I promised to make my prawns fritters and blog the recipe. Sorry for my very late post. I went off for a hiking holiday and had to recover when I came back. Anyway I made it again today and took some pics. Here is my recipe and TIPS. Enjoy. These fritters are very moorish. You … Continue reading Special Prawns Fritters – signatory mine
My daughter is interested to learning to make another one of her favourite, beancurd prawns rolls. She did learned how to make roast pork her mum’s style last year – Traditional Cantonese Crispy Roast pork belly – Siu Yuk, 脆皮烧肉. – Just Julie (julieolive.co.uk) and I am happy she asked to be taught. Slowly slowly … Continue reading Simple Beancurd prawns rolls 鲜虾腐皮卷
Alright, first question first. Who is old enough to remember this dish? It is normally served during a 10 course wedding or birthday dinner when I was very much younger. Second question is who has recently ate this dish? I, for one have not eaten it for a long, long time nor have I seen … Continue reading Silky Mustard Green with crab meat (滑蛋 Kai Choy)
My daughter’s god-sister who love this dish wanted to make this but she could not find my recipe which was lost when I lost my old blog. I promised her that I will do anther one for her. As I have recorded on Facebook this can easily be done. As for me it is like … Continue reading Turnip/daikon/loh bak Go (蘿蔔糕)
Last weekend a friend told me she has been hankering for cucuk udang. She asked me for my recipe and I realised that I have not made these for years. I am not sure if she meant just these crispy prawns ones which I love or the ones with beansprouts and kuchai. These are my … Continue reading Crispy Prawns Fritters (cucuk udang)
The pipa ( Chinese: 琵琶) pronounced as ‘pee-pah’ is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12 to 26. Pipa toufo should resemble the shape of a pipa. Every time I … Continue reading Pipa Toufo (琵琶豆腐) – signatory mine
It is without a doubt that if you want to eat something to your taste or if you are fussy with your food then you have to learn to make it yourself. I have to admit I am quite fussy though my close friends will say I am extremely fussy. I, on the other hand … Continue reading Fu Pei Guen – 腐皮卷 (虾 & 鸡); prawns and chicken beancurd wraps
I have been hankering for chicken wings for the past month. I have eaten twice outside but they left me wanting. I did not want the fried ones thickly coated with batter nor do I want the Korean type smothered with sickly sweet sticky sauce. I didn’t feel like the KFC spicy ones either as … Continue reading Fried and Roasted chicken wings
Stir fry rice vermicelli with dried shrimps. My comfort food. While away for the last 3 weeks this is the dish I wanted to eat most. A simple rice vermicelli stir fry. Woke up early today and could not get back to sleep. So I was already frying this at 7am this morning. Luckily my … Continue reading Stir fry rice vermicelli with dried shrimps
I simply love yam. It is hard to get nice Chinese yam with the purple specks in UK. When there are some, I will always buy a couple of kg bag and store in my freezer. There is not much point buying fresh yam in UK as the few times I tried half were rotten … Continue reading Fried Yam Cake Special – signatory mine.
