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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.

Chinese broccoli-wrapped mackerel in coconut milk

Chinese broccoli-wrapped mackerel in coconut milk

Cook time: 16 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Fried chicken wings with sticky soy honey glaze

Fried chicken wings with sticky soy honey glaze

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Tarte Tatin topped with whipped cream

Tarte Tatin (upside-down apple tart)

Cook time: 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Cheese and mushroom puff pastry tart cut into squares

Cheese and mushroom puff pastry tart

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Tofu skin noodle salad with asparagus and Chinese sausage

Tofu skin noodle salad

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Ube (purple yam) and cheese spring rolls

Ube (purple yam) and cheese spring rolls

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 16 spring rolls

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