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Chinese cooking: Special ingredients
July 30, 2005 EST | Food & Drink
By Jacklyn Chen I have briefly introduced two most classic and expensive Chinese cooking ingredients (shark fins and bird's nest) in my previous article. Here I'll continue to introduce some other special ingredients that are more regularly used in our... [More...]
Special ingredients - Shark Fins & Bird's Nest
July 28, 2005 EST | Food & Drink
By Jacklyn Chen There are wide variety of ingredients in Chinese cooking. The ingredients that we normally see can be divided into two major kinds: vegetable and animal. Vegetable ingredients can be further divided into vegetables, beans, fresh fruits, dried... [More...]
Cucumber & Pork Soup
July 23, 2005 EST | Food & Drink
By Jacklyn Chen Due to the fact that cucumber is rich in all kinds of vitamins as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron, and many other minerals, it is one of the essential vegetables that we cannot live without at our... [More...]
Sweet & Sour Pork (Gu Lao Rou)
July 23, 2005 EST | Food & Drink
By Jacklyn Chen Sweet & Sour Pork is the most well known Chinese food abroad. According to a Cantonese chef, the primitive or the authentic cooking method of the dish is to add Cantonese pickled vegetables. When cooking, simply sauté... [More...]
Braised fish in soy sauce (Hong Shao Yu)
July 22, 2005 EST | Food & Drink
By Jacklyn Chen Braised fish in soy sauce is the basic craft of Chinese dish. The distinguishing characteristics are it looks red and glossy, rich in smell thick in juice. Both sides of the fish slice must be fried to... [More...]
Chinese Eight Treasure Rice Pudding
July 21, 2005 EST | Food & Drink
By Jacklyn Chen The eight-treasure rice pudding is a well known traditional Chinese dessert, cooked with sticky rice and 8 different freshly dried fruits (typically called dates here in general) and nuts. This food has been through several thousand years... [More...]
Homemade projector screen - Principle & how to DIY
July 11, 2005 EST | Entertainment
By Jacklyn Chen Projector screens are generally divided into two types base on their functionalities: reflection projector screen and transmission projector screen. It can be also divided into soft and hard screen base on the materials they are made from.... [More...]
Flying kites in Beijing
July 03, 2005 EST | Culture
By Jacklyn Chen The sky in spring is kites' paradise. When the brilliant multi- colored kites embellish in the deep blue sky, you can immerse in the contented mood, enjoy the rare leisure and carefree, perhaps this is the most... [More...]
Chinese sugar fried chestnuts
July 03, 2005 EST | Food & Drink , Travel
By Jackly Chen Note: You may freely reprint this article as long as the author bio and active links are intact. A email notification of how you use it would be greatly appreciated. The "Liang Xiang" chestnuts are well known.... [More...]
