When I ate at XO with Tales of a Confectionist, The Food Avenue and The Food and Wine Marshall for the Chinese New Year feast, one of the most discussed dish was the white cut chicken with ginger and shallot salsa. This is a quick and homey dish which nearly everyone can make at home. So I’m going…
Tag: Chinese
Chinese New Year @ XO
In many Asian communities around the world, one of the most important event celebrated would have to be Chinese New Year (or Lunar New Year). Food is one of the important aspects when celebrating Chinese New Year and this year I had the opportunity to try the Chinese New Year menu at XO with a…
Orient Kitchen – Canberra’s Newest Chinese Barbecue.
Orient Kitchen opened their doors just before the end of 2015, increasing the number of Chinese barbecue stores in Canberra to eight (please correct me if I’m wrong). I finally got the chance to have lunch at Orient Kitchen, six months later…
Recipe: Garlic Chive and Pork Dumplings.
There are many methods that people use to relax and unwind after a stressful day/week, I have tried a lot of different methods such as reading, listening to music, gardening. The list goes on and on. But the most effective method I found was actually making dumplings from scratch. Including my own dumpling skins. When…
MCC: Dumplings @ Yat Bun Tong
I was actually excited for our next MCC (Monthly Cousin Catchup) because we were planning on going to the newly opened Japanese restaurant on Lonsdales Street, Chaki Chaki. Unfortunately, they are closed on Sunday’s and Monday’s and it was a Monday when MCC happened. We were sad and disappointed. Because we wanted Japanese food and…
The Fat Diner 