Still remember I’ve shared the recipe of Borscht (Hong Kong Style) Luo Song Tong 罗宋汤? Its soup base is cooked with beef and I received response from readers that if the beef can be replaced with other meat such as chicken or pork. Here I’ll share with you guys a similar vegetables soup but with one of the favourite ingredients […]
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This is my first time using black chicken for my boiled soup. Black chicken, an odd looking food with the meat, bones, and skin are all black. Its size is much smaller than a regular chicken and slightly “gamey” in taste but it offers higher levels of nutrients such as iron and antioxidants (Carnosine). Its fat content also lower than […]
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Still remember I posted a recipe of Spaghetti Alle Vongole quite some time ago? That time Sam still couldn’t accept this “weird” looking sea creature but recently she’s so into Lala (clams) that she requested for it every time we dined out. (at Dai Chow restaurants) But is Lala clams a type of seasonal seafood (anyone can enlighten me?) as […]
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Do you like chestnuts(栗子/板栗)? I like it very much, be it roasted, boiled or braised in a dish. I like its delicate creamy texture and the sweet nutty flavour. Chestnuts are available fresh, dried, frozen as well as cooked and ready-to-eat package just like the photo shown below. Cooked and ready-to-eat chestnuts which can be found in supermarkets (vegetables […]
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I’ve recently bought a cookbook which is all about Chinese boiled soup, so expect more soup recipes will be featured here in my blog. There are many interesting recipes in that cookbook, using some unusual ingredients for boiling soup and this is one of them. Starfruit, a distinctive fruit with five ridges on its body and it resembles a star […]
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