How to Make Grapefruit Juice You can’t have grapefruit green tea without the (surprise!) grapefruit. If you’re making a glass for yourself as a quick afternoon break, I’d recommend squeezing by hand. If you’re prepping a big batch for you and all your friends and family (hi, can we be friends?), then an electric juicer […]
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Mango Pomelo Sago Recipe
This mango pomelo sago is a fairly easy Chinese dessert to make, unlike some of the astounding pandemic bakes I’ve been seeing (Kinako chiffon roll cakes filled with red bean, whipped cream and mochi??? Strawberry genmaicha cream puffs?? Feed me please). You boil some chewy, bouncy sago and stir them into a mango coconut smoothie, […]
Matcha Espresso Drink Recipe
what is a matcha espresso? this matcha espresso drink is like a matcha coffee latte, if that helps. it’s espresso layered with milk and matcha, in a riff on coffee milk tea or yuenyueng. matcha coffee recipe it’s been a pretty warm spring in northern california, so this version is iced. it’s a chilled shot […]
Coffee Milk Tea – Yuenyeung
coffee milk tea recipe (yuenyeung) what is coffee milk tea? it’s a mix of, you guessed it, coffee and milk tea. it originated in hong kong, so i sometimes refer to the drink by its cantonese name, yuenyeung. how to make coffee milk tea my previous problem with homemade milk tea was the watery blandness; […]
Taro Cake – Wu Tao Gou
chinese taro cake recipe – how to make wu tao gou taro cake, or wu tao gou, is a savory steamed cake filled with starchy taro, salty lap cheong (chinese sausage) and chew dung gu (shiitake mushrooms). it’s really soft when it comes out of the steamer, so cutting it into slices and pan-frying it […]
Salted Fish Fried Rice (Haam Yu Chow Faan)
haam yu chow faan, or salted fish fried rice, is a cantonese-style fried rice made with haam yu, or preserved fish. it’s actually crispy, and it’s the kind of fried rice that is so flavorful on its own that you don’t need to eat it with anything else. i was supposed to to be basking […]