Lai Kwan Kitchen
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 […]
Steamed egg with minced pork belly and dried shrimp is a real Cantonese comfort food. Steamed egg is often made for kids served with rice. A childhood memory dish. It is nutritious and easy to make. Every Chinese family has its own version. You can put into the steamed egg mixture all kinds of ingredients. […]
Corn egg drop soup is an easy to make soup. It is light, hearty, sweet and healthy. You can use fresh sweet corn or canned sweet corn. Common is to add crab meat, surimi sticks (imitation crab made from white fish meat)or chicken meat into the soup. Ingredients 2 fresh sweet corns or 1 can […]
Yang Chow fried rice aka Yeung Chow fan/Yang Zhou fan 扬州饭 is an authentic Cantonese fried rice. This dish can be found on almost every Chinese restaurant menu all over the world. Although the fried rice dated around 18th century and originated from the region Yang zhou in the Jiangsu province in China, it is […]
A refreshing semi cold noodle a real comfort food for the summer. Noodles with Mongolian style stir fried lamb. I have used the knife cut noodles as it is chewy and can absorb a lot of sauce, Mongolian style stir fried lamb leg meat and fresh crunchy cucumber cut into sticks. It is quick and […]
A cooling summer snack or dessert bean curd sheet ginkgo nuts sweet soup aka longevity soup 豆腐皮白果糖水 aka 腐竹白果糖水. Why is it called longevity soup, the ginkgo tree symbolizes as longevity. The soup is good for your skin and health. It cools down you body during the summer and enhance your immune system. Although it […]
A classic bun among the Hong Kong “Western” pastry 西饼 is the cocktail bun aka kaimeibao/鸡尾包/chicken tail bun. It is a soft brioche like bun with a dried coconut flakes filling. The bun is a mix of ingredients (cocktail) which was left at the end of the day at the bakery. Not to waist food, the cocktail […]
A real Chinese/French fusion dish, HK style French toast. In Hong Kong, it is often served in a Cha Can Ting 茶餐厅 as an afternoon snack. It is mostly greasy, super sweet and sticky. My version of the Hong Kong style French toast is light and not so sweet. Ingredients for 4 portions 12 slices […]
First time that I am cooking with black glutinous rice flour. I found the black glutinous rice flour at a Chinese supermarket. It seems that it is often used in the Indonesian and Thai kitchen. Several times, I have tried to make this classic dim sum steamed cake but failed every time. I found a […]
Soy sauce chicken is a comfort food. There are a lot of varieties. My version of the Hong Kong style soy sauce chicken has less soy sauce. I used chicken legs instead of a whole chicken, it saves time and soy sauce. Ingredients 3 chicken legs 1 tbsp vegetable oil 2 shallots 2 gloves garlic […]