(Photo by The Crepes of Wrath) Have you had a chance to check out the Appetite for China cooking videos yet? A few months ago I started putting together short ‘n sweet cooking videos set to music. As a visual learner myself, I personally think cooking videos are great for easing into new or somewhat [...]
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Sichuan Wontons + New Video!
Photo by The Crepes of Wrath Today I’m excited to share with you a special video collaboration I recently did with Sydney from The Crepes of Wrath. Sydney and I met a few months ago at a BlogHer theater and networking event and since then, her blog has been one of my new favorites for [...]
Chinese Barbecued Pork (Char Siu) + New Video!
An easy recipe for Chinese Barbecued Pork | Chinese Roast Pork
Chinese Scallion Pancakes + Video
(Photo: Ethan Finkelstein) Scallion pancakes was the first recipe I had in mind when I decided to start making cooking videos. It’s a simple dish, but one where it’s very beneficial to see the process in video or photos before starting out. In my new cookbook The Chinese Takeout Cookbook, I have a photo guide [...]
Tomato Egg Drop Soup + New Video
Love egg drop soup? For the second video in the new Appetite for China Cooking Videos series, I decided to update this post with a fun visual guide on making egg drop soup with tomatoes. Let me know what you think! I first made tomato egg drop soup in 2008 while living in Beijing during [...]
Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs + First Cooking Video!
I’m excited to share with you all the first cooking video on Appetite for China! For a while I had considered adding video to enhance the content on this site, and finally the took the plunge after being inspired by fellow bloggers including Pinch of Yum, Crepes of Wrath, and Steamy Kitchen, plus a great [...]
Video: Shanghai Street Food at Yuyuan Bazaar
Shanghai’s Yuyuan Bazaar is best known as a marketplace for all the souvenirs and tsotchkes you could want. It is also a haven for street food: soup dumplings, sweets, even birds-on-a-stick. Weekends are especially crowded, when even neighborhood grannies and little kids jostle with tourists to be next in line.
Video: Hong Kong Open-Air Market
Hong Kong’s Central district has a large open-air market that stretches for blocks and blocks. We head towards the egg stand and try the "Thousand-Year-Old Egg," a duck egg that has been preserved in clay, ash, salt, lime, and tea. Oh, and the name is a bit of an exaggeration.
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