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White Fungus (Snow Ear Fungus) Sweet Soup with Papaya

TasteHongKong — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:55:20 +0000

We have a couple of ‘white foods’ in this dessert – the white fungus (snow ear fungus), the Chinese south and north almonds, which according to Chinese herbalists, are good for nourishing our respiratory systems and lungs. Having downed a bowl of this, my dry throat soothed a bit yet not sure how much the collagen content from the white fungus had improved my skin complexion (because some call it poor man’s bird nest).
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Lotus Seeds and a Sweet Soup

TasteHongKong — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:48:06 +0000

They said they had shipped 36 containers (20 feet each) of lotus seeds for making moon cakes, the iconic Mid-Autumn Festival food, this year. That was a statement I read from a print advertisement, which looked pretty much like an advertorial, put up by one of the biggest bakeries in Hong Kong.
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Dorayaki, Japanese Sweet Pancake

TasteHongKong — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:11:51 +0000

Dorayaki is not only for kids, although the Japanese manga suggests that the anime character Doraemon loves eating this confection (銅鑼焼き, ドラ焼き). I have to make this claim because I’m too mature to belong to any younger groups, but still, I do not feel odd to feed myself with it. Although each dorayaki is essentially [...] Related posts:

Winter Melon and Dried Longan Drink

TasteHongKong — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:51:42 +0000

Call this a Chinese folk medicine might be a bit exaggerated. Unlike most medicinal herbal teas, it neither looks cloudy nor tastes bitter. I even make it look fancier here but the way it is served will not degrade its cooling property for curbing the summer heat in our bodies (in Chinese term, 消暑).

Yes, this is a healing drink but is both tangy and sweet.
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Homemade Soy Milk – Tricky yet Easy

TasteHongKong — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:17:06 +0000

My memory could still tell. It was not that difficult making my first soy milk at home from scratch however I didn’t enjoy doing it that much.

After years, I am much happier with more or less the same steps, finishing the grinding and filtering tasks in minutes. Practices do help, more helpful are, I believe I have with me the right tools and more importantly they complement each other.
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Ginger Milk Pudding, a Natural Custard

TasteHongKong — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:16:19 +0000

We will not bake or steam. Nor do we need one single curding agent like egg, gelatin, flour, or agar-agar… to make this custard-like dessert. Said to have originated in Southern China along the Pearl River Delta, this is called Ginger Hits Milk 薑撞奶 in our place. A funny name though, it truly describes how the pudding is prepared simply with a natural coagulant.
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