Babi pangang, satay skewers — Indonesian-inspired Chinese food in Holland
The most popular dish at all the Chinese restaurants across Holland is, without a doubt, Babi panggang. Haven't heard of it before? Neither did I, until I came to the Netherlands.
Italian town bans “ethnic” food
Some Italians are saying 'no' to kebabs, Chinese takeout and sushi as they "struggle to hold onto centuries-old culinary traditions in the face of globalisation and immigration."
Qingtian
Qingtian 青田 is mountainous county in Zhejiang 浙江 Province, 300 miles south of Shanghai. For more than 200 years, its people have sought to escape a life of wretched poverty. So they went out. Today, more than 200,000 people – amounting to half of Qingtian's current population – live in more than 120 countries around...
It’s red. It’s juicy. Introducing the Yang-mei.
There's a sort of obsession going about town. It's June in Qingtian, on the south-east coast of China, and everyone is talking about yang-mei 杨梅: a round, sweet, dimpled fruit that ripens to a deep shade of brilliant red.
Pet or food?
Today, I cooked a duck recipe for the first time. It turned out great, but comes at an odd time for me, considering just 3 days ago I bought two little ducklings and are now raising them as pets. So here comes the dilemma. In about 2 months, they'll be fully grown. And then what?...
Thank you, Mr. Fish
We slaughter, scale, and gut a fish. Then we steam it, butter pan-fry it, and make it in a yummy Chinese soup. Read more about the latest adventure, cooking in the Chinese countryside.
What’s the beef?
Two butchers grasped sharp knives, slicing open the skin above the hoof and working their way down the legs, to the body, severing the penis, opening up the insides, pulling out the guts, hacking off the legs, slicing in between the rib cage, and finally splitting open the animal.
A culinary tour of north-east Taiwan
Beef Noodle Soup, Oven-baked Sesame Biscuits stuffed with a fried dough fritter, Buns stuffed with savory slices of pork belly and topped with crushed peanuts and fresh cilantro, Buttery soup-filled dumplings. If you like to eat, you should visit Taipei.
Happy Chinese New Year!
Celebrating the Spring Festival in Zhejiang province this year! New Year on the mainland is different, especially having spent a few Spring Festival celebrations in HK the last few years. Here, children have been setting off firecrackers all week, starting as early as 6 a.m., the booms echoing loudly off the dense apartments in town....
From Muse to Food: Pumpkin Pork Rib Chinese Soup
It’s autumn here in Hong Kong. It’s certainly not as cold as New York or Toronto (below zero, I hear!) but the weather fluctuates between warm, sunny days with highs in the low to mid 20s, to foggy, overcast days with temps in the high teens. Most of the locals here are already wearing jackets,...
Happy 端午节!
Today is Duan wu jie, also known in the West as the Dragon Boat Festival Day. It’s an official holiday in Hong Kong. Some of you may recall I was a dragon boat paddler back in Toronto and Ottawa. No racing for me this year. But, we’re going to eat lots of sticky rice dumplings...
A visit to Hong Kong’s Long Island
It’s no secret that Hong Kong is smoggy and polluted. One look out my window every morning and I can tell how bad the air is for the day. Never mind the 14 stations that are part of the air quality monitoring network set up by the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department. More often than...
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