Over the past few weeks, we have been bulk cooking this dish and we’ve been absolutely loving it! This is a traditional Shanghainese cuisine and it is a sweet, warm and comforting food, that is perfect in this chilly weather at the moment. To begin, prepare the chestnuts. Place them flat side down on board….
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Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup (Hong Shao Niu Rou Mian)
A nice heartwarming bowl of noodle soup made of red braised beef, beef broth, green Bok choy vegetables and yummy homemade Chinese noodles is just the perfect comfort food for the cold Melbourne weather. This dish obviously originates from Taiwan, and is definitely one of our favorite types of beef noodle soup. The broth is…
Braised Pork Belly that melts in your mouth
What good can come from being accused for critising the Chinese emperor of Song Dynasty? Dong Po pork!! Thanks to Su Dong Po (Su Shi’s pseudonym), who was exiled to a life of poverty for critising the emperor, the idea of this dish apparently originated as an accident. He was distracted by a game of…
Cantonese Style Braised Ox Tail – The dish that made my husband fall in love with me
I love almost every cuisine in the world, and I say ‘almost’ only because I believe, having not yet travelled most of the world, there will be more to be discovered. All my favourite foods are of all kinds of cuisine. However, I must admit that if I were forced to pick a kind, it…
