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  • Jusentei Steamboat

    Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 03:34 am in Chinese, hot pot

    Jusentei Coffee is located in the Ningbo Cinema Complex. It is just next to the new Heyi Avenue Shopping Centre. We had lunch there today on Steven's recommendation. He said it was interesting and we agreed. A steamboat train!Instead of sushi, you ha...

  • Da Dong Beijing

    Posted on Sunday December 7th, 2008 at 05:55 pm in travel, Chinese, restaurants, poultry

  • Braised Chicken with Mushrooms and Chestnuts

    Posted on Thursday September 4th, 2008 at 04:21 am in Chinese, home cooked

    It was a chore peeling the roasted chestnuts for cooking. My fingers were already hurting from peeling and eating them yesterday, and I was rying very hard to resist putting them into my mouth instead.I found a recipe from Let's get Wokking but didn'...

  • Preserved Bean Curd Pork with Potatoes

    Posted on Monday September 1st, 2008 at 07:20 am in Chinese, home cooked

    I had pork and I had potatoes and this is what happened. I marinated lean pork slices with preserved bean curd (I used the spicy type because I had no other!), dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, some white pepper, corn flour, Chinese cooking wine and s...

  • Fried Eel Noodles

    Posted on Sunday August 31st, 2008 at 06:41 am in Chinese, noodles

    We took a drive to Hangzhou today to attend church and after the service we stayed back to mingle and to fellowship. Having a baby with you is definitely a conversation opener. People can't help but coo and gush over babies. I guess it is a great way...

  • Pork Ribs with Spicy Black Bean Sauce

    Posted on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 04:12 am in Chinese, home cooked

    I cook to survive. This is something I've come to realize. Fumbling along, I've manage to put something edible on the table for dinner, sometimes, even some tasty stuff!I wanted soup for dinner tonight so when we went grocery shopping yesterday, I bo...

  • Duck King

    Posted on Monday July 28th, 2008 at 11:07 pm in Chinese, restaurants, cantonese

    I can always trust my friends, Doris and Alex to suggest a nice dinner place. They are the leaders when it comes to food and we are mere followers. We have explored quite a few eating places with them and it is always a pleasure having a meal with go...

  • LaLa Chong Seafood Village

    Posted on Sunday May 11th, 2008 at 08:21 am in Chinese, restaurants, malaysian

    David and I had an opportunity to go out for dinner yesterday night after being housebound ever since Micah was born. My sister asked her helper to stay home to look after Micah for a few hours while we went together with them for dinner nearby.'Dinn...

  • Meng Kee Char Siew

    Posted on Saturday May 10th, 2008 at 11:13 pm in Chinese, malaysian, coffeeshops

    We no longer have to travel all the way to Tengkat Tong Shin in Kuala Lumpur to eat Meng Kee's char siew. The branch in Shah Alam is most convenient since my sister's house is in Ara Damansara.Meng Kee Char Siew20 (Ground) Jalan Pekedai U1/36Hicom Gl...

  • Leftovers

    Posted on Monday March 17th, 2008 at 05:58 am in Chinese, malaysian, stir fry, home cooked

    I put some leftover sambal sauce to good use tonight. I deep fried pomfret first. Then cooked up more onions and garlic and added the leftover sauce to create a spicy sauce for the fried fish. I must say that deep frying is hard, messy work. I don't ...

  • Little Sheep Hot Pot. Shanghai

    Posted on Wednesday March 12th, 2008 at 05:58 am in Chinese, hot pot

    Branch at Ya'an Xi Lu by Jiangsu LuWe judge a good hot pot by the soup and the sauce and Little Sheep Hot Pot is high on the list but that was before the MSG attack cramped our stomachs and gave me the tingles on my cheeks! I must admit that the soup...

  • A Simple Stock

    Posted on Thursday March 6th, 2008 at 05:41 am in Chinese, soups, noodles

    Ningbo is famous for its seafood as it is very near the coast. So it is usual to find lots of seafood produce at the supermarket.One of the most common I find is tiny shrimps which I see used in soups, fried with vegetables and probably used to make ...

  • Food Court, Harbourside, Sydney

    Posted on Thursday February 7th, 2008 at 07:20 pm in japanese, Chinese, thai, fast food

    We'd run out of ideas on where to eat and we weren't sure if our friends were up to eating Western again. We certainly weren't going to eat Chinese food all the time.We had spent the whole afternoon at Tarongo Zoo despite the heavy downpour and the d...

  • A Reunion Feast at Nine Dragons, Dixon Street, Sydney

    Posted on Thursday February 7th, 2008 at 05:48 pm in Chinese, restaurants, cantonese

    Nine Dragons at Dixon Street Our reunion dinner on the eve of Chinese New Year was spent with our friends from China who have traveled to Sydney on our invitation. Their hotel is near Chinatown so it was convenient to take a walk around to find a Chi...

  • Reunion Dinner

    Posted on Tuesday February 5th, 2008 at 07:26 pm in Chinese

    I am going to be missing the traditional reunion dinner, a dinner on the night before the first day of Chinese New Year. As a child, it was a night I look forward to. Not only will there be a feast, we also get new pyjamas, a red packet with luck mon...

