How To Make Perfect Wontons, A Compleat Guide
From velveting your prawns to making ti poh powder, here are my best tips to guarantee a flavorful, juicy wonton every time. …
Category: Meat Dishes
Kong Bak Pau, the OG Asian Pork Bun
Way before these parcels steamed, fluffy white buns imploded onto the culinary scene, there was this – the OG Kong Bak Pau. …
A Step-By-Step Guide How to Velvet Meat
All you need: meat, pepper, Shaoxing, salt, cornstarch, oil, 1 hour, a wok. What you get: ultra-tender and silky meat like that at your local tze char. …
A Step-By-Step Guide: How to Make Steamed Egg
All you need: eggs, water, a sieve, a steaming set-up and stuff you want to supplement your steamed egg with. …
Smore, a Eurasian Beef Stew Perfect For Any Christmas Feast
Smore is a Eurasian beef dish that combines traditional stew ingredients of potatoes and carrots, with local spices and kecap manis or dark soy sauce. …
Krisada Virabhak’s Sarang Burong
Sarang burong is braised pig skin that Peranakans prepare to honour the dead. Its name, meaning ‘birds’ nest’, alludes to how the skin curls up when cooked. …
Nasi Briyani, Fusion Food That Actually Makes Sense
Nasi briyani is a local adaptation of Indian biryani. The rice is cooked separate from the meat, and with evaporated milk for richness. …
Beef Rendang That Doesn’t Take All Day
Beef rendang is a dry curry, cooked until the gravy caramelizes and coats the meat with layered, complex flavours. Immensely comforting and ugly delicious. …
Braised Pork Belly with Fattchoy and Mushrooms
It might seem counter-intuitive to braise roast pork belly until its crisp rind goes soggy, but the taste of this Chinese New Year dish will win you over. …
Siobak or Chinese Roast Pork
Siobak, or Chinese roast pork, is an artform. This method, I believe, is the simplest and most minimal way to achieve crisp crackling and juicy meat. …