About Me

Jan 30th, 2010 by admin

WHO:

Based in London. Born in England to Hong Kong Chinese parents. Grew up in Germany. Lived in Beijing & New York. Indulges in ‘traveleating‘. Married to a vegetarian. Lives as a carnivore. Works as a film examiner at the British Board of Film Classification.

Shortlisted for the Guild of Food Writers 2009 New Media Award, as the only non-professional food writer in all twelve categories.

The Top 50 Blogs About Good Stuff (lastminute.com)
Top 10 Travel Blogs (lastminute.com)
In The Kitchen With (Design Sponge)
Cookbooks & More: Asian Cooking (Design Sponge)
Awards for Word of Mouth Writers (Guardian Word of Mouth)
Guild of Food Writers Awards 2009 (Guild of Food Writers)
Guild of Food Writers Awards 2009 Shortlist (Bookseller.com)
London’s best food blogs & websites (Time Out London)
Food, Glorious Food! (DimSum)
Film & Food – A Perfect Combination (DimSum)
Good To Meet You (The Guardian)
Behind The Scenes (LSE Magazine)

Some of my restaurant reviews and posts are published on Urbanspoon, London-Eating and Dim Sum.

WHAT:

World Foodie Guide is a guide to ‘traveleating‘, travelling and eating being my two favourite pastimes. All food & travel posts and restaurant reviews are located under Food & Travel, while my traveleating plan for the next five years is outlined in 25 Food & Travel Destinations: A 5 Year Plan.

I eat well at home too, and like to try out new dishes from around the world. You’ll find these categorised by country under Recipes, while special Chinese ingredients (The Larder) and Chinese food etiquette (Useful Info) are subjects about which I enjoy researching.

HOW:

All the posts can be found via the Page tabs at the top. You can also use Recent Posts and Most Popular Posts in the sidebar, the Search function to find something specific (use quotation marks), or browse using the Tag Cloud, Categories or Archives. Two posts from the Archive appear on the front page every 5 minutes, while the Second Helpings monthly summaries are useful for locating older posts.

PHOTOS:

I am now the proud owner of the superb Leica D-Lux 4, but I started blogging with the Sony Ericsson K800i mobile phone before upgrading to the Sony Cybershot W300.

My photos have been published on San Pellegrino (food & travel articles), Fodors (Mario Batali interview), Whatsonwhen (Mercato dell’Erbe, Bologna) and Square Meal (Baozi Inn).

Helen Yuet Ling Pang @ World Foodie Guide

116 Responses to “About Me”

on 22 Dec 2007 at 10:30 am1ywrites

Wow!
This site is great! I’ll add you to blogroll!

Thanks!
Yasmeen
http://www.ywrites.wordpress.com
on 22 Dec 2007 at 3:09 pm2foodieguide

Thanks Yasmeen! Keep checking back, I’ll be working very hard from next year to post more interesting content…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 15 Jan 2008 at 4:57 pm3Sue

Can you tell me how to make dumpling wrappers without using wheat flour? I have eaten noodles made with only rice flour, but not sure how to make them! (My daughter is on a gluten-free diet, so she can’t have wheat!)
on 15 Jan 2008 at 7:27 pm4foodieguide

Hi Sue. Gosh, that’s a tough one for me, seeing as I’ve never made dumpling wrappers before! But you could use gluten-free flour instead of normal flour (eg wheat flour), which already contains a bit of rice flour. Then add a bit more rice flour to the mixture. Have a look at my mother’s recipe – How To Make Chinese Dumplings or Jiaozi – by Pang Wu Yui Yi. It’s more tips rather than a proper recipe, but it might help. Sorry, but I’m lazy and use only ready-made wrappers!…Good luck and let me know if you’re successful! Helen Yuet Ling
on 22 Jan 2008 at 1:33 am5BC

Good work – I love this site!

Been looking high and low for a decent mango pudding recipe like the ones they serve in restaurants in HK (for dim sum) and none of them have been any good! Gonna give yours a try very soon!
on 22 Jan 2008 at 11:00 am6foodieguide

Thanks Barry! I hope the mango pudding recipe works out for you. Let me know if you need any help, as I can just ask my friend who gave me the recipe! Helen Yuet Ling
on 23 Jan 2008 at 2:15 am7James Wong

Hi Helen! Warm greetings from Malaysia! Your blog has fantastic contents! Keep it up! God bless! : ) James
on 23 Jan 2008 at 9:58 am8foodieguide

Hi James! Thanks for this, I really appreciate it. Will check your blog for news from Malaysia…perhaps some food-related items too?! Helen Yuet Ling
on 28 Jan 2008 at 9:57 am9Lina

To Sue –

You can try mixing rice flour, soy flour, and ground mung/green beans and adding water to make the dumpling wrappers. Ground green beans are used in the batter for making Beijing jianbing (a type of savory crepe), which are sold on street stands with eggs and other delicious things. Perhaps these will give you a similar dough to use. (Now I want to try a fully non-gluten wrapper when I next make dumplings! How exciting!)

