Cooking skills

Do you want to create a new recipe?  We all have moments of running out of ideas on what to cook. Although most of us would prefer preparing dishes that we are familiar with, we often repeatedly serving the same dishes at home. After cooking for more than a decade in the restaurant and being …

My cast-iron wok has served our family for over five decades.  It’s more than a wok. It is our diary. It reminds me of my childhood years, frying noodles before going to school. It’s like a film roll, flashing out endless footage, depicting moments in different phases of our life. It’s more than 50 years …

You may think it is easy to cook hard boiled eggs. I can only agree with you if you can tolerate the hard-boiled eggs that are hard to peel, with over-cooked egg whites, crumbly egg yolks that lined with a greenish ring. Unfortunately, many restaurants, street vendors, and specialty eateries serve such low-quality eggs. I …

Chili is used in Asian cooking more than any western cuisines. I cut, dice, mince and blend them daily, and below is the collective experience I want to share with you. There are three types of chili regularly used for cooking in Asia (where I live)- the red chili, green chili, and the bird’s eye …

My recent trip to Hong Kong in search of an authentic wonton soup recipe is a fruitful one. I have the advantage of having my siblings stay in Hong Kong and have the privilege of savoring some of the best wontons in town. They also brought me to places only known to the locals to …

(Part two of the best butter cake series) I thought I knew everything about baking butter cake a few years ago. During one of the baking sessions, I fumbled. The cakes were dense, with cracked top and uneven rising. The result was not only disappointing but embarrassed to divulge to my guests with high expectations. …

I baked the best butter cake today, and this is the 1000th cake I baked. No. I have baked more cakes than that. Throughout the years, I made a variety of cakes and desserts, but butter cake is on top of my list. By now, you should have guessed that I work in a bakery! …

The all-purpose Asian stir-fry sauce prepared with various ingredients in the right proportion is the key to the wonderful flavor of stir-frying dishes. In this article, I will discuss the various seasoning ingredients used to constitute different stir-fry sauces for most Chinese cuisine. Before I begin, I want to point out that some components of …

Asian Noodles For Stir-frying There are many types of Asian noodles available. Some of them are dry noodles, much like the Japanese instance noodle. Some are wet and is normally sold in wet market or supermarket with a relatively short shelf life. Some are so dry that it needs to soak for two hours before …

Sweet And Sour Sauce (Ku Lou sauce) 咕噜酱 In this section, I would like to show you how to prepare a simple yet delicious sauce called Sweet And Sour Sauce (Ku Lou sauce). Ingredients: Tomato sauce 420g Chilli sauce 270g Plum sauce 250g Sugar 170g Lemon juice 60g Salt 25g Method of preparation Mix all …