May, 2010 // Posts published in May, 2010
Salad Boat Sandwich (MiaoKao, Gua Bao)
Salad boat sandwich is one of my favourite snacks in Taiwanese cuisine. It’s also known as “MiaoKou Sandwich” for which MiaoKou is the name of a night market in Keelung, Taiwan. This night market sell a lot of tasty food and it’s always full of tourists. This salad boat sandwich is one of the most ...
Authentic Tang Yuan Soup recipe
The other day I read about Ching he Huan’s recipe for this Tang Yuan soup on the good food channel and she mention this dish is specifically for Chinese new year which is not right. Chinese and Taiwanese people eat Tang Yuan on Yuan Xiao Festival (Lantern festival) and also Winter solstice. This is a ...
Dongpo Pork Recipe
I haven’t cooked this dish, called Dongpo, pork for a really long time. Dongpo pork is one of the first dishes I ever cooked for Chris and to this day it’s one of his favourites. I remember just after we married I cooked this dish a lot and really spoiled him. But sadly we ate ...
Glutinous Rice Shumai
I’ve caught the flu recently that’s the reason I haven’t replied to all of your comments recently, really sorry about that but I hope you can understand a person like me who has to work 48 hours in 3 days with flu basically doesn’t have any extra energy to do other thing else. I know ...
My May Sunshine Award
Thank you to “the lonely radish” who gave me this award a few days ago. I’m sorry that I couldn’t update this award on my blog soon enough but I have been working a lot recently. Please don’t be mad and I really appreciate that you gave me this award. Thank you so much. I ...
Beijing Roast Duck
Due to the recession Chris and I had a really tough year in 2009. Chris was out of work for around nine months and I had three months off work sick following working part time for several months, so things were difficult. Finally we both now have full time jobs and we’re earning fairly good ...
Chicken Chow Mein Recipe
My friends and family are always fascinated to know what kind of food Chris and I eat at home. Most people think we eat really posh Chinese food, like we have a large feast with peking duck, dumplings and so forth, but actually most of the time we eat fairly simple food and often a ...
Stewed Egg Salad (Lu Dan)
Stewed Egg is a very common dish in Taiwan and we call it “Lu Dan”. I loved to order a stewed egg with my lunchbox when I live in Taiwan or I will order stewed egg with my mince rice or mince noodle. Stewed egg is just simply the best friend with a lunchbox. I ...