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SHANGHAINESE LION’S HEAD

SHANGHAINESE LION’S HEAD by Linda Tay Esposito

They call it Lion's Head because the meatballs are ye big with manes of soft, tender napa cabbage...looking like a lion. Seriously, in Shanghai, the meatballs are the size of a tennis ball - let's call that a quarter pounder meatball. Slowly braise or steam to get a tender, melt-in-your-mouth meatballs. If you have a small…

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Chinese Moon Cake

Chinese Moon Cake by Weining Wang

In Asian countries, most people believe that Spring Festival is the well-deserved king of festivals. Others, though, would give the title to Mid-Autumn Day, a festival that invariably makes Asians abroad miss their motherland. Mid-Autumn Day, which has been with Asians for centuries, became symbolic of people returning to their…

1 vote
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Chinese Dragon Chicken

Chinese Dragon Chicken by Weining Wang

For me, Cooking is also such a dialogue. The sincere gratitude for life ,admiration for nature , the passion for cooking—all of these are productions of the dialogue. What I will spend in writing is not a time of life. It’s the development of my thinking ego showing great intellect in thinking, with resolute willing and sensible…

1 vote
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Chinese Seafood Noodles

Chinese Seafood Noodles by Weining Wang

My favorite food is Chinese seafood, like Seviche (even though that's technically Peruvian, but I like the Chinese Style Seviche) and Campechana. Those dishes usually contain a medley of different seafood ingredients like fish, shrimp, Mussels, octopus or crab. They are then doused in a tomato lime base with different vegetables; it…

1 vote
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Chinese Hot Dragon Chicken

Chinese Hot Dragon Chicken by Weining Wang

Hot Dragon chicken, also named drunken chicken or hot roast chicken, are a traditional Chinese New Year food. They are popular around the world, but especially in regions south of the Yangtze River. Beijing, China’s massive capital, has a history stretching back 3,000 years. It is known world-wide for such ancient sites as the grand…

1 vote
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Chicken Chow Mein

Chicken Chow Mein by Keri Wylie

The next best thing to takeaway chow mein!

1 vote
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Pork With Prawn Dumplings

Pork With Prawn Dumplings by Marelie

Golden brown, crispy and crunchy yet soft and meaty in the middle. The aroma of sesame oil when used with dumplings is perfect. I read that there are about twenty types of dumplings in Chinese cuisine that are popular. Wow! what about the not so popular ones...I wonder how many types of dumplings in all. Hmmnnn... I don't want to…

1 vote
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