Chinese Fried Fish with Soy Sauce is a beautifully simple dish that highlights crisp skin, flaky white fish and a fragrant ginger, garlic and spring onion sauce. The fish is lightly seasoned, dusted with cornflour and shallow fried until golden and crisp, then finished with a savoury soy glaze that carries a gentle sweetness. This Chinese Fried Fish with Soy Sauce is all about restraint, timing and letting the fish shine.
Roti John is a popular Malaysian and Singaporean street food made with soft bread, a cheesy omelette and curried beef mince. Finished with fresh salad, mayonnaise and chilli sauce, it's a rich, satisfying sandwich that's perfect for lunch or a hearty snack.
Soy Sauce Cola Chicken Wings are a nostalgic Cantonese-style dish where chicken wings are braised in a rich, glossy sauce made from soy sauce and cola. The cola adds sweetness and helps tenderise the meat, while reducing into a sticky glaze that coats each wing beautifully.
Finished with ginger and spring onions, this dish is simple, comforting and packed with flavour.
Som Tam Style Street Food Salad
Spicy Thai Green Papaya Salad, known as Som Tam in Thailand, is one of the most iconic street food dishes from Bangkok and across Southeast Asia. This Spicy Thai Green Papaya Salad recipe captures the classic balance of sweet, sour, salty and spicy flavours that define Thai cuisine.
Traditionally made using a pestle and mortar, Som Tam is all about bruising the ingredients rather than simply mixing them. Pounding releases flavour from garlic and chilli, softens the green beans and allows the dressing to soak deeply into the crisp strands of green papaya. The result is fresh, fiery and intensely refreshing.
These Twice-Cooked Hoisin & Chilli Green Beans are a Shanghai-inspired vegetable dish that delivers incredible flavour with minimal ingredients. Instead of the traditional deep-frying method, the green beans are first blanched, then stir-fried over a high heat until blistered before being coated in a sticky hoisin, chilli and rice wine sauce. The result is tender beans with smoky, charred skins and a beautifully balanced sweet, savoury and spicy glaze.
This Vegan Chow Mein is smoky, savoury and packed with crisp vegetables, springy noodles and golden crispy tofu. Tossed in a rich mushroom-based sauce, it delivers all the flavour of a classic takeaway-style chow mein without any meat.
This Cantonese Sweet & Sour Pork Chops recipe is inspired by the famous dai pai dong street stalls of Hong Kong. Tenderised pork chops are marinated with ginger, garlic and spring onions, deep-fried until golden, then tossed in a rich sweet, sour and slightly spicy Worcestershire and black vinegar sauce with crisp red onions.
Sweet & Sour Cauliflower is a vegan take on the classic Chinese takeaway dish, where crispy battered cauliflower florets are tossed with stir-fried vegetables and finished with a sticky sweet and sour sauce. The cauliflower is coated in a light beer batter and deep fried until golden, creating a crisp exterior that contrasts perfectly with the tangy sauce made from ketchup, vinegar and sugar.
These Hong Kong-style Crispy Fried Noodles combine golden pan-fried egg noodles with flash-fried cabbage and bean sprouts in a light soy and sesame sauce. Crisp, crunchy and packed with texture, they're a classic dim sum side dish that's surprisingly simple to make at home.
Rou Jia Mo is a famous street food from Shaanxi, often called the “Chinese hamburger.” It features tender, slow-braised pork belly packed into a crisp yet chewy flatbread. The pork is infused with aromatic spices and rich soy-based braising liquid, then chopped and stuffed into the bread with fresh herbs, creating a deeply savoury and satisfying sandwich.
Epic Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs are tender pork ribs first poached in an aromatic stock, then finished in a rich, glossy sauce made from black vinegar, soy and rock sugar. The result is deeply flavoured, fall-off-the-bone ribs coated in a sticky glaze that perfectly balances sweet and tangy notes.
These Salt & Sichuan Pepper Prawns are crispy pan-fried king prawns coated in a fragrant seasoning of toasted Sichuan peppercorns, garlic and chilli. Finished with crisp garlic, ginger and spring onions, they're a bold, restaurant-style seafood dish packed with savoury, spicy flavour.
This Amazing Pork Belly & Cola Stir Fry Recipe transforms humble cola into a rich, savoury glaze packed with tomato paste, dark soy and mustard. The pork belly is first poached to tighten the fat and tenderise the meat, then sliced thin and seared until crisp before being caramelised in a sticky cola reduction.
Szechuan Potato Stir Fry, known as Tu Dou Si, is a classic Chinese dish made from finely shredded potatoes stir fried with aromatics and fragrant spices. The potatoes are soaked to remove excess starch, giving them a crisp, slightly tangy texture. Infused with Sichuan peppercorns and dried chillies, the dish delivers a light, aromatic flavour rather than intense heat.
Black Pepper Tofu is all about layering flavour. The tofu is marinated, coated and crisped before being wrapped in a deeply savoury sauce packed with black pepper at different stages. The result is crispy-edged tofu that softens slightly in the sauce while keeping its shape, delivering bold Cantonese-style spice and warming heat. This vegan dish proves that when flavour and texture are built properly, tofu can be just as satisfying as any meat stir fry.
