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Steamed fish, Cantonese style
This is the essence of comfort food: good flavors coming together in a quick and simple dish. Perhaps the only challenging part here is making use you have suitable equipment for steaming a whole fish. It’s easy enough to do … Continue reading
Posted in Fish and seafood, Recipes, Steaming
Tagged Asia, Asian food, Cantonese steamed fish, China, Chinese fish recipe, chinese food, Recipe, steamed fish, steamed trout
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Laghman noodles (拌面)
Learning how this Chinese dish got it’s name is almost like taking a course in west Asian culture, history, and geopolitics. It’s known as Laghman noodles in English, after Laghman Province in Afghanistan where it has its roots. Laghman Province … Continue reading
Posted in Lamb, Meat, Noodles, Recipes, Tomatoes
Tagged Afghanistan, Asia, Asian food, China, chinese food, Laghman, Laghman noodles, Lamb, Recipe, Uyghur, wok, Xinjiang, Xinjiang cuisine
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Burmese egg curry
Burma shares borders with China, India, Thailand, so you can just imagine what a culinary crossroads it is. Burma is also a former British colony, but this recipe cleaves vigorously to local roots. Frying the boiled eggs before adding them to … Continue reading
Posted in Curry, Eggs, Recipes, Tomatoes
Tagged Asia, Asian food, Burma, Burmese food, China, chinese food, cilantro, curry, eggs, Recipe, wok
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Xinjiang pepper steak
Xinjiang (新疆, Xīnjīang) is a multiethnic autonomous region in the extreme northwest of China. As I mentioned in a previous post, it shares borders with Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan, with people from many ethnic groups including … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Meat, Recipes, Stir-fry
Tagged beef, China, chinese food, pepper steak, Recipe, Xinjiang
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Uyghur cumin lamb
I’m sure you’ve had the experience of trying some totally surprising food that you’ll never forget, a dish that ends up changing your outlook on food and life forever. For Anthony Bourdain it was oysters eaten directly from the sea. … Continue reading
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