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10 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Chinuck
Stir fried vegetables is another iconic Chinese dish. It's a versatile recipe that can be done with almost any ingredients. Gone will be the "Asian Stir Fry Kit" you can buy from the frozen aisle. Why do you need a kit, and who buys those anyways? I...
8 Jun 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Chinuck
Also known as "fly lice", fried rice is one of the most well known Chinese dishes and is a staple in home cooking and in restaurants. There are hundreds of popular varieties, including Yang Chow fried rice, salted fish with chicken fried rice and Sin...
4 Jun 2021 3 minute read 5 comments Chinuck
Ketchup, mustard, salt, pepper and white vinegar are what you'll see on the condiment tray in an American diner style restaurant. In a Chinese diner, you'll get soy sauce, white pepper, salt, black or red vinegar, chili sauce and chili oil. Out of th...
27 May 2021 2 minute read 3 comments Chinuck
Wow, wow, wow. What a month of FUD. I think what we need is a good healthy injection of fundamentals. And there's nothing as fundamental as basic congee (rice porridge). It's the quintessential Chinese breakfast food and de facto nourishment for sick...
4 May 2021 1 minute read 4 comments Chinuck
Ginger and green onion sauce is a classic Chinese flavour and has one of the best taste to effort ratios ever. Ingredients 2 tbsp chopped ginger 2 tbsp chopped green onion - Use the white part as much as possible, but some green mixed in is fine too...
4 May 2021 2 minute read 2 comments Chinuck
Even though these dumplings are better known by their Japanese name, "gyoza" is a Japanese phonetic translation of "jiaozi" from Chinese. The Chinese characters used for both are the same (餃子). Sometimes the Chinese ones are called "potstickers", w...
26 Apr 2021 2 minute read 2 comments Chinuck
Chinese spinach soup is one of a whole class of Chinese soups called "choy tong". "Tong" means soup and "choy" are green leafy vegetables. This version is done with spinach, but the same recipe is also made with watercress, dried bok choy, or Chinese...
24 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
The Indonesian Navy reported that the KRI Nanggala 402 submarine has been lost off the coast of Bali with 53 people onboard. The submarine disappeared on Wednesday after launching a live SUT torpedo during a drill and requesting permission to dive. T...
17 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Officials in the Philippines reported that about 200 tonnes (About 440,000 pounds) of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth an estimated $25,000,000 United States dollars have been seized, making one of the largest ever hauls of the endangered...
15 Apr 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Chinuck
Drinking tea with rice might not be surprising, but I'm talking about tea on rice. Origins Way back even before the Wayback Machine and talking rice cookers, people used to cook rice in cast iron witch cauldrons. Without teflon, there would always be...
