Category: Chinese Food

Chinese food: Chinese Black Sea Bass

In this recipe marinated Black Sea Bass is served with a flavorful sauce with lemon juice, ginger, garlic and toasted sesame seeds. This is a good recipe for cooks who are new to Chinese cooking or just want a recipe for baked fish (instead of steaming or pan-frying, two more traditional Chinese cooking methods).

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Chinese food in Minor Snow

“If you want to keep healthy, have more soup.” Especially in the fall and winter, a variety of delicious soups have become indispensable. Different types of soups play different roles. The following are several types of soups frequently drunken by Chinese people in the winter to keep healthy.

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Local Flavours in Hong Kong——Desserts(1)

    Many Hong Kongers, every now and then, take time from the rush of urban life to enjoy the rush of sugar in the city’s dessert shops. Everything from light traditional Chinese desserts, rich Western temptations and – of course – Hong Kong fusions are served day and night. Take a break from your to-do list to enjoy something sweet, and watch the residents of Asia’s world city doing the same.

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Local Flavours in Hong Kong——Dining Places(2)

Dai Pai Dong
Dai pai dong are open-air street-stalls that serve cooked food. The name literally means ‘restaurant with a big license plate’, referring to the large size of the licenses they are issued. Today, the term is applied to all open-air food stalls, and not just the ones with this specific license. Dai pai dong food usually consists of stir-fries although you can find just about any type of dish or snack in one. Eating at a dai pai dong is truly Hong Kong experience as you will probably end up sharing a table with strangers during busy hours, can cross order from different vendors and are free to watch the local street life. Dai pai dong can be found almost anywhere in the city. Side streets and lanes are the most likely place to spot them. You can find ones that are decades old near the the Central-Mid-Levels Escalator in Central on Hong Kong Island and in the neighbourhood of Sham Shui Po in Kowloon.

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