Sweet and sour chicken is a typical Cantonese dish that can be found at every Chinese restaurant. Ask any of my local Dutch friends or colleagues, they do not know a lot about traditional Chinese dishes, but they sure know about this sweet and sour chicken. The taste of this dish can be described as […]
Asian food
Matcha pancake recipe
Ever since I have had my first Matcha latte at Starbucks, I have become a matcha fan. So when I came across the matcha pancake recipe made by pankobunny‘s, I had to try this out. Her version of this matcha pancake was so green, I just couldn’t stop myself from trying it as well. Scroll […]
Northern Chinese spring onion pancake
“Lao bing” (烙饼) is a type of flatbread that is popular in Northern China and is sometimes referred as “Chinese pancake”. I came across this pancake thanks to the parents of my boyfriend. They make this pancake at home with soup and it gives me a warm and cozy feeling (“jia de gan jue”/家的感觉). I […]
Pressure pan Honey Spare Ribs
Today, I would like to introduce Just one cookbook’s honey spare ribs recipe. She has made it specifically with Instant pot and I have used a regular pressure pan to try to make the same dish and it worked!!! The spare ribs was very tender and saucy and this dish will definitely stay on my […]
Taiwanese popcorn chicken (Airfryer recipe)
After buying an Airfryer (Philips Essential XL) last week, I was so excited to try making the Taiwanese popcorn chicken. This is one of my favorite snacks to buy when I am visiting Asia. This dish is famous in Taiwan’s street food markets and is known by its rich flavor and crunchy texture. If you […]
Butter Chicken
Today, I would like to introduce recipetin’s butter chicken recipe. I have always loved butter chicken, but I usually only eat this at restaurants or I only cook it with a pre-prepared sauce package from the supermarket. This is caused by the fact that I thought that it’s very complex to make this from scratch […]
Hong Kong style Sausage buns (肠仔包)
This is a sausage bun that can be found at every bakery in Hong Kong. In Rotterdam, I always go to St Anny’s Bakery at the West Kruiskade. Whenever my mom went to St Anny’s with me when I was younger, I always wanted either this bun, pineapple bun, wife cake or egg tart. These […]
Hong Kong style – Sweet potato sweet soup (番薯糖水) including glutinous balls (汤圆) recipe
This sweet potato soup reminds me of my childhood as my mom made this regularly when I was still living at home. As my mom doesn’t make this as often anymore, I have decided to learn this myself. The taste of this soup is sweet and gives you a warm feeling. Since it is summer […]
Korean chicken wings (oven baked)
An easy and delicious dish, which you can cook for diner or for parties. These Korean chick wings are simply prepared by marinating the chicken and by putting it in the oven. Today, I would like to present you one of my favorite chicken wings recipes. My friends all love it when I cook this […]
Sweet potato buns (红薯馒头)
Today I would like to present to you my sweet potato buns (hong shu man tou) recipe. I have always loved eating mantou’s, but plain mantou’s aren’t that healthy. That’s why I have mixed them with sweet potatos to make it a bit more healthy. For full recipe, see below: I hope that you will […]