Lai Kwan Kitchen
A Chinese bakery classic is the pineapple bun aka 菠萝包, boluobao. The secret is that there is no pineapple in the bun. The bun consists of two parts, one is the brioche like bun on top a cookie dough. When heating the bun, the upper layer will crack which would looks like the pineapple skin. Pineapple […]
A simple, but fragrant dish is fried tofu with salted egg sauce 咸蛋豆腐. You can serve it with noodles or rice or eat it as a snack. Ingredients 3 salted chicken egg yolk 1 tofu brick about 200 gr. 1 stalk scallions 1 tsp pepper 1/2 tbsp sugar 1 tsp salt 3 tbsp water 1 […]
One of my favorite summer drink in Hong Kong, is the red bean coconut milk ice drink (红豆冰). This drink can be ordered at a cha can ting 茶餐厅. It is very easy to make. Ingredients 3 tbsp cooked red beans sweetened coconut milk evaporated milk or almond milk crushed ice Most difficult part of the […]
A classic Chinese dish, double cooked pork belly aka twice cooked pork belly/moei wo yuk/huiguorou/回锅肉.It is a simple and easy dish. Why is it called double cooked pork belly? The pork belly is first cooked in some water and later stir-fried. The double cooked pork belly is also sold in a can which you can […]
Stir-fried shrimp with salted egg sauce is a smokey, savory and sweet dish. Mostly, salted duck egg is used as it is more creamy than the chicken egg. Unfortunately, duck eggs are hard to find and more expensive. Salted egg yolk is a versatile ingredient. You can use it for savory, sweet dishes, cookies, chips […]
Chinese turnip cake aka 萝卜糕 Luobogao/lobakgo is made with Chinese turnip, rice flour, tapioca flour, cured meat, Chinese sausage, dried Shiitake mushroom and shrimps. It is one of the classic dimsum dishes, but also eaten as snack and breakfast with some rice porridge. The turnip rice cake is savory, sweet and has some heat of […]