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Steamed Pork with Tianjin Preserved Vegetables

Steamed Pork with Tianjin Preserved Vegetables

As promised, I am featuring another recipe with Tianjin preserved vegetables, this time a family favorite comfort food, steamed pork with Tianjin preserved …

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Steamed Drunken Shrimps

Steamed Drunken Shrimps

When my Grandma was still with us, her birthday party was one of the many annual events where the big family came together to celebrate. It was a noisy affair, …

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Bean Curd and Tianjin Preserved Vegetable Pork Soup

Bean Curd and Tianjin Preserved Vegetable Pork Soup

Tianjin preserved vegetable are made from cabbage pickled with salt from Tianjin in Hebei, China. Fancy ones come in lovely ceramic jars, but the one I bought …

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Tumis Oyong dan Telur - Chinese Okra and Egg Stir Fry

Tumis Oyong dan Telur - Chinese Okra and Egg Stir Fry

Oyong (or Chinese okra) resembles zucchini in texture, but with really hard ridges for its outer skin. It doesn’t look appetizing from the outset, but give it a …

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Chicken and Red Bean Soup

Chicken and Red Bean Soup

It has been a while since I made some chicken soup and I have been dying for some. So I raid my pantry to find some almost forgotten red beans (sorry, red …

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Steamed Chicken with Salted Soy Beans and Green Chilies

Steamed Chicken with Salted Soy Beans and Green Chilies

Simple and so tender, a more unusual approach to steaming chicken by using salted soy beans (Indonesian: tauco) and green chilies (Indonesian: cabe hijau …

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Steamed Fish with Shiitake

Steamed Fish with Shiitake

My Mom makes the best steamed fish and I finally got her recipe, yay! And she gave me the fish to boot, isn’t she the best? ♥ Mom actually gave me twice the …

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Barley and Candied Winter Melon Drink

Barley and Candied Winter Melon Drink

My Mom used to make this whenever we start eating too many fried food and believe that we need to cool off our body. Don’t ask me if it works or not, we just …

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Steamed Tofu and Shiitake

Steamed Tofu and Shiitake

Tofu is just perfect when steamed, and placing shiitake slices around the tofu will absorb all the juices and sauces making them super flavorful. You can either …

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Pork Belly and Snake Bean in Black Bean Sauce

Pork Belly and Snake Bean in Black Bean Sauce

There are probably many many Chinese dishes that one can prepare with a bottle of black bean garlic sauce, and I think cooking pork with said sauce is one of …

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Steamed Prawn with Chili and Garlic

Steamed Prawn with Chili and Garlic

Definitely one of the easiest and fastest prawn recipe, not to mention they look lovely and fit for a banquet. If you don’t own a microwave, you can make the …

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Pumpkin in Ginger Syrup

Pumpkin in Ginger Syrup

The Chinese probably have a million dessert where everything is cooked in ginger syrup. We are firm believers that ginger is good for your body, especially when …

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