Easy Asian Recipes
This dish is called 魚香茄子 (yu heung ke zi in Cantonese), Chinese stir-fried eggplant with minced pork. Yu heung ke zi literally translates to ‘fish fragrant eggplant’, though this recipe does not actually have any fish ingredients at all. This dish consists of stir-fried eggplants […]
These Sichuan hot and sour noodles (酸辣粉/ suān là fěn in Mandarin) are spicy, aromatic, and mouth-numbing. This famous noodle soup originated from Chongqing, China. It often uses sweet potato noodles served in spicy, savoury and tangy broth, topped with roasted peanuts, coriander, pickled mustard […]
Craving for a sweet snack but want to avoid overly sweet desserts like cupcakes and cookies? Sweet potato mochi pancakes are the way to go. All you really need for this recipe is one sweet potato, glutinous rice flour and sugar. If you are like […]
The spicy slinky cucumber salad is a great way to turn your regular cucumber salad into a fun side dish! Chopping the cucumbers into slinky caterpillars is not only a more enjoyable way to consume your veggies, but the shape gives the cucumbers more surface […]
Anything ma la (麻辣, which means spicy and numbing) has to have originated from Sichuan cuisine. The first time I tried this spicy mala century egg side dish was in noodle chain in Hong Kong called TamJai SamGor. The spicy, numbing and tangy sauce pairs […]
Satay beef noodle soup (沙嗲牛肉麵) is a popular breakfast option in a cha chaan teng (茶餐廳, Hong Kong style cafe). They are rice vermicelli noodles served with beef slices stir-fried in a nutty and slightly spicy satay sauce. In some cha chaan teng, you can […]
hey, it's karen! i'm born and raised in hong kong, and currently living in the UK. here you'll find a variety of east-asian recipes that i love or remind me of childhood. thanks for dropping by. 大家食飯~
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