RECIPES

A lot of you loved the vegetable spring roll recipe that I did before. And many of you asked me to make another spring roll recipe, so today I’m sharing with you my favorite shrimp spring roll recipe! Ingredients: 12 spring roll…
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Today I’ll show you how you can easily make sesame chicken at home. Sesame chicken is one of the most popular Americanized Chinese dishes in the US. It is crispy and crunchy. And it has a super delicious sweet sesame glaze. Hmm… Who…
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‪Moon cake, or yuebing, is a quintessential food for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Because of its roundness, it symbolizes family reunion and togetherness. The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar…
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Hot and sour soup was originated in Sichuan over 1000 years ago. Nowadays, it has becomes so popular that you can even find it throughout Chinese restaurants in the US. Today we are going to make hot and sour soup. It's a perfect soup…
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Mapo Tofu is a classic Sichuan dish. It has a numbing sensation when you eat it. It’s spicy, hot, and savory. It’s definitely my kind of good eats!   According to legend, an elderly widow in the Qing Dynasty invented Mapo Tofu. She…
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Rice is in the center of Vietnamese cuisine. It is grown throughout Vietnam and especially more condensed in Red River Delta in the north and Mekong River Delta in the south. Rice plays such an essential role in Vietnamese cuisine…
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Char siu is a type of Cantonese roasted meat. It literary translate to fork roast. It is traditionally skewed with a long fork and then roasts in an oven. My version is not as complicated, but the taste is beyond it. So I’m sure that…
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Mango Sticky Rice is a classic Thai dessert. In Thai, we call it khaoniao mamuang. It’s also one of my favorite desserts of all time. Growing up in Bangkok, I remember eating khaoniao mamuang all the time. Especially during the hottest…
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Japanese chashu is a topping for ramen. The pork belly is rolled up and then braised until it’s succulent and instantly melt in your mouth. It is also my favorite topping for ramen. But when you eat out, they usually only give you two…
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Thailand is known as the Land of Smiles because of its genuinely happy and welcoming people. Bangkok is the capital of Thailand, and that is where I called home for 8 years of my childhood. One of my favorite Thai dishes is Yum Woon…
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 The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Festival, has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, which falls on June 7 this year. There are many legends about…
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