Early Look: Cantonese Scrambled Eggs (黄埔炒蛋)
Hey guys, just finished editing this one up. Hope you give it a try :)
2020-09-25 07:33:25 +0000 UTC View Post
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Early Look: Spicy 'Freestyle' Fried Rice from Guizhou (怪噜炒饭)
feat. colander!
Hope you guys like this one. Awesome sort of fried rice, hopefully we were able to give some general fried rice tips too in the process :)
2020-09-19 05:30:27 +0000 UTC View Post[BOOK] Flavor Profile #1: Minsi Paste
Minsi Paste (面豉酱)
Introduction
Picture yourself a hundred years or so back, in the twilight of the Qing dynasty. You’ve just gone through the painstaking traditional process of making soy sauce: you’ve ste...
2020-09-13 08:12:04 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Look: Guizhou Fermented Chili Paste (糟辣椒)
Just finished editing this one up :) This's another Steph VO'd one - originally we were planning on tossing out two videos this week (this plus Guizhou 'freestyle' fried rice), but things got a bit hectic with setting up the Kenji interview and all. So next week we'll be coming in with the me-VO'd fried rice recipe.
We're a lot ha...
2020-09-10 07:14:51 +0000 UTC View PostEarly look: Suzhou Big Meat Noodles (苏州大肉面)
So... this one is undeniably an intense one. Hope that one of you guys can actually make it sometime lol. We'll try to type something up akin to a baker's schedule to help with logistics - it's not a hard dish per se, but it is an intense one.
2020-08-29 08:49:08 +0000 UTC View PostCalling all questions for Kenji...
So we've been hashing out doing a collaboration of sorts with Kenji - we ended up settling on doing a conversation for now. So uh... because I'm certainly no professional interviewer, I figured I'd open things up here to elicit some potential questions.
Anything you'd be interested to hear from him?
(and just in case - even tho...
2020-08-27 03:34:34 +0000 UTC View Post[Book] Introduction: Thinking in Flavor Profiles
Feedback welcome :)
Take a look at the menu of your local Chinese restaurant. Doesn’t matter if it’s a Cha Chaan Teng in Hong Kong, or a takeout joint in the United States: more likely than not, you’ll be greeted with a menu with dozens upon dozens of different dishes. For the purpose of illustration, let...
2020-08-26 06:19:10 +0000 UTC View PostSo... a book.
We’re writing a book. Or at least, we’re going to try.
We explored the possibility of going the normal publishing route with book proposals and so forth, and while we did make some progress, ultimately we felt that going that route would end up either (A) hurting the quality of the content that we put up on YouTube or (B) leaving...
2020-08-26 04:50:22 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Look: Laozao, Fermented Rice (醪糟)
Hey guys, sorry for the delay here, found out that my laptop wasn't fit to cut this sort of video... the hard way. Had to wait til we got home from traveling to cut this one on my box.
This one was a bit experimental. Instead of me (Chris) doing the narration, we played around doing that sort of Alex/Andong/Ragusea style of video - &...
2020-08-25 05:42:13 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Look: Horse Station Pot, Lost Cantonese Street Food (大马站煲)
Hey guys, just finished editing this one up.
Another Dawei video, which's always awesome to film. This time, we decided to sort of split the difference between the Chris-VO style we did in the past (e.g. stir fried sticky rice, Bak Chit Gai) and the stand-and-stir we did with the previous one, Gai Yong Yu Tou (which we really liked b...
2020-08-08 03:49:24 +0000 UTC View PostAn actual proper early look: Stir Fried Milk (大良炒鲜奶)
Just finished editing this one up. Pretty excited for this one - it's a dish that's local to exactly where we're living - Daliang subdistrict in Shunde. I can see Jinbang from my balcony :)
We'll be tossing this one out of Saturday, then the following video'll be Dawei cooking. So we've got a couple more Cantonese dishes coming of for you ...
2020-07-29 06:12:08 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Look: Bingfen, Ice Jelly (冰粉)
Hey guys, just finished editing this one up :) Hope you like it! It's one of Steph's all time favorite things... and just something awesome to eat in the summer.
2020-07-17 06:06:43 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate regarding sales tax in the US, Australia, Quebec, and a couple other locations
Hey guys,
If you support anyone else on Patreon you've probably seen this going around. People that've been Europe based have already been paying VAT on their pledges, but starting July 1st the US (and a few other locations) will start having sales tax applied.
There's a whole 'sample post' that Patreon gave us on the topic. I'...
2020-06-29 21:24:53 +0000 UTC View PostPatron Exclusive Recipe # 23 Pan Fried Bun Roll (Shengjian Style Huajuan Bun Roll) 生煎花卷
(Served with some tom kha gai, makes a great meal)
Hey guys, how's it going?
This week, I wanna share another variation on the mantou dough - "Shengjian" style bun rolls - I promise this is the last one of this mantou series.
...
Patron Exclusive Recipe #22 Steamed ”Huajuan/Flower Roll" Buns with Five Spices and Scallion (葱香花卷)
Hey guys, how's it going? So right, we put out the Mantou steamed buns recipe last week. And that can conveniently be used to make "huajuan" flower roll steamed buns. In this week's recipe, I want to show you how to use the same mantou dough and turn it...
2020-02-18 08:27:00 +0000 UTC View PostPatron Exclusive Recipe #21 Coconut Chicken Hotpot (椰子鸡火锅)
Hey guys, how's it going? It's been a very weird and kinda crazy time in the past two weeks, it's literally a staycation that I never left the building... We've been whipping stuff up using food stock and limited supplies forced us to be creative. I've been posting pictures on Instagram regarding the stuff we cooked, you can go check it out if y...