To Helen –

I already love this blog and can’t wait to read further. It gives me a long list of things to look forward to on world trips (or to try to find here in Hong Kong)!
on 28 Jan 2008 at 10:56 am10foodieguide

Hi Lina

Thanks for that tip! As a non-cook, I felt really flummoxed by Sue’s question. I’ll tell my mother next time about mung beans. My husband has used mung beans to make kimchi pancakes though, very tasty.

Any recommendations from HK would be most welcome! After an 11 year absence, I’m going back to HK (and Beijing) for 2 weeks in October, to show my husband around.

Helen Yuet Ling
on 11 Feb 2008 at 7:10 pm11Sophie

I love your website. I am a real foodie whether it’s home cooking or going out. I was looking at restaurants in Madeira and came across your website. What was real cool is that you also review restaurants all over the world and have really great recipes that reminds me of HK/China.
on 11 Feb 2008 at 8:02 pm12foodieguide

Hi Sophie, it’s exciting to meet another foodie! I’m planning a big foodie trip in October, back to HK and Beijing, after a 10 year absence. Are you off to Madeira soon? It’s great there!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 12 Feb 2008 at 4:38 pm13sophie

I am off to Madeira next week. I am excited about it. That’s a coincidence I am off to HK poss Shanghai in October too to see my folks/ and for the food of course.
on 13 Feb 2008 at 5:14 pm14foodieguide

I hope you have a wonderful time! October’s a good time for visiting HK/China. I really really wanted to go to Shanghai too, but because it’s such an important city for me food-wise, I didn’t want to rush it. So it’s going to require a separate trip!

Let me know which restaurants you visit in Madeira…
on 11 Mar 2008 at 3:55 pm15Wai-ling Phan

Hey I just want to say what a great site – the past few years I have been absolutely mad about food – cooking and eating all over the place. Just wanted to say what a great site you have here and I will be checking back for recipes and foodie ideas.
on 11 Mar 2008 at 4:01 pm16foodieguide

Hi Wai-ling! Many thanks for checking out my blog and for the feedback. It’s always great to hear from a fellow foodie! I’ve got some fun posts planned for the near future, and trips of course (Italy, HK and Beijing this year), so do check back! My next big task is to try and make xiao long bao…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 20 Mar 2008 at 4:19 pm17woowoo

Your site is such an inspiration! I just got my site up and running today and the filming I wrote to you about last month with commence shortly! I’m very excited and very inspired by you! Thanks for your kind words to me, and for all of this fabulous info on FOOD!
on 20 Mar 2008 at 5:14 pm18foodieguide

Hi woowoo

Congrats on getting your site up and running. No doubt it will keep you busy forever now! Thanks for checking in, and good luck with the filming…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 22 Mar 2008 at 5:32 pm19Stephen

Your site is just great, I don’t know why I did not find it before.
I will be looking at it a lot as I really Love Chinese and Italian food. If I lived in London I would hang around Chinese restaurants and India restaurants, that is for sure, as both are great !
on 04 Apr 2008 at 3:47 am20harinair

Hey Helen. Thanks for visiting my blog. I love Chinese food and so your blog is starting to become a regular destination for me.
on 04 Apr 2008 at 11:30 am21foodieguide

Thank you! Your blog topics are really interesting, so I’ll be checking back with you regularly too…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 06 Apr 2008 at 8:03 pm22Allen

Hi Helen,

I just came across your blog today and love it! I also have a foodie blog and often enjoy exploring chinese/asian cooking. I’ve added you to my blogroll since you offer such a wonderful source of information.

Keep up the great work!

Allen
on 07 Apr 2008 at 12:08 pm23foodieguide

Hi Allen

Many thanks for adding me to your blogroll! You are very multi-talented – I especially love the ceramic bowls and soaps…

Will keep checking your recipes. Fried tofu with pea shoot salad looks and sounds delicious!

Thanks
Helen Yuet Ling
on 30 Apr 2008 at 7:58 am24mrshbt

Dear Helen,
I found your blog when I googled on Hot Pot recipe. I have linked to your Hot Pot recipe because it is very detailed. I will be checking out your other articles. Thanks for sharing….
on 30 Apr 2008 at 2:55 pm25foodieguide

Hello!

