UPDATE 3/17/21: Find a reworked, updated recipe in My Shanghai cookbook. I’m leaving the text from this post up, but for the full recipe please refer to my cookbook!! Includes step by step...
In New Zealand, we drove, a lot. On our first day, we drove to Mt Cook and marveled at the bushy terrain and zipped by packs of sheep (herds?), daydreaming about our upcoming adventures. We ...
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韭菜盒子 (jiu cai he zi), or chive boxes, are another childhood snack, of which I seem to have a lot of. What can I say? My mom spoiled me with Chinese food. There are so many variations...
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Hope you all had a lovely weekend, everyone! By this time, I should be in Queenstown, NZ!! After almost a year of marriage, Alex and I are finally heading off to our honeymoon. We will be sp...
https://bettysliu.com/2015/04/21/roast-duck-lettuce-wraps-for-food52/
无面不欢 (wu mian bu huan) is a saying that can be loosely translated to no satisfaction without noodles. That’s pretty much me!!! The first time I had knife-cut noodles was in China; ...
UPDATED on 3/17/2021 – I am updating this because the recipe that was here has been updated in my debut cookbook, My Shanghai. I’ll leave most of the text. This dish is a legend in the ...
Red bean is the stuff of my childhood. I’ve eaten it as a paste stuffed in sesame balls, daifuku, japanese treats, mochi balls; I’ve had it flavored in popsicles, ice cream, even sweet z...
I wasn’t originally going to blog about this, but my husband loved it so much that I thought I’d do a quick post. After all, it’s Superbowl season, the one time to indulge in fried foo...
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Potstickers. 锅贴。 煎饺。 Pan fried dumplings. Whatever you want to call it, I’m going to share with you two ways to make dumplings from home, from scratch. You don’t need to go h...
UPDATE 3/17/2021: Find a reworked, updated recipe in My Shanghai cookbook!!! I’m leaving the text from my post in 2014 up, but to find the updated recipe, please refer to my book, My Shang...
https://bettysliu.com/2015/01/16/%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E7%83%A7%E5%8D%96-shanghai-shaomai-step-by-step/