2020-02-09 10:04:09 +0000 UTC View PostPatron Exclusive Recipe #20 Savory Sticky Rice Ball Soup with Chicken and Shiitake Mushroom (咸汤圆/咸丸)
Hey, guys. Happy Lunar New Year. It turns out to be a highly unusual new year holiday with the current event... But life goes on and luckily we're well stocked up at home with cooking ingredients. (Btw, I'm trying to record everything we made during thi...
2020-01-27 09:11:03 +0000 UTC View PostPatron Exclusive Recipe #19 Cantonese New Year Sweet Rice Cake (广东年糕)
Hey, happy weekend, guys. Chinese Lunar New Year is coming up next week. Let's make some festive food to celebrate (if you're celebrating~).
So "rice cake/年糕" is such a ubiquitous item in south...
2020-01-18 13:04:42 +0000 UTC View PostPatron Exclusive Recipe #18 Shanghainese Peanut Mochi (擂沙汤圆/糖不甩)
Hey, guys. Happy weekend!
As Chinese Lunar New Year is approaching, I figured it'll be fun to do some CNY related stuff. So this week, let's do a Shanghaiese Peanut Mochi that's round, cute, and golden color (symbolizes gold, lol). Alth...
2020-01-12 09:44:34 +0000 UTC View PostPatron Exclusive Recipe #17 Rice Cake Soup with Tofu, Pickles, and Mixed Veg (嵊州豆腐年糕)
Happy New Year, guys!!! Wish you a happy, prosperous, and healthy year of 2020!
A quick update on my side, I (Steph) officially quit my job as the Simplified Chinese Language Consultant at Marriott Group, and now I'm full-time on the channel!
I won't be able to do this without all the great support from you guys along the way. ...
2020-01-04 07:49:44 +0000 UTC View PostA (poorly edited) video of us meandering a Guiyang market
Are you a Chris and Steph completionist? Are you super bored and want to kill 21 minutes of your life? Do you like shaky iphone footage? Are you interested in listening to my (Chris's) crappy Mandarin, and interspersed with me say 'owh..' and 'right' on repeat? Does listening to me and Steph ask annoying questions to market vendors - and for...
2020-01-01 00:25:08 +0000 UTC View PostCity Eating Guide: Beijing
So some of you would ask for restaurant recommendations when traveling to China. We've been giving out some spots we like, and now we decided to compile a list of each city we been to (or we have trustworthy friends for information).
Let's start with Beijing.
So being the country’s capital, Beijing has the advantage of having...
2019-11-20 02:39:05 +0000 UTC View PostPatron Exclusive Recipe #16 Cantonese Rice Flour Dumplings (水狗乸/水菱角/Water-Caltrop-Shaped Rice Flour Dumplings)
Sup, guys. I hope you're doing great.
So this week I was craving the rice flour dumplings my mum makes. It's a west Pearl River Delta (PRD) thing. In Guangzhou, it's a famous-ish but not often seen street snack. In other towns locating west of the...
2019-11-10 09:35:36 +0000 UTC View PostPatron Exclusive Recipe #15 Steamed Napa Cabbage with Garlic Sauce
Sup guys, I hope you had a wonderful week.
This week, I wanna show you how to make a dish with the garlic sauce from the post last week. This is almost like a formula, besides napa cabbage, you can steam eggplant, scallop, ...
2019-10-27 15:07:43 +0000 UTC View PostPatron Exclusive Recipe #14 Two Homemade Sauces for Your "Cold Dishes"
Sup, guys. I'm back, lol.
It's been a super crazy summer for us, going up to film in Shaoxing, then coming back looking for apartments, then getting ready to move, then settling in... Then finally getting back to a more normal schedule, nowish.
So right, we did the appetizer 101 video last week and made a garlicky sauce. This week, I...
2019-10-20 08:58:14 +0000 UTC View PostCalling all requests! Plus, a note about requests.
Ok, so I know it's been a while since I've done this.
Just to explain ourselves a bit... it sometimes feels like fulfilling requests can get sort of overwhelming. I mean, it'd be easy enough if it was stuff like "Country-style fried pork" (i.e. 农家小炒肉), but often (because many of you are excellent cooks already) the requests...
2019-07-25 01:52:30 +0000 UTC View PostWhere Shaoxing Fits on Our 'Tier List' of Chinese Cities
About a year back when we were traveling in Quanzhou, me and Steph were sitting around after dinner, having a beer and were killing time by ranking our favorite cities in China. We did this using a 'tier' system: see, if you know anything about China, you might know that the central government has certain ‘tiers’ of cities.
Basic...
2019-07-09 07:56:43 +0000 UTC View PostPatron Exclusive Recipe #13 Sesame Cold Noodles (麻酱凉面/Ma Jiang Liang Mian)
Sup guys. Again, appologies on being a bit late on Patreon recipe. We got a lot to catch up for the channel and everything after Chris is back from the U.S. Anyway, I'm on a noodle kick recently and wanna share the much requested sesame noodles recipe with you this week.
Let's get started.
2019-06-17 15:29:58 +0000 UTC
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Patron Exclusive Recipe #12 Northern Style One Pot Noodle with Pork Belly and Long Beans (豆角焖面/Dou Jiao Men Mian)
Sup guys. Sorry for posting a bit late again. We've been having this crazy schedule these two monthes and both me and Chris are under the weather for a little bit, finally getting better now.
This week I want to share a quick, easy and del...
Patron Exclusive Recipe #11 Shanghai Breakfast Rice Ball (粢饭团)
Sup guys! Hope you're doing great~
It's been a long week for us, the recent filming and editing schedule has been intense. Apologies for not putting this one out earlier. But I guess it's in time to use up some of the "old deep-fried dough"~
In last week's videos, we did soy milk and youtiao, which are the two figures among the “Break...
2019-05-14 16:32:48 +0000 UTC View Post