me for the Peking duck recipe for the new dish on our restaurant
Xian Lamb Kebab authentic Chinese kebab recipe
Four years ago I travelled to Xian, China with my husband. One of favourite places was Xi’an. Not only was the weather more
Taiwanese fried chicken and sweet potato chips
Unfortunately I haven’t been able to update my blog for over a week due to a few things. First of all I’ve been working on a cook book,
Hot and Sour Soup
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
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
Honey Cake Chinese Desert
Honey Cake is a dessert that we usually give to our families when there is a new born member of the family. We will host a part for our family and friends to celebrate the one
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
Salad Boat Sandwich
Salad boat sandwich is one of my favourite snacks in Taiwanese cuisine. It’s also known as “MiaoKou Sandwich” for which MiaoKou is the name of a night market in Keelung, Taiwan. This night market sell a lot of tasty food and it’s always full of
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