When I visited the South Island of New Zealand in September 2018, it was the season for whitebait fishing. I tried the whitebait fritter at Cafe39 at Hokitika and I was amazed the local cooking style is so similar to…
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Recipes & Methods on Food Making
Where to buy the best Custard Moon Cake in Hong Kong
Moon Cake is a traditional food for Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. Custard Moon Cake is modern variant and highly popular in Hong Kong and mainland China. Custard Moon Cake was created in 1987 at the Peninsula Hotel group in Hong Kong.…
Making Sour Cream at Home
Sour Cream is delicious and an indispensable ingredient for baked potato and Mexican nachos. Sour cream is another easy to make, expensive to buy product. If you compare the ingredients of yogurt and sour cream, you will notice they are…
Making Greek Yogurt at Home
Greek Yogurt is rich, soft, creamy and smooth. As the name implied, it is the Greek’s method on making yogurt. For the same amount of milk, the Greek yogurt made is about 70% less than normal yogurt. Therefore, Greek yogurt…
Making Yogurt at Home
Yogurt is healthy and delicious. Its price is quite expensive at supermarkets in Hong Kong. Also, it is not fresh and artificial flavor or colouring might be added to improve its taste, which is considered unhealthy. Sometimes, the ready-made yogurt…
Low Temperature Steam Cooking Made Possible by Xiaomi Induction Cooker
Low Temperature cooking is available for home use for many years. The most common form of low temperature cooking is the immersion circulator. With the food vacuum sealed in special plastic bag and cooked inside a pool of water with…
Home-made Plum Wine
Plum wine is delicious and easy to make at home. All you need is fresh plum, white wine (over 20% alcohol by volume) and sugar. Spring is the best season for making plum wine as the plum is fresh and…
Slow Cook Chinese Poached Chicken
Chinese Poached Chicken (白切雞 or 白斬雞) is a traditional Cantonese delicacy in southern China. It was made by cooking chicken in hot water. Minimal or no seasonings is used. A good Chinese poached chicken should be soft & tender, juicy…
Mi Induction Cooker User’s Manual
The following is the User’s Manual for Mi Induction Cooker. Xiaomi only releases the induction cooker in Chinese market and the manual is Chinese only. …
Mi Induction Cooker by Xiaomi
MiJia Induction Cooker by Xiaomi is very unique in the market. Its maximum power is 2100W and has 99-levels for power adjustment, which means the cooking power increment is roughly 20W. It has an external temperature probe that come in…