Chinese Sweet Coconut Buns Recipe

Chinese Sweet Coconut Buns Recipe

Enter any Chinese style bakery and you’ll find baked Chinese buns filled with a sweet, fragrant coconut mixture. There are two parts to this recipe: the milk dough, and the coconut filling. This is a recipe that my Mom learned in a Hong Kong based cooking...
Shrimp Chow Mein Recipe

Shrimp Chow Mein Recipe

This Shrimp Chow Mein recipe is super straight forward and so easy! Not only does it come together in just a few minutes, but it’s incredibly customizable and versatile. You can switch up the protein and vegetables to use up any leftovers, your preferred kind of...
What to Eat for Chinese New Year

What to Eat for Chinese New Year

The more popular Chinese New Year traditions, like the dragon dance, red lanterns and firecrackers, are easy to talk about, but I wanted to interview my parents for their take on the little known food traditions of the holiday. Each province in China celebrates...
Black Eyed Peas with Ham – good luck for New Year’s!

Black Eyed Peas with Ham – good luck for New Year’s!

Happy New Year friends! We love celebrating and rolling in the new year with black-eyed peas. The southern tradition is that black eyed peas bring you, prosperity, good luck, and fortune in the New Year. Maybe we are a little superstitious, but we love this tradition...