Black Mushrooms Meet Bamboo Shoots in Brown Sauce
A Taste of Old Shanghai
Bamboo Shoot Tip
This is a basic simmered brown sauce recipe,, originally from Shanghai. The Chinese name, Chao Shuang Dong, 炒雙冬means “braised two winter vegetables.” Many different vegetables may be used, as well as Bean Curd. It is so versatile, delicious and Continue reading
Pandas’ Favorite, High in Folate
27 Calories in 100 Grams
Bamboo Shoots
Pandas’ favorite food is Bamboo, Bamboo, Bamboo. They love the leaves, shoots and even the stalks of the Bamboo.
People love them too. Perhaps Continue reading
Ideal in Spring
Low in Calories
Soy Sauce
Although they are available frozen, canned and packed in brine, fresh Bamboo are typically associated with Japanese cuisine and the Spring season. If the fresh ones Continue reading
Simple Preparation of a Chinese Classic
Beche de Mer
Frozen, Chinese Origin
Preparing Bêche-de-Mer is never exactly simple or quick, although it has become easier with the arrival of frozen and pre-cleaned products from Asian fisheries. Continue reading
A Classic Beijing Dish
Bamboo Balances Meat
Bamboo Shoot Tip
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bamboo has a cool nature that balances the warm energy of meat. Bamboo Shoots are useful in treating cardiovascular diseases, obesity and diabetes. Continue reading
A Chinese Version
Snow Peas Meet Bamboo Meat Black Mushrooms
Another approach to Snow Peas. Here’s a Chinese, actually a Southern, or Cantonese, approach to Snow Peas, which combines them very effectively with Bamboo and Black Mushrooms plus a touch of Ham.Although it’s a stir-fry, the braising time is a fraction of Continue reading
Vietnamese Approach to Flounder
Special Kind of Fish Fry
Nuoc Mam
This is a spectacular presentation for whole Flounder. The Vietnamese recipe is adapted from Bach Ngo. This recipe would serve about 8 people.
Fish Basket
(Ca Gio Hoa)
Vietnamese
Ingredients:
1 whole Flounder, about 3 or 4 pounds Continue reading
Galangal, Lemongrass and Fish Sauce
Duck and Sticky Rice
Lemongrass
Land of a Million Elephants: Laos has been called the Land of a Million Elephants. Elephants are still there, but modern Laos may now be the the .Land of a Million Motorbikes.
Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia and is home to a Continue reading
The Roof the the World
Chandradeva’s Pathway
“The wildest dreams of Kew are the facts of Kathmandu.” — Rudyard Kipling [1]
Vale of Kathmandu
What is Nepalese cuisine? Actually, the question should be, What Nepal? Or, what cuisine? For a relatively small country, Nepal has an astonishing variety of cuisines that can be called Nepalese.
Often thought of as a lofty, mountainous land, home of the world’s Continue reading
Durian Cake and Zuberbuhler’s Special
Raffles, Maugham and Lord Jim Country
“At the end of the tenth century Canton carried on direct trade with the Malay Peninsula.” —Friedrich Hirt and W. W. Rockhill [1]
Tang Dynasty Camel
From the Silk Road, 8th Century
For centuries the Malay Peninsula has been an important corridor in the southern sea route of the Spice Route.
The Strait of Malacca was an important Continue reading