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Category Archives: Recipes
Fish Fragrant Aubergine – My version
The first thing you need to know about this dish is that no fishes are involved! It has this name because the combination of ingredients and the method of making the dish are very similar to some fish recipes. It … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Recipes
Tagged aubergines, brinjals, eggplants, sichuan cooking, vegetarian food
2 Comments
Chinese pears poached in spiced red wine
Pears which have been poached in red wine are a popular dessert in Britain, the original recipe must go back hundreds of years and is lost in the mists of time. … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Recipes
Tagged Chinese pears, dessert recipes, Japanese pears, Mascarpone cream, Nashi pears, spiced fruit, Star Anise
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Yangzhou chao fan – everybody loves eating it.
When we were staying in Yangzhou last week I knew there was one dish we HAD to eat, and that was Yangzhou chao fan 扬州炒饭 which translates as Yangzhou fried rice. This is the dish that Yangzhou has given to the … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Recipes
Tagged Chinese cuisine, egg fried rice, fried rice, special fried rice, Yangzhow chao fan, Yi Bingshou, Yueng chow
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Cucumber and Pine nut salad with Spicy Dressing
It is ages since I posted a recipe, which is strange really as I do a lot of cooking both for ourselves and for when we entertain, and love finding and trying to recreate new dishes. Needless to say, living … Continue reading
East meets West on a plate – Yangmei coulis with Panna Cotta
Last week I had people for dinner and whilst pondering what to serve I decided that each course should have a ‘Chinese’ component. For the pudding (which is what the British call dessert) I decided to experiment with one of … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged chinese bayberry, Chinese fruit, dessert, fruit coulis, panna cotta, yangmei, Yumberry
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Anchun dan 鹌鹑蛋 – Quails’ eggs are delicious
Until I came to live in China I could count the number of times I’d encountered Quails’ eggs on one hand. Now I seem to buy and cook them regularly. I recall that the first time I had them was … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged anchun dan, chinese grilled quails eggs, eggs, hard-boiled eggs, peeling quails eggs, quails eggs, skewered quails eggs
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