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Congee days and ramen nights

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Asian cold noodle salad

Symbolic food on Lunar New Year

Four ways to serve nian gao: dipped in egg and fried, coated with sesame seeds and fried, as spring roll filling, and steamed with desiccated coconut

Four ways to enjoy nian gao

Pork dumpling soup

Chinese dishes from my childhood

Connie Veneracion, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

Home cook and writer by passion, photographer by necessity, and good food, coffee and wine lover forever. I create, test and publish recipes for family meals, and write cooking tips and food stories. More about me and my umami blogs.

Revuelto Gramajo (fried potatoes and eggs)

A la Revuelto Gramajo

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Layered cocktail drinks: absinthe B-55 (for fans of coffee and spice), soju and passionfruit cocktail (for Korean liquor buffs) and pineapple upside-down cake (for vodka devotees)

3 layered drinks for the discerning cocktail fan

Cook time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 glass

Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting smothered with toasted coconut

Carrot cake

Cook time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 eight-inch carrot cake

Ginger chili pork with spinach and baby corn

Ginger chili pork with spinach and baby corn

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Cucumber and mushroom stir fry sprinkled with sesame seeds

Cucumber and mushroom stir fry

Cook time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Mango vodka cocktail

Mango vodka cocktail

Cook time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 glass

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