Savory Vietnamese rice paper rolls filled with sautéed jicama, egg, Chinese sausage, and fresh herbs, served with a creamy hoisin-peanut sauce. In Ho Chi Minh City’s 5th district, a vendor lifts a translucent sheet of rice paper, swishes it through warm water with a practiced flick, then tucks in glossy […]
Matcha can taste of tender green shoots, with an umami note reminiscent of miso soup, or it can turn unmistakably bitter. That difference is often decided before the powder even touches the whisk. Unlike most teas, matcha is not steeped and strained: you consume the leaf, suspended in water. As […]
A classic Nasi Lemak recipe that transports you In Kuala Lumpur, daybreak arrives with the gentle hiss of traffic. Yet even before the city fully wakes, coconut-scented rice already perfumes the air. At a roadside stall, a vendor unwraps a banana-leaf pyramid and a cloud of steam escapes : green, grassy, and […]
A recipe as surprising as it is comforting for a traditional bitter melon soup that’s different from what we’re used to eating in restaurants Here’s a recipe you won’t often see on Instagram! While others show you super spicy or cheese-filled noodles, on my site we savor bitter melon, also […]
A flavorful Sichuan-style Okra Salad to spice up your summer meals Okra – or gombo, if I trust the poll we held in the group earlier this week – is a divisive vegetable. Some see it as the earthly incarnation of the God of Bad Texture; others, for the very […]
An irresistibly delicious Taiwanese chicken dish with an unbeatable time/flavor/difficulty ratio What is Three-Cup Chicken? “San Bei Ji” in Mandarin literally means “three-cup chicken” and is a must-try dish in – you guessed it – Taiwan. The name refers to the sauce’s three key ingredients: light soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, […]
A delicious, easy-to-make Korean beef Kimbap. This classic version isn’t difficult, though it does take a little time. The good news is that once the fillings are ready, you can roll out a whole batch! Kimbap, Gimbap, Korean sushi, Korean maki… food marketing agencies can’t stop talking about it amid […]
A traditional, intensely aromatic Sichuan boiled beef dish, perfect for chilly winter nights Today’s recipe, Sichuan boiled beef (Shui Zhu Niu Rou/水煮牛肉), is another must-try marvel straight from the Chinese province of Sichuan. This dish is a flavour explosion that will win over your palate. I promise, it is truly […]
Do you recall the tea varieties I mentioned in my article on bubble tea? Today I would like to focus on jasmine tea. Jasmine is a flower that thrives in many Asian countries and is even considered the national bloom in places such as Pakistan, Syria, the Philippines, and Indonesia. […]
Peanut sauce noodles are a staple in Chinese cuisine as well as in Thai, Vietnamese, and Indonesian cooking. In short, Asians love them, and so do we! Today we’re making an ultra-quick version for those days when you just can’t be bothered. Ingredients for Quick Peanut Sauce Noodles Light soy […]
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