When I have the time and inclination, I like to bake my own bread and rolls. Recently, I came across a recipe for a Japanese white bread called “Shokupan” and was interested in making it myself. While browsing the internet for more information on making this specific bread, it was repeatedly emphasized that you should…
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5 Spice Pork Neck Bao Buns with Glazed Vegetables
Bao buns became popular in Asian restaurants in Europe in the 2000s. They are essentially made like bread from flour, yeast, water, and sugar. However, instead of being baked, bao buns—or more accurately, gua bao—are steamed over hot water. I first tried this recipe when I had friends over for dinner. My friends and I…
Delicious Homemade Poke Bowl Recipe
I am honest, first time I tried poke bowl was early this year. I love Asian food, I often saw this dish on delivery lists, but it never came to my mind to order. Until… Like every year, in February I visited my home country, Germany, with my daughter. We returned to our AirB&B hungry…
Homemade Chocolate Bar Dubai Style
Everybody is talking about “Dubai Chocolate”. So do I… When my social media and web browser algorithm found out that I was searching for pistachio cream recipes, it thought I might be interested in this new trend and suggested it to me everywhere. I found the idea interesting as sweets with Kataifi pastry are one…
Homemade Pistachio Cream
Wherever I lately surf German internet and social media, everybody is talking about pistachio cream. Especially in Germany this cream became a real hype, most notably a very specific from a German supermarket chain. You can imagine that because of this hype the cream is sold out everywhere. Being curious about the taste I wanted…
Ginger-Lemon-Marmalade (Jam)
During his working life, my dad traveled all around the world. When he had some work to do in England he brought back ginger marmalade from Chivers for us as souvenir to try. I really liked it very much! So, during my time at school, I had the chance to visit England a couple of…
Fruity Pork Roll
First time we tried this dish we purchased it ready to cook from a local supermarket. As we liked it very much I decided to make it myself and it turned out really good. It is easy to make and the ideal dish if you invite for a party. The recipe is enough for at…
Homemade Curry Paste
Since a few years, in Greece, where I live, it is getting easier to buy exotic spices in the big supermarkets. So, it makes it much easier to cook Asian style food which lately is the favorite of my daughter and even my husband is willing to try and appreciate. Still, some things are not…
Fried Noodles with Vegetables – Two Ways
My daughter loves Asian style noodles. Unfortunately, during lock-down for one year by now, her favorite take-away Noodle-bar is closed. So we decided to cook it ourselves. Once per week, when she has the morning off from her online university lectures, she likes to try out different new Asian dishes and cooks for all of…
Fish Filet with Herbs Crust Provençal
During my childhood in Germany my mother used to make fish filet with herbs crust. She bought it deep-freezed from the supermarket. You might have seen it yourself in your local store. You will find it from different producers called “Cod Bordelaise” or “Cod Provençal”. In Germany they call it “Schlemmerfilet”. It was our favorite…
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