Posts filed under “Culture & Traditions”
Welcoming the Dragon Year!
How’s everyone? It’s the second day of the year of the dragon and I’m still buzzed. We had a fun fun time since the Chinese New Year is one of the biggest celebrations in the family. It’s the time for us to all be together, cook food, make offerings to our ancestors. And yesterday, it [...]
Chinese Porcelain Mobile Phone..
Ancient art meets modern technology. I love these kinds of things. This time its a ceramic shelled mobile phone that was unveiled by the designer from designer in Jingdezhen. This province has been known as China’s porcelain capital and the phone design is inspired by the traditional Chinese art of ink painting. I love Chinese [...]
Ramen, Yummy Ramen…
I’m no Japanese but I can’t get enough of ramen. If I ever get to travel to Japan I would definitely be learning more about the Japanese ramen culture and of course stuffing myself full of ramen. But for now I would like to content myself to watching this video from cookingwithdog on How to [...]
Cooking Pad Thai!
A few weeks back, I blogged about my obsession with Thai food, particularly Tom Yum Goong. I actually managed to cook a decent tom yum already so I’m moving on and want to learn another Thai recipe. I picked another Thai classic: Pad Thai… Pad Thai is a yummy dish of stir fried noodles with [...]
Uniquely Japanese Kit-Kat Flavors
I’m constantly browsing news about Japan now particularly since the earthquake and tsunami disaster. I can’t help but feel for the Japanese people. I dearly hope they could surpass this challenge and recovery would be swift for everyone. Let’s all continue to pray for Japan and their wonderful people. Anyway, I wanted to feature something [...]
Learning to Make Thai Tom Yum
If there is one thing I can do well, then its cooking! Not typing at a lightning speed, not writing, not some sales jobs, but cooking. I learned to cook from a very young age. I think that’s a pretty common thing here in Asia. Young girls are thought home making skills from young age. [...]
Proper Etiquette When Visiting Japan
When visiting a foreign country it is foremost that one do some research and find out about the culture of the place. What are the things that are considered acceptable and proper and what actions are considered rude or vulgar. Oftentimes, before I visit a place, I make sure I do a bit of research [...]
Chinese Black Tea Jelly
I first discovered the yummy allure of black tea jelly on a trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia years ago. Since then, every time I step on a Chinatown or anywhere with a Chinese community, I look for black tea jelly shops. Eating this is almost an artform for me much like tea drinking ceremonies for [...]