Guoba

The very first time I tried Guoba was with my grandfather. We went to a Chinese restaurant in Taipei for Sunday lunch. Sunday lunch eating out is very much a family tradition where my grandfather would order all kinds of different dishes I hadn’t tried before. This...

Caramelised Pineapple Coconut Rice Pudding

Caramelised Pineapple Coconut Rice Pudding. This is the first time I’ve made this caramelised pineapple with coconut rice pudding. My daughter has been eating rice pudding at her nursery recently and she mentioned it a few times so I thought I’d have a go at making...

How To Make a Basic Japanese Ramen Noodle Soup

Ramen is one of my family’s favourite Japanese dishes. In a city like Edinburgh where it’s almost always wet and/or cold, ramen (along with hot pots) are the perfect dishes for warming yourself up. A good ramen is one of the most rewarding dishes you can eat, full of...

Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sandwich

I’ve always been a big fan of fried chicken but recently I kept seeing “buttermilk fried chicken” on both the internet and menus in local restaurant. I rarely have  a chance to visit restaurants and if I do I usually go for sushi/Korean/burger, those kinds of things,...

Blood Orange and Seared Tuna Quinoa Salad

Blood Orange and Seared Tuna Quinoa Salad Main Ingredients155 g quinoa310 ml water500 g tuna2 blood oranges (peel and slice)4 tbsp white sesame seeds2 tbsp black sesame seeds1 handful salad leaves2 tbsp pomegranate100 g feta cheese5 mint leaves (fresh and chopped...

Prawn and Lemon Butter Pasta

At the end of 2016 we moved to the Marchmont area of Edinburgh and one of the many great things about Marchmont are the really incredible ingredients we can buy locally. We like just two streets away from two really great greengrocers and we also have quite possibly...

Thai Steamed Fish with Coconut Quinoa

Thailand is one of my favourite countries and Thai food is easily one of my favourite cuisine. I’ve only visited Thailand once but the country, the culture, the weather and the food were all really amazing and one of my favourite dishes when I visited was Thai Steamed...

Chinese Fish Fragrant Omelette

Chinese Fish Fragrant Omelette. You may be familiar with another dish “Chinese Fish Fragrant Eggplant” or even “Spicy Sichuan Eggplant” but there are in fact many “fish-fragrant” dishes in Chinese cooking and to be honest they all taste delicious! Even though this...

Red Cooked Pork Belly with Lotus Root

Red-cooked pork belly, or as some people called it Chinese braised pork, is one of the most popular dishes in many Chinese and Taiwanese households.

Korean Kale Pancakes

Korean Kale Pancakes. My family and I are big fans of Korean food. I really love Korean pancakes, especially ones with seafood in them, and every time I visit a local

Oyster Sauce Chicken with Spinach Noodles

Recently my husband has been pushing me to prepare something different for this website so I decided to have a go at making my own spinach noodles but I also

Dan Bing Taiwanese Egg Crepe

Recently I had a discussion wih Chris about my food blog and what sort of food we should cook next. That’s the moment I realized I have never made

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I know many people will probably think I'm so poor to celebrate my first ever visitor comment on my blog. But, I'm...

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One of the things that upset me the most when I moved to the UK was leaving my beloved Mimi (my cat) back in Taipei. I...

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