April, 2010 // Posts published in April, 2010
Dumplings shui jiao
Dumplings, or shui jiao, are one of my favourite foods. They are really tasty but also the perfect food for a working couple like Chris and I, for whom both of us work shift patterns. Living in the UK is so different to living in Taiwan. Taiwan has many 7-11 shops which are open 24 ...
Shengjianbao
Shengjian mantou, also known as Shengjianbao, is a common and popular dish in both Taiwan and Shanghai. It’s very popular in Shanghai for breakfast and we eat it pretty much any time in Taiwan. We usually make Shengjianbao with mince and cabbage in Taiwan and people usually use only mince and spring onion in Shanghai. ...
The Happy 101 Award
I got this amazing nominee opportunity and award news from my new blog friend Dennis who always gives me a lot of support and lovely comments. I always want to say thank you to everyone who visited my blog and left those wonderful comments for me. This award title is Happy 101 and it’s very ...
Vegetarian Spring Rolls Recipe
I started my new job this week and finally got some time to update my blog after finishing three crazy days of 14 hour shifts. I decided to make spring rolls this time and it’s a vegetarian style spring roll. It’s very difficult for my husband and I to eat vegetable everyday when both ...
I’m on Foodbuzz Top 9 today!!
One of my foodbuzz friends just sent me a comment to tell me one of my recipe is on Foodbuzz Top 9 list. My husband and I are so happy about it. Thank you for all of your support and I will keep updating my blog in the future.
Tiger bite Pig Recipe
For some reason, Taiwanese people really like name their food in a different and funky way. For example, “Coffin Bread” and also “Tiger bite Pig”, which is also known as “Koah-pau” in Taiwanese. Why is it called tiger bite pig? Because the bread looks like a tiger chewing a piece of big and juicy pork ...
Yangzhou Fried Rice Recipe
My husband’s colleague asked me for the recipe of Yangzhou fried rice a couple weeks before and here is the recipe. Couple days ago I made the Char Siu Pork and one of the special ingredients for this fried rice is Char Siu Pork. You can find the Char Siu Pork’s recipe in my previous ...
Char Siu Pork Recipe
A couple weeks ago, my husband’s co-workers asked for a recipe for making Char Siu Pork’s. Over the years I have collected so many different cooking methods for this dish and this is the recipe I chose but I’ve changed some of the seasonings of it. Especially as I can’t find the red food colouring ...
Coffin Bread Recipe
Coffin bread is a night market snack from Tainan, a city in south Taiwan. We can know where was the name came from by the look of this dish. Ingredients: 1 small loaf bread, uncut 2 tablespoons peas 2 tablespoons carrot, dice it to the size as peas 80g prawn 100g mixed seafood from ...
My First Visitor Comment!
I know many people will probably think I’m so poor to celebrate my first ever visitor comment on my blog. But, I’m just so happy about it. I believe visitor’s comments are the best support for bloggers and help us keep our faith in creating more entries in the future. I’m always very generous with ...