Everyday cooking made easy — Nourishing Asian recipes & classic favourites
This Braised Abalone Mushroom Noodles is inspired by the classic braised abalone with mushrooms. For this recipe, I added noodles to give it a slight twist, turning it into a dish that’s comforting yet still festive enough for Chinese New Year. The noodles soak up all the umami flavours from the abalone, mushrooms, and dried […]
You wouldn’t believe how easy it is to make this Braised Abalone with Mushrooms. The abalone turns tender, while the sauce is deeply savoury and full of umami from the abalone, dried scallops, and sautéed aromatics. The mushrooms soak up all that rich flavour, making every bite incredibly satisfying. This is a simple yet impressive […]
This Steamed Minced Pork with Dried Squid and Mushrooms is a classic Chinese Style Steamed Minced Pork Dish. There are many variations of Chinese Style Steamed Minced Pork by adding different ingredients. But I prefer this version of adding dried squid and mushrooms. After steaming, the meat patty is juicy, moist and slightly springy. It’s savoury, full or umami and just so tasty.
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 […]
So tasty, you get the natural umami, smoky, earthy flavours from the mushrooms and sweetness from the mangetout. For this recipe, I like the mangetout tender with a bit of crunch. We have stir fry mushroom and mangetout every Chinese New Year as we have vegetarian for breakfast on the first day. Nowadays, I cook […]