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28 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Chinuck $0.07
When I was a young lad, we didn't have pidan pastries at dim sum, but now these new fangled things have become quite trendy. I first introduced pidan in a more traditional use with congee, but today we're going to make a "new fangled" (as old me say...
26 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Chinuck $0.03
There are just so many things you can do with shrimp. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it. There's shrimp kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut sh...
23 Jul 2021 3 minute read 5 comments Chinuck $0.05
Hong Kong style cafés don't actually serve that much coffee. Instead, they serve copious amounts of their quintessential Hong Kong style milk tea. As the saying goes, when the colonizers give you tea, make milk tea. So what's a Ying Yang, you might...
21 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Chinuck $0.09
If you've never had bitter melon before, it's bitter. (Really?!) Well, there's more to the story than that. In Chinese, there are 2 words for bitter, "foo" (苦) and -- hmmm...both phoneticizations I can think of are problematic, so I'll go with the...
19 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Chinuck $0.07
Dried scallops are one of the most prized ingredients in Chinese cooking, second only to abalone. (We're just going to ignore shark's fin.) Even just a few of them adds a ton of umami to a dish and good quality dried scallops can get rather expensiv...
16 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Chinuck $0.09
Steamed egg is a truly Chinese home cooking dish. You won't find it at any restaurants. It's so simple, yet everyone I've ever made it for who hasn't had it before has been amazed! There are variations that add mushrooms, dried shrimp (called "shrimp...
14 Jul 2021 5 minute read 2 comments Chinuck $0.06
When you open the doors of a Chinese restaurant, your ears are blasted with the roar of a thousand people, like the heat blasting on your face when opening an oven door. Accompanying the choir is a ceramic percussion playing a chaotic clang of dishes...
12 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Chinuck $0.04
I mentioned in a previous post how it is not easy to find good, fresh seafood in Warsaw. But sometimes you get lucky and I picked up a nice swordfish steak. Calling it "steak" is no misnomer. Swordfish meat is extremely dense and robust, unlike white...
9 Jul 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Chinuck $0.06
I first mentioned natto in my post about Japanese breakfast. Today we'll look at a non-traditional and simple recipe that's very satisfying. Ingredients 1 package natto 1 can tuna -- Tuna sashimi would be even better for a more gourmet version. 1 c...
7 Jul 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Chinuck $0.02
Once in a while, my family had Chinese barbeque night. Unlike barbeque night in the West, we didn't light fires in the backyard like cavemen. I tease! It was when mom would bring home usually 2 of the following from the Chinese barbeque shop (the ty...
