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Congee days and ramen nights

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Asian cold noodle salad

Symbolic food on Lunar New Year

Pork dumpling soup

Chinese dishes from my childhood

Chinese-style fried rice

How to cook Chinese-style fried rice

Shrimp, mushroom and sausage fried rice

Are all Asian fried rice dishes derived from Chinese fried rice?

Sweet and savory spring rolls with different kinds of wrapper

How to wrap, store and reheat spring rolls

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.

Spinach and shiitake oshitashi with sesame soy dressing

Japanese-style spinach and mushroom salad

Cook time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Mango pomelo sago

Mango pomelo sago

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Breakfast omelette sandwich

Breakfast omelette sandwich

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Japanese beef and potato stew (nikujaga)

Japanese beef and potato stew (nikujaga)

Cook time: 1 hour hour 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Orange, Pineapple and Rum Cocktail

Orange, pineapple and rum cocktail

Cook time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 glasses

Chili honey mustard fried chicken

Chili honey mustard fried chicken

Cook time: 12 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

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