“Ginseng Prawn Herbal Soup tasty and healthy” Ginseng shrimp herbal soup, or we usually called it, Ginseng prawn herbal soup, is not an usual dish. Diners will be more familiar with Ginseng chicken soup and/ or Drunken prawns, but not so the prawns in Ginseng soup though.. Yes, I guessed so. However, it turned out…
Tag: Prawns
Mini Shrimp Toast
“My creation of shrimp toast, have it like crunchy bread squares, or luxury version of French toast with shrimp paste topping.” This cute and handy open-face toast is often a hit for snack/ tea time when small and light bites are needed, and minced shrimp is the shortcut tips of the busy day. However, all…
Stir-Fried Asparagus & Prawns with XO Sauce (锦上添花)
“Make the perfection to even more perfect.” You don’t want meals with just meat, meat and meat throughout the CNY. Vegetables are essential to our diets, too, even during the festive, of course! And there are many greens can still be symbolical, for instances, the asparagus I’ve cooked here. I named this dish as 锦上添花…
Golden Shrimps (with Salted Egg Yolk) – 黄金笑虾虾
“One of the important Chinese festive seafood dishes. It helps to spread laughter around!” Chinese Lunar New Year, we (Chinese) emphasize on cooking symbolic dishes with auspicious dish name. Prawn, or called it shrimp, is one of the compulsory items to be used to cook CNY dishes as shrimp, in Cantonese, is pronounced as HA (虾)….
Prawns in Thick Miso & Tomato (with Egg Drop) Gravy
“You can never resist this beautiful and lips-smacking prawns with thick miso and (chili) tomato gravy dish.” This dish was introduced by one of the old friends years back. So, I envisioned and cooked this dish at home recently, with the ‘recipe’ left in my memory. So, I would say this dish is more like…
Chilled Prawn Salad with Cheesy Vegetables
“Something easy and healthy you will like to cook at home“ I promised, to share my recipes for the delicious homecooked western cuisine. I will start with the appetizer first. This considers a cold dish as I’ve served the prawns chilled, and this idea was adapted from the first dish, the cold platter, which commonly served…