Thanks so much for linking to my post on hot pot. Looking forward to reading your other posts too. It’s always exciting to meet a fellow foodie!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 04 May 2008 at 2:26 am26yraginnh

You asked which the reader preferred: boiled or pan fried Jiaodz and my family really likes the fried ones….maybe not healthier but ohhhhhhhh so good! And they love scallion rolls, I believe a Shanghai treat. All the Best, thanks for the tips, GaryinNH
on 05 May 2008 at 10:09 am27foodieguide

Yes, fried ones are the best! I eat them so rarely anyway that it doesn’t really matter health-wise, or so I tell myself. Scallion rolls I’ve not had, but in Beijing, I had a lot of scallion pancakes (similar thing I guess), which were delicious…Yum
on 12 May 2008 at 12:30 am28Philip

What a nice blog for foodies! Very informative, and you take excellent photos, too! I’ll be moving to London soon and will use this site as my reference for food-hunting
on 12 May 2008 at 6:42 pm29foodieguide

Hi Philip

Thanks for visiting! You’ll have a wonderful time in London as a foodie. Let me know what kind of food you like and I’ll try and point you in the right direction! The UK board on Chowhound is a great place for tips too, by the way…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 04 Jun 2008 at 9:27 pm30An Award!!! « Tess’s Japanese Kitchen

[...] An Award!!! Posted on June 4, 2008 by Tess Helen from World Foodie Guide [...]
on 05 Jun 2008 at 7:18 pm31vivien

I’m going to add you to my blogroll!! And ijust read you’ll be planning a trip back to HK! I miss that place so much! Even though I went last summer, food there is just soooo good and so much to choose from! I would write here all the stuff i ate, but then that would be a hugeee essay! I definately recommend you to try the satay king, korean bbq buffet and this other palce we went that in causeway bay or mongkok…….giggles not too sure now, but apprently loads of hk stars been there and been on newspaper prints too! =P
on 06 Jun 2008 at 4:55 pm32foodieguide

Hi Vivien

Thank you! Yes, I can’t wait to go back to HK (and Beijing too, where I lived in 96-97). The research on where to eat for 2 weeks will have to start soon! Thanks for your recommendations too. If you write about your HK trip on your blog (like a nostalgic post) please let me know…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 10 Jun 2008 at 7:09 pm33vivien

Was looking through blogs and i found the place in mongkok i was telling you about before. Its called 極之好粥麵茶餐廳.

site: http://www.foodeasy.com/hk/rest_review.php?id_rest=4298

The reviews arent too good, but i thought it was okie tbh and the service we got was pretty good……maybe because they knew we were foreigners?

But if you fancy going somewhere, where its been on newspaper prints and has photos of stars inside, then i would recommend it. I had the 車仔麵 which, i thought, was decent and it wasn’t too expensive lor.
on 10 Jun 2008 at 7:40 pm34foodieguide

Thanks for this! My problem is going to be finding places where my vegetarian husband will also be happy. Otherwise meals are going to be extremely stressful! It’s always a problem with Chinese restaurants in London, which is why I don’t go to that many. So Pearl Liang has his approval! As does Yauatcha.

I’m off to Italy this Friday, but when I come back, I’ll start researching my HK/Beijing trip properly! What fun…
on 28 Jun 2008 at 10:43 pm35Alex

Hey Helen,

just discovered your blog through wordpress – great stuff!

I´m in Argentina at the moment loving their spectacular meat… There may not be a whole lot of variety around here, but with beef this good, I don´t care!

I´m going to add you to my blogroll, maybe you could do the same if you like my site..

Cheers!

Alex
on 28 Jun 2008 at 11:07 pm36foodieguide

Hi Alex

Lucky you, in Argentina! It’s been on my travel wishlist forever. I absolutely want to go horseriding and feast on steak. I’ll check out your blog soon…

Enjoy the rest of your trip!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 10 Aug 2008 at 10:41 am37Kumiko

Hi, Really like your site, I look forward to reading through it!
on 09 Sep 2008 at 4:19 pm38kang

hi helen!
I love reading your blog! its just so well done, all the nice photos of nice food.
As a foodie myself, I was inspired by you (and a few other excellent foodblogs too) to start blogging about my fav hobby – eating!!

my website is called londoneater.com , there’s not much there yet as its still early days, but please do drop by and visit me someday, I’ll appreciate any comments + advice you can offer me.

thank you!
kang.
on 10 Sep 2008 at 1:27 pm39admin

Kang – thanks for your comment and compliment. It’s fun food blogging, isn’t it? I have had a look at your blog recently. Keep up the hard work. It’s worth it in the end.

