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Congee days and ramen nights

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One Bowl Meals

Rice bowls and noodle bowls to feed a few or to feed a crowd. With meat, with seafood, meatless, with or without broth. For everyday meals and even for special occasions. Make beef pho, poke bowl, fried rice. Cook pasta in every imaginable way.

Crowne Plaza Hong Kong style congee

Crowne Plaza Hong Kong style congee

Served with chopped mushrooms, Chinese sausage and century eggs, Hong Kong Crowne Plaza Hotel's congee transformed this congee non-fan into an aficionado.

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Tuna poke bowl

Tuna poke bowl

Inspired by a meal we enjoyed in Hanoi, our home version of poke bowl has sushi rice, tuna, lettuce, cucumber, shiitake, egg, eggplant and sweet ripe mango.

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Beef brisket BBQ salad with peanut dressing

Beef brisket BBQ salad

Thin slices of slow cooker beef brisket BBQ are tossed with bean sprouts and lettuce before nuts are added and peanut dressing is drizzled in.

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Japanese-inspired carbonara with bonito flakes and furikake

Japanese-inspired carbonara

Inspired by a pasta dish we enjoyed at a Japanese restaurant long ago, this Japanese-style carbonara has angel hair pasta, bacon, cream, salted egg powder, bonito flakes …

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Korean stir fried vegetables and glass noodles (japchae)

Korean stir fried vegetables and glass noodles (japchae)

Historically a noodleless dish, japchae evolved into a sweet-salty Korean stir fried noodle dish that uses dangmyeon, a thick and extra chewy noodle made with sweet …

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Stir fried adlay (Job's tears) a la yang chow

Stir fried adlay (Job’s tears) a la yang chow

Cook adlay (Job's tears') like rice, spread on a tray to cool to room temperature then stir fry it yang chow fried rice style. Delicious and filling one bowl meal.

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Lasagna with white sauce and pesto

Lasagna with Béchamel (white sauce) and pesto

Seriously, there's more to lasagna than red sauce. Mozzarella is not a must either.

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