November, Reparing for Winter Days
A bit about your dishes
Veggie Spring Rolls
This is a traditional springtime treat in northern China, hence the name. In Cantonese tea houses, however, they are a tea service stable and can be enjoyed all year round.
Wood Ear Mushroom and Celery Salad
Wood Ear mushrooms grow on old wood and look like ears, hence the name. They are widely used in Chinese cuisine, providing unique taste, texture as well as many health benefits!
Sticky Rice Chicken Lotus Leaf Wrap
This is another famous Cantonese tea house speciality, the fragrance of the lotus leaves is unique and work perfectly with the sticky rice and chicken.
Steamed Pork Belly with Preserved Mustard Leaves
The slow cook pork belly dish is from southern China, where fermented fragrant mustard leaves is one of their signature flavours. This dish reminds me of the rainy autumn of water towns, nostalgic.
Sauté Pumpkin and Chicken with Black Beans
Pumpkin has been introduced to China by European traders from America around 500 years ago. It is today used in many savoury and sweet dishes and is a favourite vegetable in China around this time of the year just like in many other parts of the world.
MaPo Tofu
A famous Sichuan style dish, it was invented over 400 years ago and still loved by everyone in China. Mapo was the name of the old lady who invented this dish. It has un unmistakable spicy savoury flavour from fermented broad bean paste, black beans and Si Chuan pepper.
Sweet and Sour Crunchy Potato
Potatoes are cut into fine and even strips with very sharp knife, not grated, to help maintain the crunchiness. The potato strips were cooked with vinegar to help maintain its crunchy texture. Let this dish surprise you with its taste and texture.
Jasmine rice
Plain boiled or steamed jasmine rice is almost always served at Chinese banquets to best showcase the fabulous dishes.
Granny Cooper’s Apple Pie
My late mother in law had taught me how to make this pie, and she loved my Chinese food. Here is a perfect autumn treat for you, and a lasting legacy from the lovely granny Cooper.