This dish (薑蔥大蝦粉絲煲) is somehow a dish I often order when I’m at Hong Kong restaurants. It was usually served in a big pot while it’s still sizzling hot. When I came across this recipe a few years ago, I realized it’s amazingly easy! So I always come back to cooking it whenever I brought…
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Easy Shrimps with Japanese Mayonnaise Stir-Fry (Ebi-Mayo)
Ebi-Mayo (エビマヨ) is a common home-cooked Japanese dish representing “ebi” (meaning shrimps in Japanese) cooked with sauce which consists of mayo (short for mayonnaise). The shrimps in this dish are usually fried first for some crisp before coating with the sauce. This recipe however is a simplified version where the fried step is eliminated. Hence…
Portuguese Style Octopus Salad
When I lived in Hong Kong, I often traveled to Macao, a former Portuguese colony, as it was only one hour away by ferry. Portuguese cuisine was the only type of food I would have! One of the dishes I must order every time was the octopus salad (Salada de Polvo)! This dish makes it…
Ochazuke with Marinated Sashimi
Ochazuke お茶漬け (おちゃづけ) is an extremely simple dish made by pouring hot tea (or sometimes dashi at restaurants) over a bowl of steamed rice. By literal translation, “ocha お茶” means tea and “zuke 漬け” means to soak. This dish has a very long history dated back from the Edo period. When I am feeling under…
Korean Style Poke Bowl
Poke bowls are great as it offers varieties to my family as some have different preferences in the amount of carbs (rice) or veggies intake. I used to have poke bowls marinated in soy sauce or mayonnaise, but thanks to one of my friends’ recommendation, I started having poke bowls in Korean style! It is…
Hong Kong Style Scrambled Eggs with Shrimp on Rice
This dish, “scrambled eggs with shrimps” (滑蛋蝦仁), is probably considered one of the most cooked dishes in Hong Kong homes. Chinese families tend to serve a few main dishes and place them in the middle of a round table so everybody can share and taste a little bit of each dish while each having their…