BTW, could you please update your blogroll to reflect my new domain name? You still have me at Wordpress.com.

Thanks!
Helen Yuet Ling
on 21 Sep 2008 at 2:58 am40Laszlo

Love your site, keep coming back to see those wonderful food pix… thanks for the nice shots
on 21 Sep 2008 at 11:14 am41admin

Laszlo – thanks for visiting! I love using my new camera. I don’t know why I didn’t make the move from mobile camera much earlier. But I’m glad I did it. I’ll be taking a lot of photos on the trip next month to HK, Macau & Beijing, so check back then!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 22 Sep 2008 at 10:18 pm42Pedalaforte

Great site and really interesting, well-written reviews. YOu seem to enjoy the types of places we enjoy, which is to say non-stuffy, real-food gems (at least from the Italy picks)! Eat well/be well, which is kind of redundant. Ciao.
on 23 Sep 2008 at 8:18 pm43admin

Pedalaforte – thanks for the compliment! The restaurants I choose to eat in Italy are quite different – more relaxed, good value, great food. I’ve been banned from choosing Michelin-starred places as my husband hates them (with the exception of Dal Pescatore, which we’ll be revisiting next year, and the mistake of Scrigno del Duomo, which we came across purely by chance).

Helen Yuet Ling
on 14 Oct 2008 at 10:05 pm44Loving Annie

Good Tuesday afternoon to you, Helen ! How are you ?
i am really enjoying reading your blog – will add it to my links
Going to be in London next April – looking forward to trying several of the places you recommend.
(Food Snob sent me
on 22 Oct 2008 at 9:25 am45admin

Loving Annie – thanks for this! Back in HK now and with access to Wordpress after a week in Beijing. I really hope you’ll enjoy London, though the prices are astronomical compared to the part of the world I’m currently in!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 06 Nov 2008 at 4:23 pm46Bastian

Hi there Helen,
just wanted to leave a real big “thank you” I really love your blog, all those adorable pictures and especially the actual “Postcard from …” series!
All the best from Germany
Bastian
on 06 Nov 2008 at 8:26 pm47admin

Bastian – thank you to you for reading my blog! I always like to know who my readers are. There are still a few more ‘postcards’ to be published from the very long trip, but I enjoy writing them and choosing the photos.

Helen Yuet Ling
on 24 Dec 2008 at 1:08 am48Campusfork

Me. Born in Hong Kong, raised in San Francisco.
Your site rocks!
With high air ticket prices, food is an element that allows us to experience culture.

Keep writing!!
Love your pictures.

If you’re in San Francisco and need food finds, let me know.
I once was a food writer for a newspaper in San Francisco.

Keep writing!!
more pix!!
on 24 Dec 2008 at 4:29 pm49admin

Campusfork – thanks for this and good to hear from you! If I do visit SF again (haven’t been for years), I’ll definitely be in touch.

Helen Yuet Ling
on 19 Jan 2009 at 1:48 pm50adel

Hi Helen, thanks for dropping by my page..just added you onto my webbie.
Looking at your profile, I could only gasp at your multinational background and experience. Glad to see you publishing the interesting experience you’ve had and having on this wonderful webpage.
Keep up the good work and certainly would attempt on your recipes soon! Yummy..!
on 19 Jan 2009 at 9:17 pm51admin

adel – thank you, you’re most kind. I’m still struggling to use my camera properly, and as for cooking, well, I’ve not cooked so much in a whole year as I have this past week. It’s been a real learning process and I’m really enjoying it. And every time I cook something, I learn a little more. Currently trying to master Chinese steamed egg!

Will check back with you soon…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 01 Feb 2009 at 9:05 pm52Miyuki

hi =) i found u through searching for Princi. i’ve wondered around a little and absolutely love what i’ve seen! food food and more food! *drool* from now on this will be one of the blogs i regularly read =) thank you so much!
on 02 Feb 2009 at 4:53 pm53admin

Miyuki – thank you very much for finding me! I hope you’ll like some of my future posts too. I’m working hard on improving my photos and writing more clearly…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 07 Feb 2009 at 4:42 pm54Merlotti

Hi,
Just found your site and started following your tweets too! It all looks so professional, the pics look great and the food even better. Would love any advice you have to offer as I have just begun my own blog – http://direbonappetit.blogspot.com
Thanks – will keep checking back here for new ideas!
on 10 Feb 2009 at 10:44 am55admin