  • Leung Kee Wonton Mee, Taipan USJ

    Posted on Friday January 25th, 2008 at 02:31 am in Chinese, malaysian, coffeeshops

    Malaysian Chinese food is really a melting pot of all the food from various province of China. We get the best of all kinds of Chinese food originating from different provinces. Of course the food could have changed because of the influences of spice...

  • Yong Tau Fu

    Posted on Thursday January 24th, 2008 at 10:25 pm in Chinese, restaurants

    This is what we had for an early dinner before we caught out flight to Sydney last Thursday. Mom suggested it because it was near her house in USJ14. Margeret's Yong Tau Fu is famous because of its silken tofu stuffed with mince fish & pork paste...

  • Pictures of Char Siu

    Posted on Friday January 11th, 2008 at 02:29 am in Chinese, home cooked

    I am testing out posting via gmail and trying to upload some photos.These are the pictures of the char siu marinating and after grilling.Definitely doesn't look like char siu nor tastes like it.I heard from a friend that the Lee Kum Kee Char Siu sauc...

  • Char Siu

    Posted on Wednesday January 9th, 2008 at 02:45 am in Chinese, home cooked

    I am attempting to make Char Siu using my AMC pot. It was Mom's suggestion and I had the recipe. This came about because I was singing praises about the AMC cookware to Mom over the phone and Mom says that pot can be used to roast char siu!Mom gave u...

  • Hot Pot King, Shanghai

    Posted on Thursday December 27th, 2007 at 03:05 am in Chinese, thai, hot pot

    We had it all planned - which restaurants to take David's sister and her boyfriend so that they get to savor all the food offerings in Shanghai. One of it is hot pot and it is perfect for winter. You will know a hot pot restaurant when you see steame...

  • Feast Modern Restaurant, Ningbo

    Posted on Saturday December 8th, 2007 at 08:23 pm in Chinese, restaurants

    The exterior was very well lit with soft lights.I like the red painted wooden doors.We don't often get to fine dine in China but on the occasions we do, they have been great experiences.For one thing, the food is always a delight and the interior dec...

  • Honeymoon Dessert, Shanghai

    Posted on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 at 02:26 am in Chinese, dessert

    Tired and looking for a place to rest before heading to the train station, we decided to head towards Shanghai Times Square. There we found Honeymoon Dessert, a Cantonese dessert place.Black sesame and walnut pasteDurian dessertI had a black sesame a...

  • Dumplings

    Posted on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 at 02:23 am in Chinese

    Simple, satifsying, cheap and delicious!A bowl of freshly made dumplings for lunch in a small eateryin the area where the shoe wholesalers were....

  • Grandma's Kitchen, Hangzhou

    Posted on Tuesday November 27th, 2007 at 01:05 am in Chinese, restaurants

    We just had to eat here again! It is that good!On a friend's recommendation, we ordered the chicken roasted with green tea and that dish itself made that 1 hour wait worthwhile. It was a whole chicken and roasted. It was cooked so well that the meat ...

  • Maya Cafe, Ningbo

    Posted on Tuesday November 27th, 2007 at 12:54 am in Chinese

    I was expecting a Chinese coffee house because of the Western deco but a survey of the menu shows that it is a Chinese restaurant.I am not really a fan of pork but I have to say that Grandma's Roast Pork was delicious and sinful with its layer of fat...

  • Grandma's Kitchen, Hangzhou

    Posted on Sunday November 18th, 2007 at 11:16 pm in Chinese, restaurants

    I always look forward to trying out a new restaurant. More so while we are in China. Every meal is an awakening! At least before it gets familiar. And once in a while you find a gem of a eatery - one that you'd want to keep going back again and again...

  • Hairy Crab

    Posted on Saturday November 17th, 2007 at 02:32 am in Chinese, seafood

    One whole hairy crab to myself.Steamed and eaten dipped in black vinegar sauce - Yum!Authentic Yang Cheng Lake crab - proof of origin by the plastic ring tagged on the crab itself....

  • Qing Yuan Tea House

    Posted on Saturday October 27th, 2007 at 04:46 am in Chinese, tea house

    The Qing Yuan tea house is a quiet place to chat with friends.If you are alone, it is also a nice place to savor tea and read a book.Just some of the food offerings at the buffet.You can order noodles soup, pork dumplings and fried eggs at this windo...

  • Liudingji Restaurant

    Posted on Thursday October 25th, 2007 at 08:47 am in Chinese, restaurants, cantonese

    Fancy alligator for dinner anyone?Well seeing these offered live in tanks at a Cantonese restaurant in Ningbo shouldn't come as a surprise since the Cantonese people are famous for eating anything that moves!The restaurant is situated on Zhongshan Xi...

  • One Hundred Taste

    Posted on Thursday October 25th, 2007 at 08:15 am in Chinese, poultry, noodles, healty eating, hot pot

    Once in a while you need to let your palate rest from the flavorful and the spicy! Funny I should say that since everyone who likes food would look for those qualities. Well, maybe not the spicy but definitely the flavorful.I just think that having s...