“Homemade ‘Mei Cai Kou Rou’ (梅菜扣肉) can be as good as restaurant standard” Hey, it may not be as good as restaurant chef, but it is for sure very delicious for a homemade version (chuckling)! I cooked it at home as outside is selling expensive for this pork dish. I could understand why as its…
Category: Vegetables & Fruits
Vegetables & Fruits
Stir-fried Chinese Spinach with Goji Berries (清炒枸杞子苋菜) : Quick and Healthy Dish
Stir-fried Chinese Spinach with Goji Berries (清炒枸杞子苋菜) “Healthy Stir-fried Chinese Spinach aka Yin Choi (Leaf Amaranth) with Goji Berries (Wolfberries). Don’t forget it’s nutritional values!” If Chinese Spinach does not sound familiar to you. Try read it in Cantonese – Yin Choy, or in Mandarin as Xiàn Cài (苋菜). It’s Amaranth leaves. This is a…
Lettuce with Fried Shallot Oil and Oyster Sauce (油菜)
“Simply great vegetable dish” This dish is very common and well known in Asia countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. You may easily get the dish at our hawker centre, coffee shop (煮炒摊 – “Zhu Chao Tan”) and even Chinese restaurant. Singapore normally uses Kailan for this dish, while Malaysia and Hong Kong…
Stir-Fried Assorted Vegetables with Fresh Shitake Mushrooms (Family Reunion: 合家欢)
“Eat more vegetables to keep you in the pink of health!” More vegetables everyday. Mixture of different colours of vegetables with at least 2 cups of amount daily. Regular and substantial amount of vegetables intake helps me stay slim, and healthy, as far as I am concerned. I love all kinds of vegetables, even root…
Stir-Fried Roast Pork with Salted Vegetables and Minced Garlic
“Flavoursome dish to best complement your plain porridge or hot steamed rice” You know? Sometimes we like to eat roast pork (烧肉), so we will pack some meat from the store as dinner over lunch time. We have to leave the packed meat in the office till the night, and hence, we will normally forgo…
Stir Fried French Beans with Prawns
French bean isn’t long bean, eventhough their colours and shapes are similar, but the length and texture of these beans are in great difference. Frence bean is much shorter than long bean, and french bean tastes more crunchy while long bean is softer than the other, after cooked. French bean looks smoother and thicker on…