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Tea Eggs 茶葉蛋 chá yè dàn

March 25, 2011 – 18:03

I love eggs, I have one almost everyday when I’m pressed for time for breakfast. I usually have a boiled egg cause it’s the easiest to prepare and I can cook a bunch at the start of the week. So it’s no wonder that I love tea eggs. They are hard boiled eggs that are read more »

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Microwaved Nutella Mug Cake

March 23, 2011 – 09:00

Ingredients * 4 tablespoons self rising flour * 4 tablespoons sugar * 1 egg * 3 tablespoons cocoa powder * 3 tablespoons Nutella * 3 tablespoons milk * 3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil Method 1. Combine all ingredients in a large coffee mug. 2. Whisk well with a fork until smooth. 3. Microwave on read more »

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Seared Chicken Breast on Mushroom Risotto with Pomegranate Sauce

March 21, 2011 – 09:00

Back in November, Chicken Farmers invited some bloggers to a night of cooking a Quince Studio. This was not the typical foodblogger event where we were spoiled silly and served food all night, instead we had to get our hands dirty and prepare our own food. I had these pictures uploaded on flickr, but somehow read more »

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Homemade Banh Cuon

June 22, 2010 – 10:00

After Tung Hing and lazing about at the beach, we came back to Victor’s house to kill some time before dodgeball and found that his mom was making banh cuon! Sweet, I’ve never had homemade banh cuon before so it was nice to see it being made. His mom went and bought a 5lb bag read more »

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Shao Bing from Taiwan!

April 27, 2010 – 01:31

Shao Bing, or 燒餅 literally means “roasted pastry“. It is a typical baked and layered flatbread in Chinese cuisine. They can either contain savoury or sweet fillings, or they can be empty. In Taiwan, it is very common for breakfast and they’re usually filled with You Tiao 油條 (chinese donuts) and served with warm Dou read more »

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Kelowna – Steak and Veggies

October 15, 2009 – 06:18

Not wanting to go out and spend more money for dinner, a couple of us decided to stay home and cook dinner. A quick trip to the supermarket before heading back to our resort and we were set. Broccoli, carrots, onions, potatoes, steak, and a couple cream of mushroom soup cans. Steaks on the grill, read more »

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Strawberry Kiwi Smoothies

June 20, 2009 – 22:00

Now that it’s summer, I find that I’ve been making a smoothie almost everyday. Smoothies can be very healthy or not AS healthy depending on what you put in, fruits, ice cream, etc. ..I’m sure you all understand what I mean by that. It’s just a very quick and easy way to get your daily read more »

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Tofu Pudding aka Dou Hua

June 10, 2009 – 17:37

Tofu pudding is a Chinese dessert made from coagulated soy milk. Many different asian countries eat this, and all have their variation on it, with Taiwan/Hong Kong/Malaysia/Singapore generally eating it sweet with syrup and Northen China/Sichuan eating it savory with soy sauce or chili oil. Regardless of how you eat it, it has a very read more »

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Lemon Balm Sun Tea

June 5, 2009 – 15:00

By now I think you’re all pretty bored of this Lemon Balm stuff.. I know, I know, I’m killing it. I have all summer to experiment and use it for cooking though! I made tea again..but this time it’s sun tea! Taking full advantage of the wonderful (but hot) weather we’re having here. Fill up read more »

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Beef Roll Ups

June 5, 2009 – 05:13

Beef Roll Ups are typically served at Teppanyaki restaurants. Teppanyaki is a japanesese style of cooking that involves an iron griddle (the teppan) to cook food. The chefs cook your food in front of you, and will often do tricks. Funnily enough, it’s a type of cuisine that Japanese people don’t eat, rather it’s very read more »