Happy Chinese New Year! 🙂 This year we're into the year of the horse. Now myself being a brony since I was in single digits (we won't go into how many years ago that was), I had to add to this year's celebration with this awesome purchase: Chinese New Year Pinkie Pie! (best pony) This… Continue reading Chinese New Year: Happy Year Of The Horse!
Tag: dumplings
Chinese New Year: Pea Shoot And Prawn Dumplings
This is another great dim sum recipe in the lead up to Chinese New Year, which is on February 3rd this year 🙂 One of my favouite dim sum is ha gow, which are prawn dumplings with a slightly sticky texture to the dough. I didn't have a recipe for ha gow, but this seemed… Continue reading Chinese New Year: Pea Shoot And Prawn Dumplings
Chinese New Year: Siu Mai (pork and prawn dumplings)
Even though I'm not Chinese, and don't have any Chinese heritage as far as I'm aware, we've celebrated Chinese New Year for as far back as I can remember 🙂 I pretty much grew up on dim sum - every week when families would go out for a traditional English Sunday roast lunch, mine would… Continue reading Chinese New Year: Siu Mai (pork and prawn dumplings)
Chinese Inspired Chicken
I love Chinese food. Growing up we used to go to Chinese restaurants almost every week, sometimes more than once a week! ..the authentic ones, not the fast-food take-out places. So I've grown up with dim sum being a huge part of my diet and even now get cravings and have to run into town… Continue reading Chinese Inspired Chicken