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Hello and a big welcome to my blog! My name is Winse Chan and I am a food enthusiast. This is a place for me to express my love of foods through pictures. Hope you enjoy looking and drooling at my pictures or you can try making my recipes on my actual food blog at http://winsesweewok.wordpress.com

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Asian Pear & Snow White Fungus (Tremella) Soothing Soup

Asian Pear & Snow White Fungus (Tremella) Soothing Soup A traditional-style hydration soup to soothe the throat, lungs, and dry winter skin This gentle, lightly sweet soup is especially comforting during colder months, when heating is on and the body feels dry from the inside out. It’s designed to restore moisture, soothe irritation, and help you glow from within — especially when simply…

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Winter Clay pot with Enoki Mushrooms

Winter Clay pot Comfort (because cold weather deserves hot food ) This cozy winter claypot is made for colder days when you want something fast, healthy, and deeply comforting without standing in the kitchen for hours. One pot, minimal effort, maximum flavour — we love an efficient queen. The mung bean noodles soaks up all the savory goodness, the pork keeps it hearty, the prawns add sweetness,…

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 Fountain of Youth Soup with Fish Maw

The Asian auntie secret to glowing skin, strong immunity, and a soul-warming hug in a bowl.   Ingredients Fish maw (soaked overnight in cold water in the fridge or 1 hour in lukewarm water) Pork (any soup-cut: ribs, bones, or collar) Lotus root (peeled & sliced) Carrots (chunked) Chinese shiitake mushrooms (rehydrated & trimmed) Goji berries (add at the end!)  Method — Simple,…

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Hong Kong Style Soy Sauce Chicken

Hong Kong Style Soy Sauce Chicken If Hong Kong had a comfort-food ambassador, it would be soy sauce chicken — glossy, silky, salty-sweet, and always judging you if you skip rice.This is the chicken that makes you feel like you’re back in an old-school cha chaan teng, sitting under a flickering neon sign, listening to aunties gossip louder than the exhaust fan.  HK Soy Sauce Chicken (Authentic,…

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Hong Kong Pineapple Buns (菠蘿包)

🐝✨ Hong Kong Pineapple Buns (菠蘿包) The Bun With Zero Pineapple… But 100% Happiness If you grew up in Hong Kong, you’ve definitely had a pineapple bun so good it made you forget your homework. Spoiler: there is absolutely no pineapple inside — but the crackly golden topping does look like one if you squint hard enough and use your imagination. This is the updated, fluffier, chewier,…

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Asian Garlic King Prawns with Vermicelli Noodles with Aromatic Sizzling Garlic Sauce

Ingredients For the prawns & noodles: 6-7 king prawns, peeled & deveined 1 pack dried vermicelli noodles 1 tbsp light soy sauce (for marinating) Optional: chopped spring onion or coriander For the garlic dipping sauce: 3 tbsp vegetable oil 3–4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 tbsp oyster sauce 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp sesame oil 1 tsp sugar  Instructions 1. Prep the vermicelli Place…

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Hong Kong Bakery-Style Sausage Bun (腸仔包)

Ingredients For the Tangzhong (Water Roux) (Makes the bread soft and fluffy even the next day) 25 g (3 tbsp) bread flour 125 ml (½ cup) water or milk For the Dough 350 g (2¾ cups) bread flour 55 g (¼ cup) sugar 1 tsp salt 10 g (1 tbsp) milk powder (optional, adds richness) 7 g (2 tsp) instant yeast 1 large egg 120 ml (½ cup) warm milk 30 g (2 tbsp) unsalted butter, softened All of…

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King prawn noodles

Easy and fast meal for your weekdays. The prawns are super crunchy! Ingredients 300- 400 g prawns 3 nests medium egg noodles 1 tbsp veg/rape seed oil 1 Carrots, Sliced 2 Spring Onion, Chopped 1 red/yellow pepper, Sliced sesame seeds Sauce Mix 2 Tbsp Oyster Sauce 1 Tbsp Dark Soy Sauce 1 Tbsp Tomato Ketchup 1 Tbsp sesame oil Method 1 Cook the noodles, in boiling water for 3 mins.…

