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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.

Chicken sotanghon (vermicelli) soup

Chicken sotanghon (vermicelli) soup

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Chinese egg cakes

Chinese egg cakes

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 30 small cakes

Self-frosting Nutella cupcakes

Self-frosting Nutella cupcakes

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 9 cupcakes

Fresh mushroom and vegetable salad lemon butter dressing

Fresh mushroom and vegetable salad with lemon butter dressing

Cook time: 6 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Blended Margarita

Blended Margarita

Cook time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 glasses

Spicy tempura-style crispy green beans with Sriracha mayo dipping sauce

Tempura-style crispy green beans

Cook time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

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