Category: Homecook

Fresh fish is best prepared in the simplest of ways of steaming to preserve its taste and flavor. Steaming fish is a long-time favourite way of cooking fish among East Asian communities. It is a healthier cooking method and it can retain the natural sweetness as well as the succulent texture of the fish. Steaming a fish sound like easy but […]

Shredded Pork with Pickled Mustard Noodles (Zha Cai Rou Si Mian 榨菜肉丝面), a very common noodle dish that can be found in any noodles specialty restaurants. This is always one of the simplest noodle options in the menu with non-fancy topping of shredded pork and pickled mustard only. This noodles is my absolute comfort food because I’m a bit of […]

Chinese-American chef, Martin Yan 甄文达 has said that ginger, garlic, and green onions make up the “holy trinity” of Chinese cooking. Today I’m going to talk about spring onion 葱 (also called scallion) which is probably the most universally used ingredient in Chinese cooking. Spring onions are generally used in soups, dumplings, dips, marinades, stuffing, and stir-fries. We LOVE scallions–we use them […]

This Fish Fillet in Tomato Sauce 茄汁鱼片 is surely a crowd pleasing dish that will make everyone happy. Boneless fried fish fillet coated in appetizing and tangy tomato sauce, what’s not to like?   Ingredients (Serve: 3-4) 300g fish fillet (Patin, dory, grouper, tilapia, thread-fin, snapper or any white fish fillet) 50g corn starch Cooking oil Spring onion (garnishing) Marinade […]