Merlotti – thank you! Good luck with the blogging. It takes up a lot of one’s time, but if you love food, it shouldn’t be a problem at all!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 04 Mar 2009 at 7:55 am56Yuko Carey

Hello. I have been reading your articles all the time and really enjoy it. Thank you. I travel a lot, love food and also write about my food experiences on my website so we share the interests. And I am a Japanese so I loved your Katsu Curry page!
on 04 Mar 2009 at 1:28 pm57admin

Yuko – great to meet a fellow ‘traveleater’! Thanks for leaving me a comment to say hi. I hope I made the katsu curry correctly! It’s been many many years and at the time my Japanese boyfriend and friends showed me how to make it, but I might have forgotten a couple of things. If there are any corrections to be made, do let me know!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 07 Mar 2009 at 10:35 am58aptronym

Are we related in some vague cosmic way LOL? I was born in HKG, moved at 3 to Australia, was at the LSE doing a DipSoc then MSC (Econs) in CJP 1991-93, and was a film classifier here in Au for 4yrs
on 08 Mar 2009 at 3:41 pm59admin

aptronym – what a series of bizarre coincidences! Maybe we bumped into each other in a tight corridor in the Old Building…Lovely to meet you!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 12 Mar 2009 at 3:47 am60aptronym

I was last in London 2yrs ago and have 2 sisters living there so we may well have walked past ea other at anor point too LOL.
on 12 Mar 2009 at 3:48 am61aptronym

Forgot to mention that I actually paid a visit to the BBFC when I was at the OFLC and on holiday in London. Think that was in about 2001 or so?
on 04 Apr 2009 at 12:10 pm62Pierre

Hi Helen – congrats on a fine blog and some truly mouth-watering pics! I’ve discovered it whilst doing research for the trivago travel community – perhaps you would like to also share some of your reviews and images with our members?
Regards from Cape Town,
Pierre
on 05 Apr 2009 at 6:23 pm63admin

Pierre – thank you! I’ll have a look at Trivago very soon…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 08 Apr 2009 at 5:53 pm64Christina

Just got into your site by accident… and read further because of your splash page with Portuguese Natas on the cover ) I am so glad I did … i love your site..!
on 09 Apr 2009 at 9:16 am65admin

Christina – lovely to meet a fan of pasteis de nata! Have you been to Belem? The ones there are the best I’ve had so far…Thank you so much for visiting!

Helen Yuet Ling

Carlene Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 11:05 am
@admin,
have travelled to Taiwan 3 times in last 3 years to visit our son who is working there. Made your dumplings. Beautiful.also went to an afternoon cooking class in Vietnam. Am trying to find out the name of the spring roll wrappers that we used. Could I send you a photo to look at to see if you know
on 15 Apr 2009 at 11:42 am66Armelle

Thanks for your wonderful blog, we followed your advice blindly on our 4-day week-end in London for Easter and never were disappointed (except possibly one over-priced dim-sum but then again you did mention it was trendy and expensive). My husband is a picky gourmet and thanks to you our stay was a success
on 15 Apr 2009 at 2:20 pm67admin

Armelle – thank you so much for leaving so many comments! I love hearing about other people’s experiences, so it’s much appreciated. I’m glad you had a good eating weekend in London, but I’m sorry about that dim sum lunch. You refer to Yauatcha of course (where I’m going this Saturday for a revisit review, which may be fun for you to read!). I haven’t been back in a while and I like to do revisits of my ‘favourites’ as I don’t like to recommend places that are no longer good.

Thanks again for all the feedback!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 29 Apr 2009 at 2:42 pm68Jamie

It’s so unfortunate that I’ve finally found your amazing blog when I am taking off on the T98 train to Beijing tomorrow!!! I’ve managed to scribble down some notable restaurants and I look forward to going to them! Love the concept of traveleating, after all, I tend to follow my stomach when I travel! After looking at your enticing pictures, I am definitely ready to take on the 24 hour ride tomorrow! Wish me luck!

Btw, this is also super helpful since my friend is vegetarian as well!
on 30 Apr 2009 at 5:55 pm69admin

Jamie – what a shame! But I hope you enjoy your train journey and look forward to hearing about your food adventures. My vegetarian husband had no problems in Beijing and loved the food there far more than in HK!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 12 May 2009 at 10:48 am70Fuchsia Dunlop

Dear Helen
I understand from the manager at Ba Shan that you need some information… please let me know how I can help.
Thanks
Fuchsia
on 16 May 2009 at 5:26 am71The Little Teochew

Hi Helen, greetings from Singapore! What a wonderful blog you have. Coincidentally, I’m married to a vegetarian too I have a “vegetarian chap chye” recipe in my (very new) blog that you might like to take a look. I sure am gonna try your dumpling recipe! Cheers!
on 16 May 2009 at 5:24 pm72admin

The Little Teochew – hello from London, and thanks for getting in touch! The link to your blog doesn’t work though, can you give it to me again?

