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...
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,...
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...
How to make Ginger duck 薑母鴨
We managed to get some lovely fresh duck legs on special offer just in time for this dish which is great in the colder weather. Ginger duck 薑母鴨 was requested by Eric Liu and here it is. This meal has a lot in common with Taiwanese Sesame Wine Chicken, so if you like that meal,...
Taiwanese Hamburger, gwa bow, koah-pao 刈包
Many people have requested a video recipe and ingredients for Taiwanese Hamburger, gwa bow, koah-pao 刈包 and here it is – just for you folks! This is a fantastic and nutritious Taiwan Street Food. Previously we have touched upon this recipe because we prepared the same pork slices to be used in another recipe; How...
