Category — Cuisine

I only think of congee when I’m ill. I guess its the oriental equivalent of chicken soup.

Adding goji berries makes it look much more appealing and healthier too than looking like a slop of porridge that it is!

The blog Appetite for China shows you how its done, together with sautéed chicken.

Via TasteSpotting

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I’ve never heard of combining both noodles and sushi, but I’ve just come across this recipe to do it, via The Official Ramen Homepage.

Having now heard of it, why didn’t anyone do this before?!

From Wral.com:

You can make your ramen noodle meal much more adventurous with a few vegetables, shrimp and nori seaweed sheets.

This Ramen Noodle Sushi, served with wasabi dipping sauce, is both fun to make and eat.

Get the recipe at Wral.com

Via The Official Ramen Homepage

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The blog Camemberu posted about tea served at Shang Palace, which use the temple fortune telling sticks as a tea menu format.

Nice idea if you can leave it to fate to tell you which tea to have. One of the most expensive sells at $35 a pot!

Read more at camemberu.com

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This cell phone strap must surely join the list of useless stuff? I guess you’d have to be a devotee of fried rice, who also savours it fed by the spoonful to get this.

Not good when you’re hungry. This will just make you more aware of your hunger and you still can’t eat it.

Via TokyoMango

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So did anyone miss the first episode of Ching’s new series on BBC2 tonight? You can still catch it in the next few days on the BBC website’s iPlayer and the rest of the series is to be shown on the next five Mondays.

Mouth-watering dishes that you will know and love will be featured in the show,  from Takeaway favourites to Spicy Sichuan, Fast food/Street Food, Seafood, Noodles/Dumplings and Dimsum as well as celebratory food for Family and Friends.

Each show has a different theme and sees Ching cooking for the British public and for British producers. Some dishes are traditional favourites that have been given a “Ching” twist and some recipes handed down to her by her grandmother.

“Chinese Food Made Easy” will be aired on Monday nights at 8.30pm on BBC2 for 6 weeks, the first episode will be broadcast on Monday 7th July 2008.

BBC iPlayer - search for “Ching”

Ching’s Official website

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Previously posted Ching-He Huang has just release her second book called Chinese Food Made Easy. Ching is one of the brightest stars in modern Chinese cooking in the UK.

Each week in her new BBC2 series she re-invents the nation’s favourite Chinese dishes, modernising them with fresh, easy to buy ingredients, and offering simple practical tips and techniques. These are brought together in this beautiful book to accompany the series.

Drawing on the experiences of top chefs, her family and friends, growers and producers and celebrity enthusiasts Ching sets out to discover the best Chinese cooking in the UK today, introducing easy-to-make Chinese food to sometimes resistant Brits, and painting a picture of modern Anglo-Chinese life in the UK as she goes.

Using ingredients from high-street supermarkets and some imaginative suggestions for alternative ingredients, these classic Chinese dishes are updated, fresh and healthily prepared so that anyone can make and enjoy them.

Get CHINESE FOOD MADE EASY: 100 simple, healthy recipes from easy-to-find ingredients

Or get Ching’s first book, China Modern: 100 Cutting-Edge, Fusion Style Recipes for the 21st Century

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Ooh, I like these interesting looking bowls! They’re Splash Dipping Bowls by Akimasa Yamada.

A splash was the design inspiration for this dipping bowl set, which is ideal for serving sauces, with a rest for chopsticks. They’re made of porcelain and come in a set of three, as you can see.

Splash Dipping Bowls from the MoMA store

Via SwissMiss

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These Chat Plates by Ikuko Nakazawa were designed to resemble conversation bubbles from manga, or Japanese comics.

The set of three plates features one large plate and two smaller plates and is perfect for serving small meals and snacks. A obvious conversation piece (!) they might also remind diners to make meals more of a social event - important for family ties.

The plates are made of porcelain, are dishwasher and microwave safe and sell for $45 from MoMA.

Chat Plates on MoMA

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