Helen Yuet Ling
on 17 May 2009 at 2:13 am73The Little Teochew

Hi Helen, it’s http://thelittleteochew@blogspot.com
Hope you’ll enjoy browsing
on 25 May 2009 at 11:59 am74FatBanker

Hi Helen, I really like your blog and the way you have put it together! When I find some more time I’ll definitely be visiting and trying some of your recipes!
Keep up the good work.
on 25 May 2009 at 3:01 pm75admin

FatBanker – hello and thank you very much for visiting! Feel free to ask questions if you need more information about any of the recipes or posts. Sometimes I might not have thought of something to tell readers, so comments are always welcome.

Helen Yuet Ling
on 25 May 2009 at 10:42 pm76Moogly

Hi Helen,
I found your mouth-watering food pictures thru the search for food in Beijng.. I was borning in Beijing, and grew up in HK and now moved to UK for 3 years. Me and my BF are both love to travel and eating, that how we met at 1st place actually.. When I found your website, I was so exciting, it took me 2 hours to go thru your pix and I will spend more time here that I am sure! Thank you!
on 27 May 2009 at 7:42 pm77admin

Moogly – hello & thanks for finding me! It’s nice to meet a fellow foodie. I hope you’ll come back and visit soon…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 03 Jun 2009 at 2:55 am78Amanda

I’m about to fly to London for a business trip and I will definitely be using your blog as my eating guide. Are there any MUST TRY’s you should recommend to a Chinese Australian from Sydney?

I’m loving your site – keep up the great work!

xoxo Amanda
on 04 Jun 2009 at 1:10 pm79admin

Amanda – well, it all depends on what you like. Have a look at my favourites under London (Restaurant Reviews) and I’ve also written A Short Guide to Eating in London, which is under Useful Info. Enjoy eating in London!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 08 Jul 2009 at 10:43 pm80lady gray

Hello

love your blog and have seen you post some info abot some other underground resto’s in london and thought i would introduce myself. Have just started my own place called hidden tea room. underground/ home resto of course, but we do afternoon tea…. Would love for you to come along to one of my afternoon teas and let me know what you think of my new venture.
best wishes
lady gray
x

admin Reply:
July 12th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
lady gray – I did help out at The Underground Restaurant a few weeks after it started! Would love to visit your Hidden Tea Room one day. I’ll be in touch by email.
on 29 Jul 2009 at 5:53 pm81Mimi

Dear Helen,

I have only jus discovered your blog and I love it!
I also lived in several different countries, have eaten/travelled extensively and lived in London for 13 years.
I am about to leave for Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Beijing, Bangkok and Krabi and although I know it’s a lot to ask, but are there any must-eats that you would recommend?
How about eating beating cobra heart or birds nest soup in Vietnam and where (Saigon & area mainly, not Hanoi).
Your advice is greatly appreciated since everybody who I mention this to, thinks I’m nuts!

btw, try DININGS in Harecourt Street W1, off Marylebone Road – it’s better than Zuma!

Thank you very much,

Marina

admin Reply:
July 30th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Mimi – thanks for the Dinings recommendation, I’m actually going there in about two weeks. As for where to eat in all those countries you’re visiting, if you look under the Reviews page, you’ll see that I’ve only been to Beijing, so have a look at the Postcards from Beijing that I wrote last year. There’s also A Short Guide To Eating in HK, Macau & Beijing which you can find under Featured Posts in the sidebar. Have a wonderful time!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 01 Aug 2009 at 1:32 pm82penny

Such a lovely blog and good to have discovered it through twitter. I have just started blogging and this is such an inspiration. Thanks for your contribution!
on 02 Aug 2009 at 12:36 am83Marcy3pu

Oh my God! I am so happy I came up on this website. I was looking for a recipie for steamed dumplings (I am having a ta-do in two weeks and wanted to try something different). WOW! I am so excited, I am putting you in my Favorites immediately! Thank you. I live in Detroit, MI and unfortunately the only time I can get authentic Asian cusine is to go across the border (Canada) where everything isn’t slathered with gravies or sauces. Maybe one day we will get an adventurous soul who is brave enough to say “I’m going to show you how it is really done”, but in the meantime I will live vicariously with your neat reviews.
on 03 Aug 2009 at 11:54 am84admin

Penny – thanks for reading my blog and it’s great to hear you’ve joined the blogging community! Twitter is excellent for meeting new people…

Marcy3pu – thanks for reading! Hope the recipe works for you! What a shame you don’t live in a good area for Asian food. It’s fun to make your own food though (if you can get the ingredients!).

