I want to know how many of you know the name of this vegetable? Or have you ever seen this in markets? This is Celtuce, 莴笋 “Wo Sun”, otherwise known in English as stem lettuce, asparagus lettuce, celery lettuce, or Chinese lettuce. It is common at Chinese markets but less available elsewhere and I got to know about this vegetable […]
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Oyakodon (親子丼), a classic Japanese Donburi (rice bowl), literally means “Parent-and-Child Donburi” in Japanese, which is a reference to two of the dish’s main ingredients: chicken and egg. The rice bowl is topped with with tender chicken pieces, onion and egg simmered in a flavourful stock. It’s a satisfying comfort food that’s simple and easy to prepare at home, with minimal ingredients, […]
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Take less than 15 minutes to prepare, Seaweed Egg Drop Soup 紫菜蛋花汤, certainly one of your best choice if you want a quick soup dish on a weeknight. The seaweed used in the soup is a particular variety of dried seaweed called Zi Cai (紫菜). It is usually sold in disc shape plastic packaging like the above picture and can be […]
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Preserved Radish, 菜脯 Choy Poh in Cantonese or Chai Pu in Mandarin, is Chinese sweet-salty preserved daikon radish, which is one of the many types of Chinese style preserved vegetables/pickles. It is widely used as condiments and cooking ingredients for many dishes such as steamed fish with preserved radish, fried radish cake, or THIS clear fridge vegetarian stir fried and […]
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Royale Chives, or more commonly known as Qing Long Cai 青龙菜, literally translated as “Green Dragon Vegetable. It belongs to the Allium family which includes hundreds of species such as onion, garlic, shallot, scallion, chives and leek. Royale Chives are grown using a modified process that changes the yellow chives into a more tender and less fibrous green version that does […]
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