This Chinese “Fish maw, Chicken, Codonopsis soup” nourishes the kidneys, tonifies blood, boost Qi ~ energy and provides anti-aging effects for glowy skin. It’s also great for boosting energy and recovery after an illness. 🥣 After hours of simmering, this soup becomes milky rich ~ packed with col

If you’re a fan of noodles, you will love this dish ☺️ Ingredients: (3-4 servings) - 1 packet of fresh lo mein noodles - Sliced beef (I used ribeye bulgogi) - 1 large carrot - 1/2 cabbage - Cha siu (check my YouTube channel for the homemade recipe) - 1 large shallot - 5 green onions

A popular dish for the new year is “Poon Choi” Chinese prosperity treasure pot. This dish is filled with abundance and goodies like crispy pork belly, abalone, fish maw, shrimp, black moss, napa cabbage, braised shiitake mushrooms, bean curds and broccoli😋 Everything was blanched before placing in

Happy Earth Day!!! 🌎 One way☝️to reduce food waste in your kitchen is to repurpose your Parmesan rinds (the part with the waxy ends). Never throw them out!Save them all! They’re great sources of umami and can add so much flavor to sauces and stocks 😋 For this spaghetti dish, I made a tomato sau

My sweet tooth is craving something sweet so I made “Black sesame walnut twists”!!😋 Like a croissant ~ crispy and flaky with black sesame and walnuts nestled in between 💕 Ingredients: - Puff pastry - Ground black sesame (1 cup) - Sugar (1/4 cup + 1 tbsp) adjust to taste - Unsalted butter

It’s so much fun and freeing to let your creativity run wild 🙂‍↔️ I love playing with flavors and crafting things with my hands ^.^ Here… we have a flower shaped “smoked salmon toast” with scallion + dill cream cheese topped with pickled kumquat peels and pickled scallions. I was pleasantly surp

For a healthy snack, I like eating these “Black Sesame Energy Balls”. I usually get them store-bought but I decided to make it myself and amp it up! These balls are packed with toasted black sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, jujubes, dried longan, goji berries, Manuka honey & maltose. All the things

This year, my goal is to make more wellness recipes because “health is wealth”❤️ To kickoff the new year, I’ve made Chinese Peach Gum Dessert Soup in two✌️ways! One with milk + coconut milk added at the end and one without. The flavor profiles are different but both are delicious! In TCM (Tradit

Delicious and super easy to make! All you need is strawberry, sugar, lemon, matcha, warm water to bloom and whisk the matcha powder and whole milk 😋 easy and delicious! #matcha #drinkrecipes #drinkideas #HomeCafe #drinksoflemon8

Omurice! Fried rice stuffed in an egg omelette with ketchup! Yum 😋 Ingredients for the fried rice: Day old rice Mushroom Green beans Carrots Beef Soy sauce Ketchup Sesame oil Onions Topping: green onions and ketchup #omurice #japaneseomelette #japanesefood #omelete

When you’re craving an everything bagel toasted with cream cheese, sliced tomatoes, red onions and cucumbers! #bagel #breakfastideas #lunchideas #foodoflemon8 #vegetariansandwich

Dubai Chocolate Yule Log Cake 🪵🍰 The chocolate sponge cake is rolled with a crunchy pistachio kataifi cream filling made from scratch. No jar stuff. All pistachios were shucked from its’ shell and blitz into a smooth paste. Honestly… the filling tasted wayyy better than the chocolate bars I’ve had.

Jazz up your holiday snacks with “Candied Cranberries”! ❤️ I keep seeing these on my feed so I had to give them a try. They’re surprisingly delicious (not too tart) and have a nice crunchy exterior👍 Ingredients: - Fresh cranberries - Orange juice - 7 UP (optional for more sweetness) - Po

Hope everyone who celebrated Dōngzhì 冬至 had a warm & cozy night full of delicious tang yuan ☺️ Dōngzhì is a Chinese holiday celebrating the winter solstice aka the first day of winter❄️ It’s the day with the longest night and also the coldest. And from here on out ~ the nights will become short

If brownie & peppermint bark had a baby, we get… Peppermint Bark Brownies! 😄🍫🎄 Ingredients: - Bittersweet chocolate 1lb - Unsalted butter 3/4 cup - AP flour 1 cup - Brown sugar 2 1/4 cup - 5 eggs - Salt a pinch - Vanilla 1 tsp Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 350F 2. Coarsel

Get cozy this winter with “Beef Short Rib Pho”!🥣 As the weather gets colder, nothing is more comforting than a hot bowl of pho ☺️♨️ After hours of stewing, the short ribs become extra tender & delicious! Ingredients: - 2-3 lbs of short ribs - 2 beef shanks (bone-in) - 1 yellow onion -

“Matcha Crinkle Cookie” recipe. If you’ve liked the chocolate crinkle cookies, you gotta try these! Ingredients: - AP flour (1.5 cups) - Sugar (1/2 cup) + (4 tbsps for coating) - Unsalted softened butter (1/2 cup) - Culinary grade Matcha powder(1/4 cup) - 2 eggs - Vanilla extract (1 tsp)

❤️Ingredients: Chocolate Sponge Cake • 4 large eggs, room temperature • ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar • ¼ cup (30 g) unsweetened cocoa powder • ½ cup (60 g) all-purpose flour • 1 tsp baking powder • ¼ tsp salt • 1 tsp vanilla extract Cream Filling • 1 cup (240 ml) heavy whippin