Lai Kwan Kitchen
One of my favorite Chinese comfort food, clay pot rice aka baozaifan 包仔饭. It is considered as a street food. In Hong Kong when the weather is cold, the clay pot is very popular. The clay pot will give you a warm feeling after eaten the clay pot. It will warm up your body. The rice […]
A simple but tasty noodle, tomato egg soup with Lanzhou noodles. Very easy, healthy and quick to make. Ingredients 4 tomatoes 4 eggs 4 stalks cilantro 2 stalks spring unions 3 bundles Lanzhou noodles 2 cups water 2 tbsp chicken stock powder 2 tsp sugar or Agave syrup 1 tsp pepper 1 tbsp light soy […]
It is plum season. I love to make plum sauce as it is much healthier to make you own sauce or jam. Green plums like the Reine-Claude is perfect to use as it is sweet and sour. Plum sauce goes well with steamed pork ribs or braised Duck. For the plum sauce I used sugar […]
One of my favorite Chinese herbal soup, bak kut teh 肉骨茶 (meat bone tea). The soup is often eaten in Malaysia and Singapore. It is a street food often eaten during breakfast or lunch. The bak kut teh soup base is made with pork ribs, at least 10 gloves of garlic and a herbal spice mix which contains […]
Cantonese kitchen is famous for BBQ meats, classics are the char siu, roasted pork belly and roasted goose. Char siu comes with a lot of variations. I used pork shoulder for this recipe. The meat to make cha siu needs to be lean with some fat. Often, char siu looks red and has a shiny […]
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 […]