Recipes

Four fresh menu ideas from the southern Chinese province: chestnut chicken, aubergines in a sour gravy, prawn in cashew nuts and a savoury custard with a minced pork toppingPrep 15 minCook 40 minServes 4-5 Continue reading...

Happy weekend! Have you started to plan Thanksgiving yet? It’s on my list for today, along with some random errands and cleaning around the house. Would love to hear how you’re spending these couple of days! As always, you’ll find a recap of what was posted to the site this week, the most shared recipes, my Sunday dinner menu, and recipes I’ve bookmarked from other blogs. Enjoy! On Brown Eyed Baker This Week Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling – This month’s bake-along is full of Thanksgiving flair with a recipe that comes out perfect every time and doesn’t require you...

Happy Accidents: A kid left a cup of juice out on the porch one frigid night.  The next morning, the juice had frozen solid. The kid (not my Kid) had just invented popsicles! Dr. Alexander Fleming mishandled one of his Petri dishes and gets a fungal growth in it.  Before tossing it, he notices the fungus has halted the growth of the staphylococcus bacteria in the dish.  The name of that fungus?  Penicillin! In 1947 two Bedouin shepherds in Qumran chased a wayward goat into a cave overlooking the Dead Sea.  Inside was a cache of ancient clay pots filled...

I’ve been curious about Shangri-la The Fort’s Canton Road for a while now. Actually scratch that— I’ve always been curious about the restaurants at Shangri-la The Fort, period. Shangri-la is a pretty reputable brand in the hospitality industry worldwide. In the local setting however, I’ve noticed how it seems like their Fort branch has the best reviews when it comes to their hotel restaurants. Considering how expensive it can get to eat at hotel restaurants, I am automatically nit-picky about it. External reviews have to be at least 4 out of 5 stars before I even consider it. Restaurants at...

Pork and Veggies Stir Fry – The Real Recipe Stir fry is a quick and easy Chinese dish. Many people can stir fry without any recipes because stir fry sounds like just throwing every in the pan. But that is WRONG… Yes, stir fry is quick and easy to cook but it’s not frying everything together all at once. Many people mistake that and their Stir Fry ended up being very watery or overcooked. That is because they cook in the wrong order. I recommend cooking the protein and vegetables separately because veggies produce water when you cook them in...