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October 21, 2022

chinese sticky rice

Chinese sticky rice (臘味糯米飯, laap mei lor mai faan in Cantonese) is a savoury, fragrant rice dish packed with umami and is super addictive. You would see this dish in most dim sum restaurants. But this dish is not to be confused with sticky rice […]

October 21, 2022

scallion oil chicken noodles

If you’re short on time but want a quick and delicious noodle stir-fry recipe— try making these scallion oil chicken noodles. All you really need for this recipe is some scallions, ginger, chicken, and one packet of instant noodles! ingredients for making scallion oil chicken […]

October 20, 2022

macau pork chop bun

Macau pork chop bun (豬扒包, zhu paa bao in Cantonese) is a popular street food which consists of a juicy pan-fried bone-in pork chop sandwiched between a lightly toasted and buttered bun. Since Macau was once a Portuguese colony, a lot of their food is […]

October 20, 2022

hong kong style waffle

I’m sure you’ve heard of bubble waffles/ egg waffles (雞蛋仔, gai dan jai in Cantonese). A lot of dessert shops that sell bubble waffles serve it with ice cream, syrups, fruit, chocolate, and anything you can think of. This classic, simple Hong Kong street food […]

October 20, 2022

steamed pork belly in black bean sauce

Steamed pork belly in black bean sauce (豉汁蒸腩肉) is a flavourful dish that takes less than 30 minutes to cook and pairs so well with rice. It is a popular dim sum dish that you will definitely see in every dim sum-style restaurant. The pork […]

October 17, 2022

brown sugar fried mochi

Sichuan food isn’t only famous for its mala flavour! A lot of Sichuan restaurants have this brown sugar fried mochi (紅糖糍粑, cí bā in Mandarin) on their dessert menu. It’s essentially deep-fried glutinous rice smothered in roasted soybean powder (pretty much the same as Japanese […]