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Does the dough have a skin layer? When I buy pizza dough it comes in little balls, and the surface dries out faster than the interior so they sometimes develop a skin layer. It might be enough to c...
I don't speak any Asian language. Why no sushi course in traditional kaiseki? Do kaiseki restaurants not serve sushi? Can I still order sushi separately at kaiseki restaurants? 吃喝玩樂 - Diary of a G...
Snowflake cookies The name of this kind of cookies is related to its look: They look like small snowflakes. (You can't see it very well on the picture but there are small indentations on the surfa...
Slow cooking is characterised by a slow and low heat cooking process. For you this means that you put too much heat in the cooking process and that your food essentially (as you noticed) dried out....
Can you please ID this dish? It's from Shang Palace, H.K.. I see broccolis as decoration. But what's that gelatin? I think I see some mushrooms inside the gelatin. Thanks.
Let's see, short cold midwinter days - what more is there to want than a super rich, super chocolatey, vegan(!) chocolate cake
I chanced on this clay pot (煲仔) on Tripadvisor for a Cantonese restaurant in Hong Kong. I see cellophane or glass noodles, and spring onions. Or are those scallions? How are the scallops ...
Can you please ID this dish? It's from Shang Palace, H.K.. Google translated "海參的協奏曲", captioned on that Openrice page, to Sea Cucumber concerto. I'm guessing the fried nest was made with potato, ...
A recipe for fudge called for sifting confectioner's sugar into the pot rather than just adding it. The recipe also called for whisking continuously, so the sugar would be distributed immediately....
Sifting powdered sugar has nothing to do with making fudge specifically, it's more a general recommendation when using powdered sugar. (For those wondering why I'm using the term powdered sugar eve...
Here is some pumpkin bread I made for New Year's Eve. Very savory.
I've never seen a Western Cuisine restaurant steam fish with soy sauce and mandarin peel, 陳皮, like Hong Kong restaurants. Can I do this at home? I feel unconfident because restaurant commercial ste...
Sometimes on long backpacking trips, I will eat oatmeal without cooking it first, usually due to a lack of either time or fuel. Is there any nutritional value lost from that or would I gain less c...
I had that exactly same problem... And solved it for good buying something that, here in São Paulo, we call "omeleteira" (which would translate to something like "omelet maker"). Its just two fryin...
Why is the sweet edible part of sugar canes (Xylem?) cooked when sugar refineries receive it? That natural edible part is quite sweet on its own and can be eaten raw. In South East Asia, it's comm...
Kindly see the sentence with the red line beside. You already "sear for 2 minutes." Why not keep searing at high heat? Why "transfer the pan to the oven"? This second step feels dispensable! You'...
Stir-fried veggies with tofu (over Himalayan red rice): Fresh: sugar snap peas, diced carrot, diced shallots, minced ginger. Canned (leftovers from something else): baby corns, bean sprouts.
HOW TO CLEAN SOFT-SHELL CLAMS Some clams, such as steamers and savoury clams, require "purging" — or soaking — to remove naturally occurring sand. I've heard of many tricks, but the most ef...
I've never seen this tip for other Molluscs, like Gastropods and Bivalves. Does it apply to them like clams and mussels? Make sure to cook periwinkles in small batches. That way, if you ...
The sentence embolded below bewilders me. Most rockfish share a certain characteristic: a swim or air bladder. This is a gas-filled organ that allows the fish to carefully control its buoyancy....
Kindly see the sentence beside the red rectangle. I'm dumbfound how Prince Edward Island (PEI) lacks good shrimp, when PEI faces the Atlantic Ocean. John Bil's Ship to Shore: Straight Talk from ...
Kindly see the sentence beside the red rectangle. I acknowledge Montreal isn't a world class city and may not offer world class seafood. But I'm dumbfound how New York City doesn't, when New York i...
It depends on the brand you have at hand. Using regular chocolate and milk, any ratio from 8:1 to 2:1 (the larger numbers refer to the liquid you use) is reasonable depending on how sweet and thick...
Chen doesn't write out blanching or parboiling — links to Stack Exchange, not because I like them but because these answers assist — but Step 3 below feels like blanching/parboiling. Which is it? P...
I tried to make these Chinese green onion mini pancakes. I pretermitted the shrimp. But unlike those cooked by Northern Chinese restaurant, I couldn't taste onion or scallion. For onion and scalli...
