Yummy New Meals

Perfect Easy Fried Chicken for Crispy Juicy Thighs

What a Perfect Easy Fried Chicken recipe! To get the juiciest and crunchiest boneless Chicken thighs on the planet takes a good marinade, a double dip in seasoned flour, and a frying that produces the deepest golden-brown color possible! You can go for a lighter [read more…]

Sichuan Kung Pao Shrimp 宫保虾仁

Sichuan Kung Pao Shrimp 宫保虾仁

Kung Pao Shrimp is another classic Sichuan cuisine. As the name indicates and as you might have guessed, Kung Pao Shrimp comes from a world-popular dish – Kung Pao Chicken! The cooking method is similar, but the taste and the texture is a different experience. [read more…]

Garlic Butter Spaghetti with Red Chili Oil

This Garlic Butter Spaghetti with Red Chili Oil is an elegant fusion of texture and flavors. The chewy-yet-tender (al-dente) texture and the spicy-garlic-butter flavors create a sensational combo that everyone can enjoy! If you have followed my recipes, you know that I am a big [read more…]

5 Quick Tips to Improve Your Food Photography Skills

5 Quick Tips to Improve Your Food Photography Skills

A Simple Guide for Beginners Disclaimer: Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links. I will earn a small commission if you make qualifying purchases through the links. There is no additional cost to you and it helps me continue doing the [read more…]

Chinese Sichuan Spicy Boiled Fish 四川水煮鱼

In Chinese Sichuan restaurants worldwide, this Spicy Boiled Fish is one of the most recommended menu dishes by the chef. Chefs know that the entrèe is a real favorite and big seller! This dish is usually served during Chinese Spring Festivals or other big holidays. [read more…]

Sweet, Spicy, and Crispy Korean Tofu

Sweet, Spicy, and Crispy Korean Tofu

This Sweet, Spicy, and Crispy Korean Tofu is one of my favorite Tofu recipes. The sweet and spicy flavors are addicting and beyond satisfying. I love my Tofu to be lightly crispy outside and still taste soft inside – the perfect texture. Once started, you [read more…]

Bacon and Egg Udon Noodles

This Bacon and Egg Udon Noodles might be one of the best fusion noodle recipes that you would have ever tasted. The spicy, savory, and sweet flavors will make your mouth water and increase your appetite for “just one more bite!” Okay, two more!! I [read more…]

The Best Chinese Shrimp Dumplings (虾饺)

The Best Chinese Shrimp Dumplings (虾饺)

Dumplings are a Chinese specialty and while there are hundreds of different combinations, Shrimp Dumplings are my favorite. During Chinese holidays and festivals, we like to make dumplings at home instead of buying the pre-made ones from the grocery store. Home-made dumplings are definitely the [read more…]

Luscious Double-Cream Lemon Bundt Cake

This Luscious Double-Cream Lemon Bundt Cake has a rich, buttery, and wonderfully moist texture with a refreshing lemon flavor! For Lemon Cake lovers, this is an upgrade version of heaven. For cheesecake lovers, welcome home! Additionally, this cake contains Cream Cheese and Sour Cream—a real [read more…]

Gleaming No-Hassle Japanese Milk Bread Dinner Rolls

Gleaming No-Hassle Japanese Milk Bread Dinner Rolls

My version of Japanese Milk Bread Dinner Rolls are perfectly easy to make and never fails to come out of the oven with the highest honors! Japanese Milk Bread (Shokupan) is known for its soft and pillowy texture with a light delicious taste and beautiful [read more…]

Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings

These Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings are finger-licking delicious! Like the best potato chips, once you start eating you will want another and another! Salt and Pepper are essential seasonings and the combo in recipes appeal to almost all humans everywhere! Yes, we try to [read more…]

Beef Broccoli Lo Mein

Beef Broccoli Lo Mein

Lo Mein (“tossed noodles”) is one of the most popular take-out dishes in Chinese restaurants worldwide. Perhaps many of you have enjoyed it? I think so! My recipe for Beef Broccoli Lo Mein combines the tasty Beef Lo Mein with another top favorite, Beef Broccoli! [read more…]

3-Pasta/3-Cheese Southern Macaroni and Cheese

This 3-Pasta/3-Cheese Southern Macaroni and Cheese recipe makes one of the best side dishes you will ever taste! The recipe was inspired by a Gold Medal winner at the Coastal Empire Fair competition in Savannah, Georgia, forty years ago. My boyfriend’s mother used to make [read more…]

Sichuan Spicy Boiled Chicken 四川水煮鸡片

During the important family gatherings in China during Spring Festival, chicken dishes have a prominent place at the many mealtimes. My parents always delivered a Cantonese-style plateful of goodies and I always make it too! This year I will also create a Sichuan Spicy Boiled [read more…]

Dim Sum Shumai – A Classic Cantonese Steamed Dumpling

Dim Sum Shumai – A Classic Cantonese Steamed Dumpling

Dim Sum Shumai is one of my favorite Cantonese cuisines! Similar to Thanksgiving gatherings in the US, the Chinese Spring Festival celebrates family. This is a “must” reunion for all daughters and sons to return to mother and father and grandparents’ homes—if at all possible. [read more…]

Epic 30-Layer Chocolate Crepe Cake

With layers upon layers, this Epic 30-Layer Chocolate Crepe Cake is simply eye-catching and can easily melt your heart with every mouthful. Crepes are readily available in our daily lives, commonly sold as sweet street snacks in Copenhagen and in other large European cities. But [read more…]

Korean Fire Chicken with Double Cheese

Korean Fire Chicken with Double Cheese

My Korean Fire Chicken with Double Cheese is another level of Cheese Buldak! “Buldak” translates from Korean to English, literally, wonderfully, into “Fire Chicken!” The red color and intense spiciness enhance  this blazing Chicken-on-Fire visual and quickly brings a Mouth-on-Fire satisfaction to sometimes surprised eaters! [read more…]

Spicy German Pork Schnitzel

German Pork Schnitzel (schweineschnitzel) is definitely a meal to enjoy. A Schnitzel is a thin slice of meat seasoned and fried in a flour, egg, and breadcrumb coating. Many people use the term  “Schnitzel” to mean “Weiner Schnitzel”—which is a delicious veal schnitzel made famous [read more…]