Appetizers

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…]

This Korean Style Shrimp and Rice Corn Dog can become your new favorite! Korean Corn Dogs rule as the most popular street food in South Korea. They are now conquering streets in both Eastern and Western hemispheres. Okay, that’s probably too strong a claim! But [read more…]

Don’t you just love Thai food! It always delivers enjoyable pleasures to taste buds everywhere.  And this Hot and Sour Thai Shrimp Soup is simply the best of the best of Thai cuisine! It will remind you of Tom Yum Goong Soup; but it is [read more…]

Have you ever wondered about Chinese desserts? They are less sweet and more blended and balanced than many western desserts. I especially like the artistic nature and chewable texture of the treasure-laden golden sesame seed finger balls. Red Bean Paste Sesame Balls are popular as [read more…]

To celebrate the 2020 Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival and the Chinese National Day, I created this Festive Chinese Chicken Dumplings as the symbol of family gatherings and love. In China, dumplings are big family meals. We gather to prepare the food, making the dumplings and fillings. [read more…]

I love fiery shrimp scampi with noodles. If you do too, you will surely love this Asian Garlic Shrimp Spaghetti — which is a real fusion favorite! It is easy to prepare and delightful to eat. This dish is tangy and has a clear East [read more…]

Honey-Buttered Korean Fried Chicken — this Korean specialty has become a global culinary favorite. The Honey Butter flavor caresses your taste buds and insists that one piece is not enough! Korean Fried Chicken is a popular choice as an appetizer, a main dish, or as [read more…]

This beautiful marbleized Deluxe Danish Nut Bread is so easy to make that it might seem “thrown together in five minutes!” That’s not quite right, although it is mixed together in less than five minutes, fully baked in an hour, and is ready to enjoy [read more…]

Savory homemade Five-Star Sesame Garlic Bread is a good companion for soups, salads, and entreés everywhere. The star and flower pattern connotes the heaven and the earth, with sesame seeds illustrating the wider galaxy beyond the bigger stars. There is also a sunflower appearance. This [read more…]

These Kaleidoscopic Chinese Tea Eggs (茶叶蛋) are key parts of a food culture that is at least as old as the Tang Dynasty (1500 years ago). Just peeling them open reveals ancient patterns that resonate in the psychedelic “Tie-Dyed” Hippy dresses of the 1960s and [read more…]