Cordyceps Flowers (Cordyceps Militaris) 虫草花, a type of parasitic fungus and its medicinal value is similar to that of the much more expensive Cordyceps Sinensis 冬虫夏草. It is thought to provide an array of therapeutic benefits such as protect the lungs, nourish the kidney, increase blood production, anti-depressant, anti-aging and anti-bacterial properties. It is also known medicinally to be a strong anticancer […]
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Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) Day 4, How’s everyone? It’s a very hard time for everyone included myself as my company was closed for 2 weeks and there will be salary deduction too. The same thing was happened during the last MCO1.0 which my pay was cut for a few months. But anyway life must go on, right? Today I’m […]
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Look at my barley drink in purple hue, isn’t it lovely? I pimped up my boring and pale barley drink with Purple Rhoeo leaves that my mom gave me, which she usually did when she boils this “Leong Sui”. Purple Rhoeo, or sometime also know as Oyster Plant, Moses in The Cradle, Boat Lily, and etc. It’s Chinese name are […]
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Mongolian Beef, despite its name, the dish has nothing to do with Mongolian cuisine. It is a Chinese-American (or American-Chinese) dish but there’s information mentions that it’s a dish from Taiwan. But anyway, Mongolian Beef is basically beef slices coated with a sweet savory brown sauce. It is a popular Chinese takeout and P.F. Chang’s version of this dish is probably […]
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Bitter gourd, a “not so popular” gourd vegetable due to its distinctive bitter flavour. Like many peoples out there who don’t like bitter gourd, my hubby and daughter not a fan too but THIS bitter gourd soup that I boiled was successfully got them to eat (I think “drink” would be more appropriate v(T▽T) ) bitter gourd. Today’s Braised Chicken […]
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