Category: Recipes

Water bamboo (also called “wild rice stem”) is a typical Chinese vegetable. It looks like regular bamboo shoots, but then narrower. In fact it’s really the…

Lotus root meatballs are very simple to make and a nice variation on the typical meatballs found in Western dishes. The lotus root pieces give a nice crunchy…

Winter melon is a huge vegetable of which you usually buy one very thick slice in the supermarket. In this dish we chop the winter melon into large cubes and…

Tofu with pepper and pork is one of my favorite dishes. It’s quite easy to make and has a nice bite to it. It’s not too spicy, but has very nice flavors. If…

Cantonese mushroom bone soup is made of a large pig leg bone, chopped in big chunks. The typical Cantonese influence comes from the herbs you need to add. It’s…

My wife has hired a yuesao (sort of midwife) to help her during the first month after pregnancy (called yuezi). She has lots of special traditional recipes to…

Snow pea with sausage is another very simple dish but it tastes good. It’s typical home-style cooking and common throughout China. Snow peas are also called…

Bean sprouts with green pepper and pork is a simple way to prepare this vegetable that tastes quite good. I’m not a huge fan of bean sprouts, but this is quite…

Stir fried carrots are another common dish in China. It’s again easy to make, but tastes very good. It’s also very different from how carrot is prepared in the…

Long green beans are good when combined with aubergine (eggplant), but in this dish we cook it only with a little bit bacon and some red peppers Green beans…