a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in Cantonese, Chinese, dim sum, dining out, food, London, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Aug 27th, 2009
Background: If you’ve been reading my blog or following my tweets for a while, you may know that I’m a huge fan of dim sum and that one of my favourite restaurants in London for dim sum is Pearl Liang (the others being Yauatcha and Yum Cha). As my last dim sum post on Pearl [...]
Posted in Chinese, dim sum, dining out, dumplings, food, London, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Jul 13th, 2009
Background: I really wanted to like Min Jiang because I’m always on the lookout for excellent Chinese restaurants in London, particularly for dim sum. Ever since the Singaporean Chinese restaurant group of two opened a sister restaurant in London, I’ve contemplated eating there. Min Jiang specialises in Beijing kaoya (Beijing roast duck), which I also [...]
Posted in awards, cookery, cookery books, cooking, dim sum, dining out, food, Hunan, Japanese, London, Michelin star, pizza, restaurant review, restaurants, Taiwanese, traveleating on Jun 30th, 2009
I suppose I had better start with the Guild of Food Writers 2009 Awards party, which I attended last Thursday as a shortlistee for the New Media category. I didn’t win, but I did get the opportunity to meet some fantastic people, including my two ‘rivals’ for the New Media award, Tim Hayward from the [...]
Posted in Chinese, dim sum, dining out, dumplings, food, London, restaurant review, restaurants, Taiwan, Taiwanese, traveleating on Jun 19th, 2009
[UPDATE - October 2009: I've returned to Leong's Legend for dim sum and it's turning into a reliable Chinatown dim sum spot for me. Apart from more xiao long bao (such good value and very soupy), I again ordered the Taiwan mini kebab with pork. It's very filling and most delicious. The pork belly rice [...]
Posted in Cantonese, Chinese, cookery, cooking, dim sum, England, food, recipe on Jun 16th, 2009
Although I cook Chinese food at home and I know more or less how to combine various ingredients and achieve the flavours that I want, I’ve always regretted not learning more from my mother when I was younger. In order to build up my confidence, I’ve been planning to attend a Chinese cookery class for [...]
