Cumin Salt and Pepper Chicken 孜然鹽酥雞 with Gnocchi
Today we had a special guest at Duck house. Diane Lo from Taiwanese food magazine Foodings, called by and cooked some lunch with Joanne using ingredients from Joanne’s garden. Diane is both a writer fro the magazine and also a chef, she studied at Cordon Bleu in London and is now most interested in cake...
Lotus seed, red date and white fungus dessert 紅棗，蓮子，白木耳甜品
This dessert is a very high quality Taiwanese style sweet. Joanne prepared it especially for a friend who will visit tomorrow. So she decided to make a video because it is one of Taiwan’s favourite after dinner treats. The ingredients are comparatively healthy and nutritious for a dessert as it’s mainly vegetable based. The white...
蒜泥白肉 Pork with garlic and oyster sauce – for mother’s day
This Sunday is the traditional mother’s day in Taiwan. Joanne has thought about what meal would be best for a treat for your mother and decided it is this; 蒜泥白肉 Pork with garlic and oyster sauce – for mother’s day. If you don’t live at home, or you are a mum with kids too small...
炸牛奶 Fried milk, a delicious dessert
Today we have a new dessert recipe for you! A reader wrote to Joanne asking about Fried Milk which was new to Joanne but a bit like a lighter fluffier version of Nien Gow. We actually like this better than Nien Gow now as it’s lighter and fluffy inside while being crispy on the outside....
Twice cooked pork 回鍋肉 Taiwanese style
Today we made a famous dish called Twice Cooked Pork 回鍋肉 Taiwanese style. The spicy taste is mainly from a spicy yellow bean paste which I hope you can get from your local Chinese supermarket if you don’t have it already. The first cooking of the pork is by boiling in a pan of water,...
How to Cook Fried Chicken Steak 大雞排 Taiwanese Style
Fried Chicken Steak 大雞排 Taiwanese Style is a popular Taiwanese Street Food, it’s pronounced. Most often it is served with rice or french fries. And a particular kind of salt & pepper powder is always sprinkled upon the freshly fried pieces. The street seller will often also ask you if you want hot spice too....
Braised pork on rice (Lu Rou Fan) 滷肉飯 Taiwanese style food
This Taiwanese food is steeped very deeply in Taiwanese tradition. A favourite in Taiwan it is quite a simple filling food popular for many years for a healthy, satisfying meal for farming families. Now everyone likes it and it’s popular at countless eateries in Taiwan. This time Joanne has made her video in Taiwanese and...
