Acar is spicy pickled mixed vegetables. In Malaysia, it is a popular Penang Nyonya side dish. This Acar recipe is not the authentic Penang Nyonya Acar recipe. For Penang acar, vinegar is added into the spice paste instead of assam jawa. My family’s hometown is Ipoh, Malaysia, so I’m used to acar flavours from Ipoh. […]
Miku buns “面龟” are made for prayers during the Nine Emperor Gods Festival (“Gao Ong Yah” 九皇大帝/九王爷 ). This festival is mainly celebrated in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. This year, the Nine Emperor Gods Festival is celebrated from 4 Oct 2021 to 13 October 2021. During this period, devotees will bring Miku buns go to […]
Sweet Coconut Steamed Buns are Chinese Steam Bun filled with sweet sticky fragrant desiccated coconut. The desiccated coconut is cooked together with Gula Melaka and sugar until fragrant and juicy. I don’t often have this type of bun but this is one of my Mom’s favourite steam buns. I think this bun was very popular […]
Grew up eating Steam Red Bean Buns. Reminds me of breakfast with my family early in the morning at the coffee shop with those steamy buns, dim sum, kaya toast and eggs and hot milk tea. This recipe makes soft and fluffy buns and the filling is packed with smooth red bean paste. The texture […]
Mantou is a basic chinese steam bun. Mantou is served during breakfast or as a snack. In Malaysia, we have mantou at seafood restaurants with chilli crab or butter crab sauce. These steam buns are also fried and dipped in the crab sauce. In this recipe, the steam buns are very soft and fluffy. The […]
These Steam Vegetarian Buns are super soft and fluffy just like those in Chinese Dim Sum Restaurants! I love these vegetable buns because they are so tasty and healthy. Made these during Nine Emperor Gods Festival ” (“Gao Ong Yah” 九皇大帝/九王爷 ). This festival is mainly celebrated in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. This year, the Nine […]
Easy Chinese Steam Bao Buns with basic ingredients during this stay home period. These bao buns are soft and fluffy. Depending on the flour type and quality, some may be slightly chewy. I came up with this recipe for those who do not have Hong Kong flour. See my other bao bun recipe using Hong […]
Miku buns are basic Chinese Steam Buns. These steam buns are brought to the temple for prayers during the Nine Emperor Gods Festival (“Gao Ong Yah” 九皇大帝/九王爷 ). This festival is mainly celebrated in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. This year, the Nine Emperor Gods Festival is celebrated from 17 Oct 2020 to 25 October 2020. […]
Chai Kueh is a very popular Chinese street snack. Its very healthy as it is steamed and packed with vegetables. Chai Kueh is very similar to har gow “prawn dumpling”, a signature dim sum dish in Chinese restaurants. Both have clear and translucent skin, also known as crystal dumpling skin. The difference is in the […]
Char Siu Bao is steam buns with barbeque pork filling. It is popularly served in Chinese Dim Sum Restaurants. Its really tasty with its sweet aromatic BBQ pork filling. My whole family and relatives are bao lovers. I can’t keep track of the number of times I’ve made baozi. One of my family members doesn’t […]