Name: Pan Fried Pork Patty with Salted Fish 煎鹹魚豬肉餅
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1/2 lb ground pork; 2 tsp shao shing rice wine; 2 tsp soy sauce; Pinch salt; 1/2 tsp sugar; 1/2 tsp sesame oil; 1 tsp peanut oil; 3 tbsp salted fish sauce; 1/2 cup water; 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch; 1 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped

September 12, 2013

Pan Fried Pork Patty with Salted Fish 煎鹹魚豬肉餅

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By Ellen L. Published: 2013-09-12

Some foods just can't help looking kinda 'meh'. And you feel sorry for these poor foods...but still try your darnedest to avoid having to eat them. And then BAM-BOOM, somehow you're forced to take a bite...you can't avoid the confrontation...and then it's like what the hey?! You can't seem to stop eating and eating and eating...!

Well, I had a case like that the other day at a local little Chinese restaurant. My 老公 ordered a house specialty of pork patties over rice. When his dinner arrived, a humble looking plate of rice piled carelessly with four meager looking patties, I snickered up my sleeve and politely refused a taste.

September 8, 2013

Red Bean Dessert Soup 紅豆沙

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By Ellen L. Published: 2013-09-08

In case you are wondering, this is not really a photo of an actual Chinese Red Bean Soup. This is a Chinese Red Bean Soup toy which I got for 5 HKD out of a bubble toy machine. (More here about bubble toy machines from which you can get cool food toys!) Looks pretty delicious for plastic, eh?

I thought so too, and so got inspired to make the real Red Bean Dessert Soup, a classic traditional Chinese dessert. This little bowl of sweet yumminess after a full Chinese dinner will hit the sweet spot and round off a pleasant meal. Red Bean Soup , or 紅豆沙, is easy to make at home and as usual, homemade is way better than the ones you can taste in restaurants and dessert shops.