Posted by
manda on February 27th, 2010
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This month we were selected to partake in Foodbuzz’s 24,24,24 to host our unique Chinese New Year meal. As you may know, Chinese New Year was actually on Feb 14 but we decided to have a belated celebration today
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Posted by
roxiao on January 24th, 2010
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If I’m at a Sichuan restaurant, I always have to get their hui guo rou, or double cooked pork. This is another dish that I picked up from my parents while I was home for break. The main star of this dish is pork belly, which is first boiled in water until cooked, and then cut into slices and refried with vegetables, hence the “double cooked”. The pork belly is usually accompanied with peppers and leeks. Another must have is Lao Gan Ma hot sauce. I’ve started using this in all my spicy dishes and it definitely adds more flavor and more heat than the typical chili sauce that I use.
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