Toron — a favorite my Filipino mother made for me as a kid. It’s like lumpia, but sweet.
Ingredients: As Asian a ripe banana as you can find, sliced lengthwise Fresh jackfruit, canned will do Brown sugar cooking oil, I use sunflower Method: Wrap one banana slice, two pieces of jackfruit, and a sprinkle of [...]
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Hey everyone! How was your Valentine’s Day? My gift was my husband’s cooking with love.
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The 15th day of the lunar year is called Yuánxiāo Jié (元宵节, Lantern Festival). In Chinese, Yuánxiāo (元宵) means the first full moon night of the year.
Tāngyuán (汤圆), also called yuánxiāo (元宵) in some places. Tāngyuán’s pronunciation is similar to tuányuán (团圆, to come together). In the past, people only ate tāngyuán on the [...]
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小时候，妈妈问我想吃什么，我总是说：我想吃好吃的。到现在这依然是我生活中的愿望。我一直在寻找好吃的东东！
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By Elaine Liu (eliu.tumblr.com) — “When I was small and my mom would ask me what I wanted to eat, I would say, “我想吃好吃的東西” which translates to, “I want to eat something delicious.” This is still my wish. I’m always on the lookout for something good to eat!”
When I’m at school, one [...]
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Beijing, China — Just thought I’d share my full moon from my window. It was larger as it was rising.
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Beijing, China — I was just asked to recommend a good place to grab a drink in Beijing with a work colleague. Here’s my unassuming list for when mood meets locale.
Apothecary — This has soon become my “Cheers,” where [almost] everyone knows your name. An exhaustive list of creative [...]
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Adeline (He Juling), project manager at ShowShanti, dives into a culinary feat. Together with her husband Zuofei, they make a home-style Chinese sausage from Adeline’s home recipe. From buying the sausage lining, to cleaning it, then stuffing with pork and spices, Adeline takes us through her collaboration and provides the recipe for là cháng (腊肠, Chinese home-made sausage).
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Beijing, China — House smells lovely! I just made chili oil using chili flakes, chili powder, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns (both fragrant and numbing types), and sizzled it all in a Pyrex dish using a blend of peanut/sunflower/dash of sesame oil. Family meeting tomorrow; making Biáng Biáng noodles (梆梆麵). Everything from [...]
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Friends and family gathered for a ShowShanti workshop November 28, 2010, taught by Beijing Aman Resort‘s Executive Chef, Paolo Vitaletti and his mother Pia Dell’uomo, visiting from Italy. Bringing home-style Italian flavors from home, Mamma Pia taught participants how to make gnocchi and the famous Tiramisu [...]
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Beijing, China — Every Sunday in some part of the world, under a roof, people commune under one faith or passion. On November 28th, such a Sunday gathered new friends and family with a passion for gnocchi and tiramisu, for a workshop hosted by ShowShanti and Paper and [...]
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Friends and family gathered for a ShowShanti workshop November 28, 2010, taught by Beijing Aman Resort‘s Executive Chef, Paolo Vitaletti and his mother Pia Dell’uomo, visiting from Italy. Bringing home-style Italian flavors from home, Mamma Pia taught participants how to make the famous gnocchi from scratch. Create this delicious Italian favorite at home then [...]
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