What to do with leftover Bak Kwa during Chinese New Year? Try my Bak Kwa Steam Buns. These steam buns are cottony soft and fluffy and taste so good with smoky sweet savoury Bak Kwa. Easy breakfast idea – Kids love these steamy buns. Prepare these steams buns in advance and freeze them. When you […]
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 […]
Kaya Steam Bun is a popular Chinese Steam Bun in Malaysia. Kaya is a sweet jam made with coconut and eggs, it can be duck or chicken eggs. In Malaysia we have kaya with toast bread and coffee or tea for breakfast. Naturally kaya is also used as a sweet filling in steam buns. Traditionally […]
Made these cute OX Steam Custard Buns for Chinese New Year! These chinese steam buns are not only cute but the steam buns also soft and fluffy and the custard filling is so creamy and tasty. I have made many custard buns before, this Ox/ Cow steam buns is a special edition for Chinese New […]
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 […]
Chinese Steam Custard Buns are Dim Sum favourites! You can find it in almost all Chinese Restaurants that serve Dim Sum. They are also called “Nai Wong Bao 奶黄包 ”. I have made steam custard buns many times. I thought, why not try a slightly different version of custard bun recipe. So I came up […]
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 […]
Craving for these chinese steam bao buns. Since I had to stay home, I had no choice but to make them. Made a lot of tweaks to the recipe and finally managed to get the right texture. This chinese steam bao bun recipe makes really springy, cotton soft and fluffy buns just like the restaurants. […]