Spicy Dan Dan Noodles
A few years back I posted a super simple recipe for zha jiang mian. I was in the mood for something spicier tonight and since it was already 8:30 pm […]
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Mei Cai Kou Rou
For me, mei cai kou rou is one of those Chinese dishes that I rarely indulge in but when I saw the dried package of mei cai (dried pickled mustard […]
Spicy Black Bean Chicken Lo Mein
Most cooks have their own lo mein and brown sauce recipe. Every time I make this for the hubby I tweak it a bit depending on what I’m in the […]
Braised pork and eggs in…pressure cooker!
Another pressure cooker post! This will be my last one for a while since I’m heading to ATX to get fat off food trucks and Franklin’s BBQ 🙂 I had […]
China’s Four Regional Cooking Schools
Cited from http://chinesefood.about.com, China has 4 main regional cuisines and they all differ in flavors and cooking styles: 1) Northern or Beijing (Peking) Cuisine 2) Eastern or Shanghai Cuisine 3) […]
Shanghai’s Canton and Yi Long Court Restaurants
In Shanghai, I treated myself to two fancy Cantonese lunches, while the fiancé was off doing MBA class stuff. Both restaurants were highly recommended in my guidebook and although each […]
Zhouzhiang and Suzhou, water towns near Shanghai
After two days, I was already growing weary of dodging cars, motorcycles, and rude pedestrians in the city. It was a nice break to take a guided tour outside of […]
Shanghai’s Guyi Hunan Restaurant
Another friend recommended a popular Hunan restaurant to us while we were in Shanghai called GuYi. We had to jump in a cab near People’s Park and take a 10-15 […]
Shanghai’s Nanxiang Mantou Dian – gigantic soup dumplings
My friend told me about a soup dumpling restaurant in Shanghai where the meat dumplings filled with soup are so big they each come with their own straw. On our […]
Shanghai Restaurant Safety Tips
Just flew back to the States after spending 10 days eating my way through Shanghai and it’s surrounding cities. I took my Shanghainese friend’s advice and followed her basic rules […]
