Heavily coloured by soy sauce, this dish might not look that pretty in many peoples’ eyes, but to those who lives in Shanghai region, the darker colour the more delicious! Because we love to cook with soy sauce, in pork dish, fish dish, poultry dishes and many vegetable dishes. We even give the soy-sauced …
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As the big feast season is approaching, have you switched on your taste buds? When I was searching for pork ribs in the super market earlier, I saw loads of rolled up pork for roasting instead. Ah yes, the sunny BBQ season has gone, why am I still cooking the ribs for? Let’s forget …
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It was those good lazy uni days in Shanghai when I tasted this dish for the first time. There were always so many little restaurants and takeaways around the campus, same as everywhere in the world. At that time six of us lived in the same dormitory, yes, I mean dormitory, 6 girls living …
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If you feel a bit bored of Sunday roast, how about using the similar ingredients to cook a ‘big pot chicken’? This is one of my favourite chicken dishes as it’s tasty, spicy, healthy (full of vegetables) and relatively simple. This recipe does‘t have a long long history as most of the Chinese dishes …
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If I have been back to China for more than one month, my hubby will always compare my skin colour with his when he picks me up at the airport. “Look, darker than me again. Told you not eating too much soy sauce!” But I can’t avoid it! Chinese people love to cook with …
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Shanghai people love eating chicken, this is no daunt. If you don’t believe me, next time you visit Shanghai, count the number of KFC and McDonald’s in high street. To common knowledge, those two old enemies always go head to head like hermit crab and gastropod shell. But here in Shanghai, there is a …
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Things can’t be better: golden crispy batter outside, tender succulent pork meat inside, and all within less than 30 minutes! I am not joking, this is not expensive filet cuts but normal pork chops, and every one can do it. Usually this is a deep fry dish, but keeping in mind of environment friendly, …
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When talking about mum’s recipe, it’s always the family’s favourite. I can still remember the first time my mum making this recipe when I was in primary school. She came back with all the ingredients, but NO oven. Actually no families had ovens in their kitchen at that time! People in China are used …
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