Another dish that I miss from my time in China, probably not the healthiest dessert one can have but it is pretty good.
Read MoreA dish that we would eat so often in China and I always forget how simple and fast it is to cook.
Read MoreI really do often forget many simple Chinese dishes that can easily be made at home, like this dish.
Read MoreNot so easy to find fresh bitter melon but I found some frozen, so thought to give this recipe a try.
Read MoreI was missing this dish from a taiwanese restaurant in Shanghai and decided to try to make it and do a vegan version, so substituting the chicken for a vegan alternative.
Read MoreOne of the many dishes I miss eating, easily found in local noodles shops in shanghai.
Read MoreAs the Chinese Mid Autumn festival was coming up, I decided to try making my own mooncakes.
Read MoreAs it was Dragon Boat Festival I really wanted to make zongzi but as I didn’t have time to prep all the ingredients the day before I found this lazy version that cuts the prep time by 1-2 days. Next time I will make the real deal.
Read MoreI had the original noodles last time I was in Shanghai, so I decided to try to make it at home.
Read MoreAs we still had a lot of pork belly in the freezer, I decided to make Chinese braised pork belly again with a few additions recommended by my dad.
Read MoreAs it was a crazy early January and chinese new year being a bit earlier this year, I didn’t have time to plan a proper chinese new year dinner. So I just made a simple dinner for 2 at home and wanted to make a roast chicken but with asian flavors.
Read MoreI had bought some rice cakes at the asian supermarket but had not cooked them yet. So I had remembered a rice cake dish I had in China and found a recipe which looks a lot similar.
Read MoreI had not made this in quite some time and I was craving it. This time there was some adjustments to the recipe and I think some improvement to the flavor.
Read MoreAs it was the first full moon of the year and in Chinese tradition we celebrate it with the Lantern Festival and by eating tang yuan, so I decided to make my own from scratch.
Read MoreAs I had some glutinous rice leftover from the previous recipe so I found a way to use the remaining rice plus a bit more. I had remembered my mom making something similar, I will need to ask for her recipe as a comparison.
Read MoreOn my last trip to Shanghai I really wanted some soup dumplings but in that particular restaurant they did not serve those but instead a different type of dumpling with sticky rice on the outside. It was my first time ever having this type of dumpling and I had thought this would be a great gluten free alternative.
Read MoreI was craving some dan dan mian, a typical sichuan noodle dish and when I went to the supermarket i saw a premade mixed so I decided to give it a try as I have no idea how to make the sauce from scratch.
Read MoreEggplants for some reason in Germany are quite expensive or maybe its still not the season for them. So when they were on sale I went a bit crazy and bought quite a few. So on a whim I decided to make this dish that I actually miss quite a lot from China.
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