Chinese like to cook with dried ingredients a lot. Every household has jars and jars of dried food: shiitake mushrooms, dried vegetables (e.g. bamboo shoots), dried fruits and all sorts of dried meat. Suppose in old times before the fridge and freezer, different nations have their own ways of preserving food: sun dried, …

  If you are bored of steak and chips (which I don’t think you will), this is another quick way  to cook a fab steak dish. Beef and mushroom are classic combinations as they create a juicy and rich taste. Chinese people do the same thing. I especially like using king oyster mushroom because they …

  Many of you may have heard of this dish: Mapo tofu. It is almost like a signature dish in every Chinese restaurant and take away. But why is this tofu called Mapo? Or, should I say, this women who invented the dish called Mapo? ‘Po’ is a Chinese saying of elderly ladies, sometimes don’t …

  Sometimes I quite understand why kids in UK have problems of eating vegetables, because the most used way of cooking them is boiling, and then served with salt and pepper. I have to say, I am sorry, I hate vegetables too if I have been given these everyday. Do I eat boiled vegetables at …

  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, …