Thursday, May 24, 2018

Puff Pastry Magic- Palmier, Chinese Shao Bing, and Portuguese Egg Tarts (起酥皮做的 蝴蝶酥, 甜燒餅, 葡式蛋塔)

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Puff Pastry Sheets (起酥皮) available from any market is quite a versatile material for making pastries. Here we explore the possibility of usi...
Sunday, May 20, 2018

Air-Dried Chicken (風雞)

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Air-dried chicken (風雞) is an authentic YangZhou (揚州) dish that is famously served in Taipei's Silver Wing Restaurant (銀翼餐廳). The traditi...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Wine-Soaked Chicken (醉雞)

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Wine-soaked chicken (醉雞), specifically, Shaoxing-Wine-Soaked Chicken (紹興醉雞), is a nice Shanghai-style dish. We follow these two excellent Ch...

Cantonese-style Steamed Pork Short Ribs (豉汁蒸排骨)

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Pork short ribs (aka baby back ribs) steamed with fermented soy beans (豆豉) is a traditional dim-sum dish in Cantonese restaurants. The recip...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Sweet Almond Cream (杏仁露)

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Traditional Chinese desserts often come in liquid form.  In the ever so popular Phoenix Bakery (鳳城) in Southern California, dessert soups (甜...

Seaweed Almond Crisps (海苔杏仁酥/海苔薄燒)

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This snack seems quite popular lately. Nowadays it's even available in some Costco stores in California.  Structurally we're making ...
Saturday, August 5, 2017

Fish Gluten (魚麵筋)

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We ordered this dish in a Shanghai restaurant in Northern California during the July 4th weekend. The direct translation for its Chinese nam...