Rice risotto is a totally underrated dish. Here’s how I’ve been come to make it through a little teaching and a lot of improvisation.
Disclaimer:I am a layman. I’m not a chef, food buff, critic or expert. I’m definitely not Jamie Oliver, this isn’t Pucker Tucker… I guess you could call it F$%ker Tucker. I enjoy [...]
This dish consisting primarily of eggs and tomatos can be found on tables accross China. Named “xi hong shi chao ji dan” or “fan qie chao dan”, my friends and I when we first arrived in China simply referred to it as “that egg tomato shit”.
It’s an easy dish to cook and a good complement [...]
Just in time for Chinese New Year here’s my recipe for Chinese boiled dumplings or Jiaozi. Ofcourse this recipe can be adapted for fried or steamed dumplings, but I’ll try to explain in laymans terms how I’ve been taught by numerous real life Chinese people.
Ingredients:
Dumpling “Skins” brought from any asian supermarket refrigerated section. If in Asia you [...]
Otherwise known as Jia Chang Dou Fu ????, this dish seems popular all over China although I think it may have originated in Sichuan province.
Ingredients:
Tofu /Dou Fu ??
Red Bean Paste
Lots of oil
Capsicum
Spring Onion
Ginger
Garlic
Starch
Soy Sauce
Chicken Stock Powder
Finely Sliced Pork
Notes: I found the best Tofu to use is a firm one, not too moist so that the [...]
I always liked to write on my blog, but recently nothing has really happened that is note worthy or those things that have I don’t wish to immortalise on the intermaweb. Nonetheless I thought I’d share with you on a semi-regular basis a new “hobby” of mine.. besides drinking.. Chinese cuisine.
Cooking Chinese food is actually [...]
