腊味萝卜糕 Golden Crispy Sausage Diakon Radish Cakes

I discovered Diakon cakes while living in Taiwan at the very delicious, ever so popular and plentiful breakfast shops found at almost every corner. I couldn't get enough of this rich, moist and flavorful savory cake with it's golden crispy crust and soft springy inside. Shop owner's were often very surprised and quite amused when I asked for Diakon Cakes instead of one of their many Western influenced dishes. There amusement always put a smile on my face and I would think "who can resist, who can resist..". Does this picture make you want to makes some and eat it right now or what?

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叉烧酥 Cantonese BBQ Pork Pastry- A Dim Sum Favorite

What is your favorite Dim Sum dish? or are you so overwhelmed by the variety of choices that you don't know even where to begin. Crazy about Chinese Food Chelsey here to help. Let me break it down for you bit by bit starting here with one very popular pick to get your mouth watering - Barbecue Pork Pastries with a buttery flaky crust and sweet and savory filling. Only this time you can make it yourself, save your money and get the sense of DIY satisfaction. Then once you have mastered making it at home an outing to a Dim Sum restaurant with friends and family is still worth a just because if only for the sensory and socially marvelous experience that it is. It's is not just about the food right...or is it? He He

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蛋挞 Cantonese Egg Tarts with a Secret Ingredient

Custard Tarts with Portuguese pastry were introduced into Hong Kong in the 1940's by Cha Chaan Teng, a Hong Kong Based Canto-western Restaurant by way of the Portuguese colony of Macau. Hong Kong Egg tarts are an adaption of Pastel de Nata found in Macau. I love how flaky and delicate the shell is with a rich smooth slightly sweet custard. Love at first taste!

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菠萝滑鸡片Sweet and Sour Pineapple Chicken with Tomato

This is a wonderfully flavored chicken dish with a sweet and sour sauce and big pieces of succulent pineapple. In China this is made with delicious fresh and ripe pineapple but canned pineapple is a just fine substitute in a pinch. Here is a link to a site that shows you how you can cut out the pineapple so that you are left with a pineapple bowl to serve it in for a really stunningly beautiful and impressive presentation.

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叉烧包 Cantonese Dim Sum BBQ Pork Steamed Buns

This is one of many delicious ways you can use up left over BBQ Pork-Char Siew. The dough for this style of Baozi differs from that commonly used for other stuffed steamed breads. The dough used to make Cantonese BBQ Pork Steamed Buns has more of a biscuit like texture but at the same time being light and fluffy like bread.

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叉烧 Cantonese BBQ Pork-Char Siew

This recipe makes quite a bit. I did this on purpose as I have at least two posts planned in the near future that have Cha Shao as a main ingredient. This recipe includes my copycat Char Shao sauce for those of you that already have a number of Chinese Sauces in your fridge and/or want to try making Cha Shao from scratch.

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糖醋里脊 Sweet and Sour Pork Tenderloin

 There is a lot of debate as to where this dish is from; Zhejiang, Canton and Sichuan all claim it as their own. This dish has now become one of the most popular dishes in Chinese restuarants all over the world.

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芒果布丁 Mango Pudding

This cantonese dessert is heaven on the taste buds. So light and refreshing.

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蒜蓉西兰花 Garlic Broccoli

This is a very tasty way to enjoy broccoil, so flavorful and fresh. In fact, this is without a doubt my favorite way to enjoy broccoli and it is so simple and quick to cook up.

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