Helen Yuet Ling
on 23 Aug 2009 at 6:39 pm85Coffee & Vanilla

Very interesting blog Helen! It was nice meeting you and others yesterday. Margot
on 24 Aug 2009 at 8:20 pm86admin

Coffee & Vanilla – thanks Margot! It was great to have met you in Lille the other day…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 20 Sep 2009 at 4:35 pm87Tiramissu

Hi Helen
I couldn’t find any info re “German food in London” on your blog. Will you be able to recommend any good german restaurants that serve pork knuckles?

Thanks.

Great blog! Keep up the good work.
on 20 Sep 2009 at 7:38 pm88admin

Tiramissu – sorry, I don’t know of any German restaurants in London! I had my share of German food when I grew up there, and probably won’t have it again until I go back…

Helen Yuet Ling

Tiramissu Reply:
September 20th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
No worries Helen. Thanks anyway.
on 26 Sep 2009 at 1:11 pm89Catalina

I ma amazed wow, congratulations, I am a professional cook, and live in Bogota Colombia South America and I just stumbled in your blog because I was looking for a recipe, but.
You have just made my day, it´s amazing, it´s been a long time since i´ve seen something interesting and worthwhile reading, and actually enjoying it and not just feeling like its another tv show, and then put on the web.
You a re a true foodie, and a praise you for it, for you are able to make people feel comfortable with what you show.
Congratulations sincerely, and I hope one day i get to see you visiting south america and making sure people understand all our food wonders.
It´s a pleasure i will be a regular visitor.
Catalina Osorio
Chef Rotisseur
Professional catering
on 26 Sep 2009 at 1:59 pm90admin

Catalina – thank you so much for your kind words. Reading comments like yours makes me feel that blogging is definitely worthwhile! I would love to meet up with you one day. Cartagena is on my list of 25 food & travel destinations to visit, and I hope you’ll have some tips for me.

Helen Yuet Ling
on 02 Nov 2009 at 6:34 pm91Yin

Hi Helen,
I just found your web site for Goose. I can’t wait to try it. My parents are Cantonese and I miss you cooking. My parents do not use recipes to cook with and so I have a hard time trying to re-produce my favorite dishes. I will let you know what recipes I try and how they are.
Thanks,
Yin
on 02 Nov 2009 at 10:06 pm92admin

Yin – ah, the Teochiu goose recipe from my mother’s friends! I’ve never had it before, so I hope you will enjoy it. Look forward to hearing your feedback. My family also do not follow recipes, but in order for me to understand them, my mother had to write some quantities down for me!

Helen Yuet Ling
on 03 Dec 2009 at 10:18 am93Marie

Hi! What a fantastic blog! Food and travel, my two passions too
By the way… Norwegian food’s not that well known outside Norway, but it’s well worth checking out if you’re interested. Give me a shout if you need tips, recipes or whatever… All the best
on 05 Dec 2009 at 8:55 pm94admin

Marie – thank you very much, I’ll do that! I’m keen to try all kinds of food…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 16 Dec 2009 at 6:08 am95Jennifer @ Approach Guides

Hi Helen,
I was sorry to read your last post, but am excited for you as you embark on a new phase of life! You mentioned that you will continue to learn about travel, so please stay in touch and let us know if we can help inform any of your upcoming itineraries. Until next #traveltuesday…
Jennifer
on 21 Dec 2009 at 6:28 pm96admin

Jennifer @ Approach Guides – thank you, you’re very kind! I’m definitely going to stay in touch with you via Twitter re all things travel-related…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 03 Jan 2010 at 6:36 pm97Phaik Gee Choo

Hi Helen. I absolutely love your website. Eating is my passion too! Just read about Koba, which I am going to try, coz was looking for good ones other than Ran resataurant.
on 18 Jan 2010 at 4:08 pm98VeggieLondon

Hi Helen,
I’m a huge dimsum fan and got tired of scrounging around London for good veggie dumplings (so far Alisan in Wembley has a great lunch dimsum menu, though my favourite, Ba Shan in Soho, stopped making vegetarian dimsum after getting me hooked on their lovely Szechuanese ones!)
I just tried making steamed dumplings as per your recipe, but they came out a bit chewy. Any suggestions? Did I cook it for too long? Too short?

