Recipes

This easy bao bun recipe takes a wonderfully simple yeasted dough, shapes it into half moons, and steams them to light and fluffy. Dip them in hoisin sauce and serve them with your favorite Chinese entree. There’s nothing quite like sinking your teeth into one of these steamy, fluffy bao buns. Soft and almost cloudlike, this versatile Chinese yeasted “bread” is made from simple ingredients turned into something fantastic. They are very mild with a slight hint of sweetness and are served warm, often with a delicious dipping sauce or as a side dish to other Chinese classics. Their cute...

Developer The Chinese Room - known for the likes of Eveyone's Gone to the Rapture, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Dear Esther - has unveiled its new first-person horror adventure Still Wakes the Deep, launching "early" next year. In Still Wakes the Deep, players are cast as an off-shore oil rig worker - stationed on the Beira D oil rig off the Scottish coast circa 1975 - who finds himself "fighting for his life through a vicious storm, perilous surroundings, and the dark, freezing North Sea waters." All communications with the outside world have been severed, all the exits...

A ChatGPT hallucination about Korean fusion hotdogs that don’t exist at a restaurant that does had me curious about what flavor combinations it might come up with when prompted, and I have to say these have piqued my interest. “imagine a variety of fusion combinations for a store like biker jims gourmet hotdogs. What are 10 hotdog like sandwiches that could be considered fusion? name the cuisines, the proteins and the toppings” Ban Mi Dog (Vietnamese-American Fusion): Protein: Grilled pork sausage Toppings: Pickled carrots and daikon, fresh cucumber, cilantro, jalapeno, and a spread of spicy mayo Chorizo con Chimichurri Dog...

The weather has been gradually warming up these days, but have you ever wondered how locals in Beijing stay cool in the summer months? Fans Fans Fans There is an old saying in Beijing that goes like this: If you ever want to borrow a fan from me, you have to wait until winter arrives. The kind of fans this saying refers to are 蒲扇 Púshàn, a traditional round fan that's made from the leaves of fountain palms. Believe it or not, these fans did wonders for Beijingers at a time when average households couldn't afford air conditioners. In fact, they still maintain a spot...

Sushi is arguably the most popular item in Japanese cuisine. It is known and loved around the world. Many are less familiar with kimbap, Korea’s answer to Japan’s vinegared rice rolls. So what is kimbap, and how is it different from sushi? At first glance, they seem quite similar, but there are many differences between sushi and kimbap. This article explains the origins, ingredients, and flavor profiles of kimbap vs sushi, highlighting what makes these Asian rice rolls uniquely their own.   What is kimbap? Kimbap (or gimbap) is a bite-sized Korean rice (bap) and seaweed (kim or gim) roll that...