daikon seafood soup
when making seafood soup (or any meat-based soup), the bulk of the flavor comes from the bones and shells. and that’s why whenever we eat seafood, we always try find […]
Category Archives: seafood
steamed whole fresh fish
hong kong is blessed with an abundance of seafood. cantonese people, in general, love to eat fish. they use the simplest technique to cook them, thus preserving its natural flavor […]
sweet and sour fish
this is a simple, healthy version of sweet and sour fish 糖醋魚. here, we just lightly pan fry the fish, instead of deep frying. we are using all parts of […]
crab and rice vermicelli claypot
one thing about shopping at our local wet market is that there is fresh seafood all year long. right now, crabs are plentiful. buying crab is cheaper than beef or […]
shrimp and fish ceviche
summer is drawing to a close. that means we gotta work on some new recipes for the change in season. but before that, we wanna share one more refreshing summer […]
clams with thai coconut broth
we were craving mussels today. however, fresh mussels are hard to find in hong kong. after visiting several nearby wet markets, we were out of luck… but we weren’t out […]
pulpo a la gallega
it’s friday! and making tapas certainly counts for a fiesta. this is our first time cooking octopus. it definitely looks daunting since we’ve never handled such whole creatures before. but […]
steamed mini abalones
we’ve recently discovered this massive wet market in tsuen wan. we’re not kidding, it’s 3 stories filled with sights, sounds, and smells. the ground floor is entirely overloaded with seafood […]
lobster yi mein
priscilla made this dish for the premier night of the amazing food challenge, which aired on the asian food channel. the whole family thought it was such a grand gesture, […]
shrimp paste seafood risotto
the idea of this wesian (western + asian) dish was spawned one day while we were enjoying lunch at a cha chaan teng in sai kung. one of the specialty […]
steamed giant scallops
we stumbled upon these beautiful scallops while walking through the wan chai wet market. we had no intentions of buying scallops, or anything for that matter. we were simply passing […]
spicy stir fry snails
yup, that’s right, snails! these freshwater mollusks are the ones typically found in the wet markets. a common cantonese style preparation for snails is stir frying them in a spicy […]
grilled calamari
this is another seafood dish inspired by a trip to the wet market. this time, we visited the one in shek lei. cooking calamari is rather quick and easy, even […]
steamed fish with preserved vegetables
there was one period in time where we ate this for lunch almost on a daily basis at the cha chaan teng… it was darn good. naturally, we slowly go […]
clams with chili oil
the thing about clams is that they are utterly deceptive. 3/4 of your money goes to buying the shells. but that tiny tasty morsel of meat inside more than makes […]
Homemade in Hong Kong 