This Hong Kong café classic is a comforting breakfast dish featuring macaroni in a light chicken broth, topped with crispy fried spam and a golden fried egg. Simple yet satisfying, it’s a perfect example of cha chaan teng fusion cuisine.
A simple, and quick glass noodle stir-fry - Pad Woon Sen is perfect for a no fuss midweek dinner!
Classic Ginger Spring Onion Chicken
Super Simple Chinese Chicken & Asparagus Stir Fry is the kind of quick midweek dish you would cook a few times a week in a Cantonese household. This Super Simple Chinese Chicken & Asparagus Stir Fry recipe focuses on high heat, clean flavours and proper wok technique to achieve tender chicken, crisp asparagus and a silky sauce.
The balance comes from light soy sauce, oyster sauce and Shaoxing rice wine, while a pinch of five spice in the marinade adds subtle warmth. Cornflour in the chicken marinade creates that signature silky coating that thickens the sauce naturally when it hits the wok.
A lighter take on the famous Hong Kong café classic, this version uses seeded bread, peanut butter and a simple gula melaka syrup instead of deep frying. It's crisp on the outside, soft in the middle and finished with a rich caramel-like sauce.
Chinese Pan Fried Pork Buns, also known as Sheng Jian Bao, are a Shanghai street food favourite. These juicy pork-filled buns are partially risen, pan fried until golden and crisp underneath, then steamed in the same pan to create a tender, fluffy top with a crispy base. The filling is rich with ginger, garlic, Shaoxing wine and stock, creating that signature burst of savoury juices inside each bun.
Garlic & Vermicelli Steamed Prawns are a classic Cantonese seafood dish where delicate prawns are butterflied and steamed over soaked mung bean vermicelli noodles. The noodles absorb the natural sweetness released from the prawn shells during steaming, creating a light seafood broth that flavours the entire dish. Finished with crispy golden garlic, sweetened soy sauce and sizzling hot oil poured over spring onion and chilli, this dish delivers bold aroma and layered textures.
Kashmiri Style
Indian Lamb Rogan Josh is a rich Kashmiri curry known for its deep red colour, warming whole spices and tender slow cooked lamb. This Indian Lamb Rogan Josh recipe follows a traditional one pot method, beginning with a freshly ground masala powder, browning the lamb properly and then slowly simmering with yogurt until silky and aromatic.
Rogan Josh was popularised by the Mughals and became a defining dish of Kashmiri cuisine. The name refers to “red heat” and “clarified butter”, describing both its colour and its traditional cooking fat. The key to a great Rogan Josh is building flavour through whole spices, allowing the yogurt to assimilate slowly and giving the curry time to deepen over a long simmer.
This quick and flavourful noodle dish transforms leftover rotisserie chicken into a satisfying meal. Tossed in a rich sesame chilli sauce with fresh cucumber and spring onions, it’s a perfect balance of savoury, spicy, sweet and tangy flavours—ready in minutes.
Transform your leftover roast chicken into a delicious sesame noodle dish! Perfect for lunch in under 10 minutes, this recipe packs sweet, sour, spicy, and umami flavours into every bite.
The Best Prawn Toast Ever is a chunky, rustic British Chinese takeaway classic made with generously seasoned prawn filling pressed into hollowed baguette and pan fried until golden and crisp. This The Best Prawn Toast Ever recipe focuses on maximising prawn content, keeping texture coarse rather than paste-like, and pan frying instead of deep frying for better control at home.
Prawn toast is believed to have evolved in British Chinese kitchens, blending Western bread with Chinese prawn paste techniques. By hollowing out stale baguette and packing it with fresh prawns, garlic and herbs, you get a far superior result to typical takeaway versions.