Thanks!
on 18 Jan 2010 at 8:23 pm99admin

VeggieLondon – I don’t know what wrappers you used, but that might have something to do with it. If they’re a bit chewy, you probably didn’t steam them enough. If you steamed them for too long, the wrappers become soggy and fall apart.

Helen Yuet Ling
on 06 Feb 2010 at 9:06 pm100john young

I have a similar up bringing and background, lived in New York, London, Hong Kong, and now Los Angeles (by the beach finally). I hope you will bring you multi cultural perspective into other subjects now that you are tired of food. I have always been impress by the depth of your coverage and may be a perspective that only chinese can understand.

Best of luck
on 07 Feb 2010 at 11:15 am101admin

John Young – LA, lucky you! Thank you for your kind words and for reading my blog…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 03 Mar 2010 at 8:53 pm102Eleanor Hoh (wok

Hi Helen, I can’t believe I didn’t find you till now, I stumbled on it looking up difference between Hotpot and Steamboat. I LOVE your wonderful blog. I know what you mean by “all or nothing”, are you a Virgo? It’s one of our traits. Well, you’ve certainly done your part and glad you’ll keep this blog up so we can still access it. My family and friends get sick of me asking them not to attack the food till I’ve taken the shots. Once you start, it’s hard to stop. Well, I hope you enjoy your ‘retirement’.
on 04 Mar 2010 at 9:06 am103admin

Eleanor Hoh – thank you! I’m actually Taurus (on the Gemini end). I hope you’ll continue to enjoy blogging…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 10 Mar 2010 at 1:45 am104Janet Birmingham

Thank you for giving of yourself to the rest of the world. I have just discovered food blogs (a little late in the learning curve but the right time for me). I appreciate your comments and commitment.
on 15 Mar 2010 at 5:46 pm105Linda

i can’t believe i only just discovered your blog. where on earth have i been living? haha! but i just want to say i just found your blog and have been reading for the past few hours ^.^ just sad to read about the retirement from food blogging but just want to say i absolutely your blog! especially the recipes which brought me here in the first place ^_^
on 15 Mar 2010 at 6:26 pm106admin

Janet Birmingham – thank you very much!

Linda – thanks for finding me! I hope you’ll like what you find here, even though I’ve stopped blogging…

Helen Yuet Ling
on 15 Apr 2010 at 2:53 am107Alison

Hi! I’ve been following your food blog for a while now and I really love it! I just started my own food blog in January! And I was really hoping you would consider adding my website to your blogroll!
no pressure

Anyways, take care and thanks for all of your posts
Alison
on 15 Apr 2010 at 9:19 pm108Phoebe Jones

I discovered your website when researching for the perfect Cantonese home cooking dish: steamed egg. I am currently living in Vancouver, BC Canada, originally from HK. I believe we are reputed (& true) of having the best Chinese food in North America. Have you ever come to this part of the world? Where I live 40% of the population is Chinese (from HK Taiwan & Mainland Chinese), the most diverse Chinese Food. We even have a food street (90% of the stores are Asian restaurants).
Regarding the steamed egg dish, we have a new more sophisticated version call King Shan Tofu: the base is a steamed custard using soy milk, chicken stock & egg white, topped with a seafood sauce made with small shrimps, scallops, diced chicken, squid, crab meat, peas, chopped carrot for look, or any combination you can think of. Vancouver sure has the best fusion food, and reasonable too.
on 07 May 2010 at 6:34 pm109cj huo

Helen,
Your WFG Blog is evergreen, good reading now and in years ahead.
Have you considered adding a bimonthly comment with some of your new foodie experiences? I’m sure many of the followers of WFG will be ecstatic !
on 31 May 2010 at 11:02 am110Tina Hill

Wow! really great blog. I love eating delicious foods. Thanks for sharing us this great blog:)
on 15 Jul 2010 at 5:34 am111grace

I randomly came across your “Kyoto Tales” entry while researching my upcoming trip, and I have to say it’s one of the best resources I’ve found so far. I love the photos, descriptions, detail, and everything! This will be my first time in Tokyo and Kyoto and reading your blog makes me so excited for the trip. Thanks so much for the awesome and super useful content! (^_^)
on 15 Jul 2010 at 8:03 am112admin

grace – thank you very much! I’ve just created a photobook based on my three Japan posts, which will be on sale soon. All profits go to a food-related charity. I’ll post details soon.

Helen Yuet Ling

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