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daikon seafood soup

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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 […]

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seafood, soup

steamed whole fresh fish

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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 […]

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seafood

stewed bamboo shoots

October 6, 2015by homemadeinhk 1 Comment

(priscilla) bamboo shoot is not a popular ingredient in the cantonese kitchen. cantonese people, including my mom and my uncles’ wives, think it is “poisonous” to the body. so it […]

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veggies & salads

sweet and sour fish

September 5, 2015by homemadeinhk Leave a comment

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 […]

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seafood

scrambled eggs with shrimp

July 7, 2015by homemadeinhk Leave a comment

when i (priscilla) used to work in central, there was one lunch spot that i frequented on a weekly basis. it’s located in one of the small alleys off of […]

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eggs

sichuan spicy numbing hotpot

May 7, 2015by homemadeinhk 9 Comments

priscilla’s family is crazy for hotpot, especially when it comes to hot and spicy. their favorite is sichuan-style, which is both spicy and numbing. it hurts your mouth and tongue […]

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soup

crab and rice vermicelli claypot

November 20, 2014by homemadeinhk 4 Comments

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 […]

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seafood

hairy gourd fish head soup

September 30, 2014by homemadeinhk Leave a comment

there are different varieties of winter melon, and they come in all sorts of sizes. the ones we used in this recipe are the small ones, called 節瓜. they are […]

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soup

18 pig outs in hong kong! kwai tsing district

September 2, 2014by homemadeinhk Leave a comment

our next food journey takes us to the kwai tsing district (#2). here, we are having chiu chow food. but more specifically, a type of chiu chow food called “da […]

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spicy sauce wonton

August 28, 2014by homemadeinhk 2 Comments

this one time, we made a lot of shanghai wontons, more than a hundred!  we obviously could not finish them all in one night. so we saved the leftover ones and […]

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apps & sides, pasta & noodle

mung bean seaweed dessert soup

July 17, 2014by homemadeinhk 11 Comments

we’ve never brought dessert to a party before. so what better way to pop that proverbial cherry than bringing a dessert soup to fiesta friday. i (jun) don’t usually eat […]

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desserts

shanghainese cold noodle with sesame sauce

June 12, 2014by homemadeinhk 10 Comments

the last time i (priscilla) had this cold noodle, 上海冷麵, was more than 10 years ago when my family was still living in the to kwa wan area, in the […]

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pasta & noodle

bandits’ wings

June 5, 2014by homemadeinhk 7 Comments

these wings are unbelievably popular in hong kong. i tried them the first time in a chain rice noodle shop. i loved them, and so do millions of people in […]

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apps & sides, chicken

sichuan wood ear fungus

May 22, 2014by homemadeinhk 2 Comments

wood ear fungus is exactly not the most attractive ingredient to use. but for some reason, it’s a very popular cold appetizer dish in china. we like it because of […]

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apps & sides, veggies & salads

steamed ginger egg custard

May 15, 2014by homemadeinhk 4 Comments

i (priscilla) remembers this as the first dessert i’ve ever made. it’s very similar to the western style custard… it’s got dairy, eggs, and sugar. the only difference is the […]

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desserts, eggs

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