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While Western cuisine calls for bolognese (meat-based) sauce, Chinese cuisine has it too. They call it by the other familiar "bolognese" equivalents - 肉燥 (Rouzhao), 杂酱 (Zhajiang), etc. If …
Read Part I. The secret affair continues...Stay on stay on, you are on the right page, though I am talking beef, yet showing an onionUnder circumstances YOU GET TO SEE the GRAIN LINES (obvious...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Choosing the right cut of beef for the intended cooking method. That will make your beef tender. Some cuts of beef benefit from slow cooking methods such as stewing, braising VS other cuts that are...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Bad HairAngel hair pasta. Does Angel's hair look like a bad hair-do ? :P[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Updates:1. I'm posting this from California, US. Will be here for a week. Apologies for not giving a prompt update as I left in a rush. As a result, I've not been visiting your blog and leaving...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
9 sober ways with soba and still counting...That's soba in-Sesame dressingPork-rib tea, bak kut teh styleBraised E-fu styleMinced pork topping and wontonsGreen onion dressing...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Starbucks at Cheng Huang Miao (上海城隍庙, Temple of the City's Gods), Shanghai VS this one...in Alishan (阿里山, Mount Ali), Taiwan. Both interesting locations. No sunrise and sunset. I can only …
SELFThat is (part of my) kitchen...in preparation for cooking. I've cleaned the vegetables, sliced the onions and carrots. Mushrooms - not much handling required. I'll use straight from the pack....[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
In essence, there are two kinds of beef noodle soup in Taiwan. The braised variety in a usually heavy-tasting broth 红烧牛肉面 vs the stewed variety in light broth 清炖牛肉面. It is definitely easie …
Ear Cracker - 耳朵餅. Pig Ear Cracker Biscuits. Are these familiar to you ?
Spinach is a confusing vegetable (I am confused, not the vegetable). The older I become, the more confused I get. I used to grow up knowing just one kind of spinach - the spinach (or Amaranth - this name only got to me two years ago) that is typically used to cook soup. It's kinda late for me, I know. Sounds strange (or even shocking) to you, I know too. When did the …
Typhoon Shelter Crab - 避風塘炒蟹Fried crab with fried garlic, mixed with scallion, red chili and black beansThe famous dish typhoon shelter-style fried crab (避風塘炒蟹 Bi Feng Tang Chao Xie), is s …
Chinese Tea + Preserved Plums/Fruits...may not be a traditional tea culture in Taiwan but it is definitely a tea culture that has evolved for some time now.喝茶配梅子, at Mount Alishan, TaiwanS …
A distinct feature in finding a particular food recipe is how easy and straight-forward it is to search for it using a key ingredient. I tried "Tofu" as the ingredient search in www.KeyIngredient.com and had 300+ over targeted tofu recipes such as baked tofu, fried tofu, tofu salad, tofu cutlets. This is very easy to use and targeted for my needs. More interestingly, my …
I'm not bluffing you! Your eyes are not bluffing you!A REAL family meal - chicken, and its "eggs" in the form of tartsPortuguese Egg Tarts from KFC! You think I'm gung-ho enough so free to smuggle Portuguese Egg Tarts from Macau into KFC, place them side-by-side a bucket of fried chicken and take that picture? I must be having too much time to spare and too many heads to …
Don’t think that getting a whiplash injury in a roller-coaster ride is impossible. If your neck muscles or nerves are not strong enough, the forward and backward forces especially at such …
Using potato flour 地瓜粉 will give a more springy (QQ-with dialect connotation) texture of deep-fried coat when compared to the crisp golden coat from cornflour + breadcrumbs (panko) combin …
Noodling in Noodledom Hong Kong...In Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Hong Kong), he speaks "...it is the taste, texture and dedication to the art of making noodles in Hong Kong..." after visiting one of the oldest and most traditional noodle maker of bamboo noodles. I could not agree more. You should watch this episode if you could get hold of it. I tried my best searching …
Candy: Sour plum encased in a sugar-molasses-type sweetOffered after a Thai meal, while we were in Taiwan - to refreshen the breath (too much garlic?) and cleanse the palates perhaps? But I think there are better options of candies around to do that ? -_-Tag: candy, sweets
仙草冰 (xian cao bing) - grass jelly served on crushed ice, TaiwanWhat has that got to do with Weekend Herb Blogging? You have to check out this week's host at A Scientist in the Kitchen.Gras …
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