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 Soy Sauce Noodles 豉油皇炒面

Ingredients 300 g Egg noodles 1 tablespoon oyster sauce 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce 2 tablespoons light Soy sauce 1 tablespoon sesame oil 1 tablespoon veg or rapeseed oil  4 spring onion sliced 2 crushed Garlic clove  Instructions Prep noodles- boiled noodles for 1-2 mins and drained. Rinse under cold water, set aside. Add a tablespoon Sesame oil, a tablespoon dark soy sauce, 2…

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Ginger and Spring onion Lobster Noodles   姜葱龍蝦麵

Ginger and Spring onion Lobster Noodles 姜葱龍蝦麵

This is an extremely popular,well known and classic dish known as the Cantonese lobster noodles. The lobster flavor is sealed and cooked in oil, tossed with fragrant shreds of ginger and spring onions, scattered over on a bed of deep fried noodles or tossed with soft noodles. The sauce soaks into the noodles giving them an aromatic and fragrant flavor. As for the noodles, there are an option…

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Hedgehog Lotus Buns 

Hedgehog Lotus Buns Lotus buns are a classic sweet bun found all over China. They are prepared by steaming balls of dough containing lotus paste and can be found at every dim sum restaurants. Steamed buns are extremely popular snacks and most dim sum eaters will order it whenever they have dim sums. There are many versions of steam buns such as the also popular custard fillings, meat or vegetable…

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No-FUSS Boiled Crabs

No fuss –Boiled Crabs There are many ways to cook fresh crabs. One of the most common and fuss free ways is to boil them! This helps to retain their natural sweetness! Compliment these crabs by dipping them into your favourite sauces. See below for Dipping sauces. This dish brings people together/ a help yourself dish as everyone uses their hands. Plus everyone will be complimenting on how nicely…

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Steamed Langoustines

Steamed Langoustines Whenever I visit the seafood market or the fishmongers I would buy two pounds of fresh, raw, Langoustines as one pound is just not enough for a seafood lover! There are many ways to cook fresh Langoustines with its shells on. One of the most common and popular ways to cook is to steam it to retain their natural sweetness and dipping them into your favourite sauces. This dish…

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Wonton Noodles

Wonton Noodle in Soup 雲吞湯麵 Wonton noodle soup along with roast goose, duck and pork is one of those  delicious dishes that they are embedded in my mind.  I think the best wontons  should contain more prawns than pork. The soup should be fragrant, light, clear with a little hint of sweetness from the vegetables and last but not least the thin or thick egg noodles should have a springy al dente…

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Pork Belly and Yam (Hakka Dish)

Pork Belly and Yam (Hakka Dish)

Pork belly with Yam Pork belly with yam is a Hakka dish probably best known as the pork and yam combo sandwich dish. The yam compliments the fatty pork really well and is an absolute delight to eat. This marriage of pork and yam is extremely tender, melt in the mouth pork belly with a soft potato, density like yam. Goes well with rice! Just thinking about it makes me salivate. It’s not hard work…

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Sweet and Sour Pork

Sweet and Sour Pork Sweet and sour pork is a dish that is popular in Cantonese cuisine and may be found in Chinese restaurants all over the world. Most Chinese households will know of this dish as it’s a favourite amongst many including myself. The meat should be juicy, not to be over cooked. The sauce  a slight lemony, sour flavour coating the deep fried crispy pork. Serves: 4-5 Prep Time: 20…

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Eight Treasures Tea 八 寶 茶

Eight Treasures Tea 八 寶 茶 This herbal tea is a fruity and pleasing drink. It can be drank anytime throughout the day except from night time as the tea contains natural caffeine. This famous tea originates from Yunnan in China. Emperors used to drink this tea for its health properties. They believed the synergy of the eight ingredients used will provide them with longevity. Some of the beneficial…

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