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Tarts from the heart

2011-02-08 07:36:29

Straits Chinese cooks were the firstfusion chefs. Pauline D Loh recalls childhood treats of home.

Soothing warmth

2009-11-13 10:34:28

Cantonese sweet soups adhere to the Chinese principle of food as medicine, such as watercress nectar, which is known for its antipyretic and antibiotic properties.

Jiangsu-Zhejiang Drunken Chicken

2009-11-20 10:45:57

Ingredients: 1 fat chicken, around 1.5kg 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns 1 large bunch scallions (spring onions) 1 large knob (about 5cm) ginger 1 tbsp sea salt 250ml good huadiao wine (nu'er hong)

Forget fusion, for Shanghai cai, old school is best

2009-11-28 10:39:21

What irritates me is the sudden new wealth restaurants are finding in the simple act of calling themselves a "fusion" restaurant.

For a potful of warmth

2009-12-04 09:13:43

Food evokes happy memories, and we often seek solace in the food of our early childhood, especially if we are stressed, temporarily out of love or thawing from the frigid cold of an unfriendly winter.

Kagen

2011-01-04 10:20:47

As thick as thieves or perhaps the Three Musketeers, Japanese mainstay Hatsune stands guard over twin sister restaurants Kagen and Kagen Teppanyaki located directly below in He Qiao Mansion's basement.

Long live currywurst

2009-12-04 09:15:27

Herta Heuwer was stuck in her snack stall in the western Berlin district of Charlottenburg. She was finished cleaning up for the day but it was raining cats and dogs and she had no umbrella. So she started to experiment.

Learn to cook boiled salted young soy beans

2011-02-25 09:29:54

Wash the soy bean clean and cut off both ends so as to allow them to absorb the liquid during boiling. Put the water in a pot, bring to boil, add the salt, aniseed, fennel, and young soy beans to boil for 20 minutes.