Posted by Bel.C
Previously Patrick cooked the Steamed Shrimp with Minced Garlic, this dish is always a hot favorite among our friends. Especially when it is cooked with garlic and wine, made it extremely fragrant. One of our friends, Sit Yee suggested that we can even put some vermicelli or Tang Hoon (冬粉) underneath the garlic shrimp, the vermicelli will soak up the sweet broth from the fresh shrimp. That sounds like a delicious dish, thus I’ve decided to give it a try.
I suggest to use whole shrimp / prawn with shell and head on. This will give the broth a much sweeter taste. However this time I only used shelled shrimps without the heads, because I have bought the shrimps before I thought of making this dish. The broth was awesome with the fragrant Chinese Shaoxing cooking wine (紹興酒) and absorbing the sweetness from the fresh shrimp. Plus the aromatic fried garlic gave it a distinct taste too.
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Posted by Bel.C
It had been a fun and busy long weekend filled with luncheons, dinners and friend gatherings for the celebration of Tiger Year. On the other hand, I had a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner with my lovely boyfriend. Everything was just great. Here once again, I wish everyone a good start in the Chinese New Year and wish all the couples a happily ever after (有情人總成眷屬).
On the first day of Chinese New Year, I’ve prepared the well known vegetarian dish so called the Buddha’s Delight or lo han jai (羅漢齋). It is traditionally consumed by the Buddhist monks who are vegetarians. However this dish has grown popularity over the years and now can be found in most Chinese restaurants for serving. For Buddhists who are not solely vegetarians will also practice vegetarians on the first and fifteenth day of the month based on the lunar calendar. Therefore this vegetarian dish has become more and more popular and eventually become a traditional dish for the Chinese New Year.
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