I have been missing the family lately so I made food that made me think of family; Chinese crispy pork belly, also known as siu yuk. “siu” means roast and “yuk” means meat = roast meat! I got the recipe from Marion’s Kitchen, her video recipe is here How To Make the CRISPIEST Chinese Roast… Continue reading Chinese Crispy Pork Belly
Tag: Chinese food
What is pork floss?
If or when you go to Asia you may find some dishes will have pork floss or sometimes it’s known as meat floss. It can either be paired with savoury dishes or sweet dishes, so it is rather versatile. In Cantonese it is called yuk sung, in Mandarin it’s called rou song and written as… Continue reading What is pork floss?
Chinese braised beef brisket
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Bringing Hong Kong to me
I’ve missed going to Hong Kong and eating lots of yummy food, especially the dim sum! So I thought I would bring Hong Kong to me tonight and make braised white radish with fish balls and pig skin. You guys might get weirded out with the pig skin but it’s sooo yummy in this dish.… Continue reading Bringing Hong Kong to me
Fish soup
Second soup of the week and it’s another family favourite. Fish soup! I had to call my mum to ask how to make the soup haha. Usually you would use fish head/tail but Tesco didn’t have that so I went with the tail end of the salmon; it still had a lot of meat on… Continue reading Fish soup
Self heating hot pot
Yes, you see it correctly… Self heating hot pot! I found this very intriguing so I thought I would buy it and try it out! I was quite surprised on how this worked so well! I’m still not sure how the heating pack works but it definitely heated everything up! The vegetables were lovely; the… Continue reading Self heating hot pot
Golden Dim Sum Restaurant
Where: 154 Fawcett Road, Portsmouth, PO4 0DW I needed lunch when I went round my partner’s so ended up getting a Chinese takeaway. I haven’t been there before and then I found what I haven’t eaten for agessss… Beef Flank! Usually I have rice for dinner but I really wanted the beef flank dish. When… Continue reading Golden Dim Sum Restaurant
Slow cooker congee
I love my congee and where there’s an easier way to cook it, then I’m there! I looked online this week and you can cook congee in a slow cooker. So I thought I would try it out. Not much to it, you put everything in the slow cooker and just turn it on. It… Continue reading Slow cooker congee
Hainanese chicken
This is the very first time making Hainanese chicken, well very first time poaching a whole chicken! This is a recipe by Marion’s Kitchen. Her recipe is in the video Written recipe below https://www.marionskitchen.com/hainanese-chicken-rice/ I don’t eat alot of breast meat as I think it’s too dry but OH MY GOD, this chicken breast is… Continue reading Hainanese chicken
Beef ho fun
This was a recipe by Marion’s Kitchen. If you want the recipe, go to her YouTube video: Or her written recipe: https://www.marionskitchen.com/cantonese-beef-chow-fun-noodles/ This was actually a very easy recipe to follow and to make! If don’t have time to cook, then this is a good recipe for you! For my taste this was little salty… Continue reading Beef ho fun
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