I once challenged my husband (then boyfriend) to a food contest. We were planning a dinner and I told him that we both should come up with our own menu and get my Mom to judge which was better. He had very simple tastes (then) and I since I would pour over food magazines during [...]
Posts Tagged ‘chinese cuisine’
Crispy Roast Pork Belly & Never Giving Chances
Posted in Cook, tagged chinese cuisine, crispy roast pork, food, pork belly, recipe, roast pork, siew yoke on March 29, 2011 | 27 Comments »
How to Cure a Dumpling Addiction: Crystal Prawn Dumplings (Har-Gow) with XO Sauce
Posted in Cook, tagged asian, chinese, chinese cuisine, crystal steamed, dimsum, dumplings, food, gar gau, har gow, prawns, recipe, steamed dumpling, yum cha on February 27, 2011 | 45 Comments »
A year ago I attempted to make har gow and failed miserably. It might have been because I used wheat flour instead of wheat starch and the resulting dough was so sticky that I had to throw the “ball of glue” away. The experience was enough to turn me away from trying to make them [...]
