Chinese

Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節) – Win 1 of 3 ‘Over The Moon’ mooncake deluxe box

September 3, 2010

中秋節. I know is spring time in Australia, but there is no reason why we can’t celebrate mid-autumn festival (中秋節), especially when there is food involved, right? One of my favourite Chinese festivals has to be mid-autumn festival, and it falls on 22nd September this year. As you can see, I have blogged about it [...]

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Chinese Five Spice Roast Duck

July 26, 2010

Masterchef Australia season 2 is finally over, and I have to congratulate Adam Liaw for making this far and claimed the title. Time flies, I still remember my Masterchef Audition in September last year and what a coincidence to be in the same group as Adam and Alvin, and both Malaysians. Well, I shouldn’t be [...]

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Chinese noodle restaurant – Haymarket, Chinatown, Sydney CBD

June 23, 2010

Sadly soggy, oily, yucky. A disturbingly oily pork mince pastry is the last dish to arrive at our table and no one dares to touch it. I brace myself and pick a slice up with my chopsticks, its soggy bottom threatens to split and the filling inside almost become a table wipe. With quick thinking [...]

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Marigold Restaurant Yum Cha – Haymarket Chinatown, Sydney CBD

May 27, 2010

“Ewww….!” She squeals. But we are not taking ‘no’ for an answer and keep prodding, “Eat it! Eat it!” She squeals some more and simply won’t barge. Betty eventually takes her drink away and says, “If you are not going to eat it, you won’t get your Coke!” And it worked. Karen slowly picks up [...]

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My Masterchef audition days with Egg Floss Butter Prawns

April 19, 2010

Are you excited about the brand new season of Australian Masterchef on TV tonight? I am, despite my journey to become a Masterchef has ended rather fairly early in the audition phase, it is still one of my favourite show on TV that I am really looking forward to. Yes you heard me right, my [...]

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Two long lunches at Melbourne Food & Wine Festival – World’s Longest Lunch and Viet Lane Sunday Lunch

March 16, 2010

“Melbourne is the Lady, Sydney is the …” …jests by one of the guests during a “Melbourne vs Sydney” conversation at the world’s longest lunch. Helen (GrabYourFork) and I, two Sydneysiders are already stirring the pot once touched down in Melbourne. We both are very fortunate to be invited by Tourism Victoria to spend a [...]

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New Shanghai Chinese Restaurant – Chatswood Chase, Chatswood, NSW

February 24, 2010

This is a story about a Shanghai Girl and a Malaysian Boy. Many moons ago, Malaysian Boy met Shanghai Girl through Flickr. It was a love at first sight connection that has bound them together ever since. But one day, Malaysian Boy made a tough decision by leaving things behind, and going anywhere around the [...]

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Chinese New Year dinner feast at ATFT’s HQ

February 18, 2010

Gong Xi Fa Chai! Hope you all had a great time celebrating Chinese New Year or an intimate Valentine’s Day over the last weekend. I definitely had a blast with friends up to the coast to celebrate with me over a dinner banquet feast. As this year is The Year of The Tiger, so the [...]

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Chinese New Year Peanut Cookies (花生饼)

February 2, 2010

I’ve made the peanut cookies for the Chinese New Year again. Those little golden morsels of soft peanut crumbs that simply melt in the mouth like eating a dollop of peanut butter never fail to satiate my cravings. I’ve revised my previous recipe a little and yield a better result. You can grab the recipe [...]

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Pineapple Tarts for Chinese New Year – 凤梨酥/黄梨酥

February 1, 2010

The Chinese New Year is only two weeks away and I’ve been a very busy man slaving over hot stove (or oven) lately. Last year we had friends coming up to the Central Coast and we had so much fun celebrating the new year with a 9-courses Chinese dinner banquet. And I am doing it [...]

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Dark Soy Pork Spare Ribs – 老抽炒排骨

January 22, 2010

My new food regime of back to basic continues after my steamed pork mince with salted duck egg proven to be a popular dish among food lovers with oriental background and I am so surprised to read how most of us can really relate our childhood memories to this simple dish. I am actually quite [...]

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Steamed Pork Mince with Salted Duck Egg – 咸蛋蒸猪肉

January 14, 2010

I slowly discover that I have complicated things, especially in cooking. Looking back at my recipe archives, most of the recipes involved a lot of ingredients and a million steps to follow, which usually half a day to prepare one dish. What happen to the simple quick toss on the wok? What’s wrong with the [...]

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Crispy Roast Pork Belly – Siew Yuk (烧肉)

January 4, 2010

L.O.V.E. Whose recipes do you use or follow the most? Many cooks including myself rely on cookbooks now and again, or go search for recipes online. But when comes to home cooking, you simply can’t go past a good ole mum’s recipe. After cooking two rounds of momofuku bo ssam (you probably so sick of [...]

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Chairman Mao Restaurant – Kensington, Sydney, NSW

November 30, 2009

Chairman Mao is from the Hunan province in China and he loved his red-braised pork (紅燒肉). He even had his personal chef preparing this Hunanese dish to satiate his cravings. This dish has become his legacy and now Sydneysiders are able to try this dish at a Hunanese chinese restaurant in Kensington and undoubtedly the [...]

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