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Jusentei Steamboat
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...
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Da Dong Beijing
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Braised Chicken with Mushrooms and Chestnuts
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'...
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Preserved Bean Curd Pork with Potatoes
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...
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Fried Eel 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...
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Pork Ribs with Spicy Black Bean Sauce
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...
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Duck King
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...
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LaLa Chong Seafood Village
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...
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Meng Kee Char Siew
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...
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Leftovers
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 ...
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Little Sheep Hot Pot. Shanghai
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...
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A Simple Stock
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 ...
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Food Court, Harbourside, Sydney
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...
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A Reunion Feast at Nine Dragons, Dixon Street, Sydney
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...
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Reunion Dinner
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...
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Leung Kee Wonton Mee, Taipan USJ
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...
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Yong Tau Fu
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...
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Pictures of Char Siu
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...
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Char Siu
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...
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Hot Pot King, Shanghai
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...
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Feast Modern Restaurant, Ningbo
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...
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Honeymoon Dessert, Shanghai
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...
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Dumplings
Simple, satifsying, cheap and delicious!A bowl of freshly made dumplings for lunch in a small eateryin the area where the shoe wholesalers were....
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Grandma's Kitchen, Hangzhou
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 ...
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Maya Cafe, Ningbo
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...
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Grandma's Kitchen, Hangzhou
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...
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Hairy Crab
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....
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Qing Yuan 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...
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Liudingji Restaurant
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...
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One Hundred Taste
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...
