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Raisin Wine (葡萄酒)

Raisin Wine (葡萄酒)

The wine is very fragrant for cooking like steam chicken or fry vegetables or fish soup.  It has also a very nice color like brandy. This is so much easier to make compare to...

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Hong Zao Rice Wine (红糟米酒)

Hong Zao Rice Wine (红糟米酒)

This recipe is given to me by a confinement lady (maid that help in the family to cook, look after mommy and baby after arrival of baby for month).   I have not made this...

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Char Siew Chicken / Pork (叉烧)

This recipe taste better with pork, but you can also do it with chicken.  Chicken turns up dryer and harder as it does not have fats in between the meat, while pork (if you...

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Hong Zao Chicken (红糟鸡)

This is a traditional Fu Zhou (hock chew 福州) dish.  Hong Zao 红糟 (red vinasse) is the remains of the fermented glutinous rice and red yeast rice for making red rice wine.   I think...

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Beef Steak with Oyster Sauce Gravy

Beef Steak with Oyster Sauce Gravy

The gravy used in this recipe is quite special.  It is a little more Asian, unlike the usual black pepper, or mushroom gravy, it is made with oyster sauce.  Its nice. You can serve...

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What is Chuan Bei Mu (川贝母)?

What is Chuan Bei Mu (川贝母)?

Since I got a picture of it, let me introduce what this is.  Chuan Bei is included in many off-the-shelf chinese cough medicine.  This helps to relieve cough.  Apparently there are many grades of...

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Gobo Drink

Gobo Drink

It is not necessary to boil Gobo as soup. Instead just as a drink. I used a slow cooker as usual. Ingredients 1 Gobo (ngau bong or 牛蒡) Stick Some Wolfberry (Kei Chi or...

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