Mian Zhi Niu Rou Wo Mi SERVES:4 250g dried rice noodles, round or flat 375g minced beef 12 tablespoons groundnut...
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Dou Fou Bo Cai Tang SERVES:4 500g fresh spinach 285g packet silken(soft) tofu(beancurd) 1.2 litres(2 pints) chicken stock 1tablespoon shaoxing...
Bai Cai Tang SERVES:4 1.2 litres(2 pints) chicken stock 175g(6oz) lean pork, shredded 4 teaspoons light soy sauce 2teaspoons shaoxing...
Su Mi Rou Tang SERVES:4 1.2litres(2 pints) chicken stock 500g(1 lb) fresh corn cobs, kernels removed, or 250g(8 oz) frozen...
Black beans These small, black fermented soya beans have a distinctive, slightly salty taste and a rich smell, and are...
There are two parts to making yuanxiao and tangyuan-making the filling, and assembling the dumpling. The filling consists mainly of granulated...
Another distinctive Spring Festival activity is the custom of making New Year's calls to friends and family in the first days...
No Spring Festival would be complete without the sound of firecrackers. Firecrackers and fireworks are traditionally set off on New...
In northern China,the first meal of the New Year is boiled jiaozi(stuffed dumplings).In the south,it is niangao(New Year's cake).In Chinese,niangao...
Celebrating Lunar New Year's Day:Happiness All Around; Lunar New Year's Day is the first day of the year, according to...
On New Year's Eve, the house is brightly lit as the whole famlly stays up all night to see out...
Jiaozi(boiled dumplings stuffed with meat and vegetable filling) are also known as gengnian jiaozi (seeing in the new year dumplings)....
The traditional New Year's Eve feast. held on the in the countryside events of Spring Festival, greatly beloved among Chinese...
Making sacrifices to the ancestors is one of the most important folk customs of Spring Festival.Traditionally,households prepared for New Year's...
China's Oyster Island' The oysters produced in the waters around the city's Hengqin Island present the quintessential example of Nature's...
Qingkou MUSSELS FROM GUISHAN ISLAND Guishan Island is THE place to indulge in"qingkou"(blue mussels), an edible clam species living on...
Care for a taste of China's best groupers, freshest oysters and sea urchins, and the well-kept secret recipe of "seahorse...
New Year pictures, as their name implies, are made especially to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday. With the coming...
New Year's Eve is the time to put up new Spring Festival couplets for the coming year. Spring Festival couplets...
Every year on New Year's Eve, people paste up images of the Door God on their doors. The Door God,...