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Dim Sum and Yum Cha: A Chinese Teahouse Guide
Yum cha (“drink tea”) is a very old custom in China but the practice of serving tea with snacks, or...
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Yum cha (“drink tea”) is a very old custom in China but the practice of serving tea with snacks, or...
Treat teriyaki sauce as a MASTER SAUCE and you'll realize how many dishes you can create. In this recipe, eggplants...
Minced chicken cooked in soy sauce, sugar, sake and mirin. Served over rice with egg and greens. Easy, simple and...
Bubble tea was invented in Taiwan in the 1980s. Who exactly invented it is a subject of debate. But its...
Not too long ago, street food was defined as cheap ready-to-eat food or drink sold by a hawker on the...
At Crowne Plaza Hong Kong, after drinking from sunset to midnight, I called Room Service for a snack. Congee. It...
Cooking gyutan (cow tongue) in Japan traces it origins to the 1940s in the city of Sendai when a local...
Raw egg yolks are marinated (pickled would be a more accurate term) in soy sauce, rice vinegar and sugar, and...
Inspired by a meal we enjoyed in Hanoi, our home version of poke bowl has sushi rice, tuna, lettuce, cucumber,...
Gà lá chanh literally translates to lemon leaf chicken, one of the many variants of chicken floss, the Vietnamese adaptation...
Trà sen is lotus-scented green tea. If the label says trà tim sen, you're getting dried lotus embryo or the...
Cabbage, tomatoes, dried wakame and naruto are added to basic miso soup for a hearty soup to snack on all...
Basic miso soup is a template, a canvass painted with two fundamentals — dashi and miso. What you add to...
Hello! I'm Connie Veneracion. I travel to eat, drink and learn new cuisines.
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