Typical home cooked dinner
Russ was home on Sunday! It’s always great to have my family back home during meals, and this time it let me blog on what a traditional home cooked dinner…
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Chinese basics in making sauce
Making a sauce is such a basic technique in Chinese cooking we have a term for it. In Cantonese, it’s called da heen which is the process of making a…
String Bean with Pork, Pickled Vegetable and Bean Thread Noodle
Here’s a very tasty dish that is typical Chinese home cooking. I thought I’d share this because like all home cooking recipes, this follows a basic meat and veggie stir…
Deep Fried Tofu With Sweet and Sour Sauce
Fried tofu—crispy outside and soft inside—can be done in different ways, with different kinds of coating. Served with dipping sauce, they make good starters or side dishes. Here I’m serving…
Mushy, Sweet and Sour
Mushy, sweet and sour. These are the three adjectives given to me in a Recipe Challenge by Stephanie Charouk. That was a hard one for me, Stephanie. Finally I came…
Coconut Rice – Nasi Lemak
Here’s a wonderful, different way to cook rice. Add coconut milk to make Nasi Lemak. The whole meal looks so simple, and the rice looks like regular rice but…
Not Just Another Chinese Banquet
This is one of the more fun and elegant Chinese outdoor banquet events that I’ve enjoyed in DC for several years. It’s a diplomatic function held yearly in Twin Oaks,…