Got a pack of dried red bean at home for a long time and wonder what should I do with them. Most of you would have heard of the popular Chinese dessert Red Bean Soup …

Sycee (元寶) was a type of silver or gold ingot currency used in China until the 20th century. The name derives from the Cantonese words meaning “fine silk”. In North China, the word yuanbao (simplified Chinese: 元宝; traditional Chinese: …

Dear Readers
I wish you all and your family have a rewarding and exciting Year 2010! Eat well and eat healthy!
To end 2009 and welcome 2010, I would like to share this local Hong Kong speciality-Yin Yang …

I feel miserable in the last few days due to the gloomy days and finally today we had clear blue sky and cheered me up. I spent an hour in the indoor pool, felt good …

After the duck nigiri sushi, I need to make something simple last night. This steamed eggplant has been on my to-cook list for a long time. It is extremely easy to prepare.  The minimum ingredients you will …

I have fallen in love with these two tropical fruits: mango and pomelo recently, if you have seen my earlier posts, you would now what I mean. I have made a mango & black n’ white glutinous …

All of you would be familiar to Italian pasta, Asian rice vermicelli noodles, Japanese ramen, udon, buckwheat noodles, Chinese Ho Fan, Instant noodles, etc. I would like to share the egg noodles which I used to eat a lot when …

Lan Fong Yuen, Main Shop in Central, the two little wooden stools are still kept until today. You can still sit there and order from there!
The last time I came back to Hong Kong (HK) was almost …

Yesterday I was wondering how to cook these long green peppers from our vegetable garden. I thought it would be a good idea to showcase how the Chinese (Cantonese) would make them.
The Chinese panfried stuffed pepper is very …

Further to my previous post on Wanchai Open Market, I have bought some dried shrimp roe egg noodles (蝦子麵) from this popular noodle shop. Don’t be scared by the name shrimp roe, it does not …

 
After eating meat during the weekend, it’s not a bad idea at all to have a Meatless Monday. I found this food event in Twitter #meatlessmonday initially by Chris at Blog Well Done and thought …

I have been on the road quite a lot lately, just came back from Tuscany, had a really great time there but before I share my travel and gourmet experience with you (as I have to tidy …