Recipes & Cooking

Fried Shrimp/Prawn Balls Recipe (炸虾球)

Fried Shrimp/Prawn Balls Recipe (炸虾球)

Today, I am presenting a shrimp dish–fried shrimp balls. Don’t you think these shrimp balls look oh-so-adorable with their fringy outfit? This dish is inspired by my favorite restaurant in San Francisco–Ton Kiang, a Chinese restaurant that I absolutely love and strongly recommend. (I heard Robin Williams is a regular there!) Ton Kiang serves the best fried shrimp balls in…

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Vietnamese Tau Hu Ky Recipe (Bean Curd Skin with Shrimp)

Vietnamese Tau Hu Ky Recipe (Bean Curd Skin with Shrimp)

Tau Hu Ky, or fried shrimp wrapped with bean curd skin is a must-have appetizer for me whenever I go to Vietnamese restaurants. The reasons are very obvious: 1) I love bean curd products, especially bean curd skins; 2) I live to eat shrimp (check my recipe index and you will know what I mean); 3) Bean curd skins +…

Penang Char Hor Fun Recipe (炒河粉)

Penang Char Hor Fun Recipe (炒河粉)

There is a saying or myth in Penang about Char Hor Fun (炒河粉)–one that is only Penang’s I am sure–if you are a bachelor and would like to win the heart of your girlfriend, you would seek out the best Char Hor Fun in town and make sure you take your girlfriend there, if possible, frequently. And if you wanted…

Firecracker Shrimp Recipe

Firecracker Shrimp Recipe

Following the cutesy creation from the leftover ingredients in my fridge, here comes the sexy ones. Flirting with the world with their perky tails while wrapped tightly with golden outfits, these fried shrimps are seductress to the taste buds and make everyone wanting and crazing for more after first bite, aka love at first bite. Inspired by this and Rice…

Shrimp Omelet

Shrimp Omelet

I absolutely adore eggs. I cook too much of them. I eat too much of them. But I never get tired of them…

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