Category: Chinese Food

Food color and heathy 食物颜色与健康

Food color and health has a special relevance.Yellow Foods Invigorate the Spleen’s Functions
Yellow foods help invigorate the functions of the spleen and stomach, regain one’s health, and improve the secretion of a woman’s hormones. They also have a marked curative effect on the digestive system, help one to concentrate and help improve one’s memory.

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About herbal 关于草药

Food is an indispensable part of our life and the right choice can assist us in maintaining and strengthening our health. The importance of herbs has been highly acknowledged by people from all nations, rich and poor alike. This post is specially written in reply to a request from a dear friend currently living in Hong Kong and my fellow bloggers whom may find this brew useful. I will not be in the position to introduce something I have not tried since I am no doctor but as for ’strengthening the lungs’, I bring to you the well trusted “Cordyceps”. In the mandarin translation cordyceps means ‘worm in the winter, grass in summer’. Many will not try it mainly because it is expensive but if bought from a trustworthy source the investments can be worthwhile. Beware of imitations.

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Drunken Chicken in Shaoxing Wine of China 花雕醉鸡

Enjoying this cold dish always make me feel like I’m eating in a decent Shanghainese restaurants. I can’t properly explain why, perhaps because I believe this should be one of their signature(a signature item is typical of or associated with a particular person) dishes. Pale-looking though, I must say it does not give much hints about the taste.

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