rice porridge for breakfast: congee, juk or babur

rice porridge for breakfast: congee, juk or babur I'm up with the birds this morning, together with Mia, my elderly cat, who meows imper...

too hot to cook? zhejiang "drunken" chicken is the solution

Zheijang "drunken" chicken The only downside of having a kitchen that faces south is that during the hot weather it can approach f...

northern chinese (shandong) style asparagus

 northern chinese (shandong) style asparagus Asparagus doesn't appear much on Chinese menus, apart from in the northern region of Shando...

dragons' eggs (or chinese tea eggs)

chinese tea eggs My family was divided as to what the strange, mottled boiled eggs that were sold at various corner grocers shops and hawker...

mouthwatering velvet chicken and summer vegetable stir fry

velvet chicken If you have ever wondered why the stir-fried chicken at your local Chinese restaurant is so much more moist and succulent tha...