Chinese Prawn Dumplings, also known as Har Gow, are one of the most iconic dim sum dishes. Recognisable for their delicate translucent pastry and juicy prawn filling, these crystal dumplings showcase the natural sweetness of prawns wrapped in a soft yet slightly chewy gluten-free dough. Mastering Chinese Prawn Dumplings is all about balancing moisture in the filling and handling the hot-water starch dough correctly.
This Bang Bang Cauliflower is crispy, spicy and coated in a sticky sweet-chilli glaze. With a balance of heat, savoury depth and light sweetness, it’s a bold vegan dish packed with flavour and texture.
This Charred Pineapple Sweet & Sour Chicken takes the classic crispy chicken you love and elevates it with deeply roasted fresh pineapple and black rice vinegar. By charring the pineapple first and reducing the sauce slowly with stock, you create a lighter, more natural sweet and sour flavour — less sticky, more refined, and packed with smoky depth.
Chilli Chow Mein Style
Leftover Veggie Stir Fry Noodles are one of the best ways to use up surplus vegetables from your fridge. This Leftover Veggie Stir Fry Noodles recipe follows classic Chinese wok technique, soaking dried egg noodles properly, drying them before stir frying and building a simple chilli soy sauce that coats every strand without making them soggy.
Inspired by Hong Kong style chow mein, this dish proves that Chinese cooking is resourceful and versatile. The key is never losing your sizzle, keeping the noodles separate and balancing spice, soy and sweetness for a glossy finish.
Super Simple Steamed Mantou are soft northern Chinese steamed buns designed for dipping into rich sauces like Singapore chilli crab or hearty curries. This Super Simple Steamed Mantou recipe focuses on kneading for elasticity, short resting times and a clever layered dough technique that creates delicate internal strands perfect for soaking up sauce.
Mantou are traditionally plain steamed buns, sometimes deep fried in Singapore to serve alongside chilli crab. The key is achieving a smooth, elastic dough with a soft Play-Doh texture before shaping and steaming.
Chicken Rendang, or Rendang Ayam, is one of the most iconic dishes of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Tender chicken slowly simmered in a rich rempah spice paste, coconut milk and toasted coconut, this dish is deeply aromatic, creamy and intensely savoury. As the sauce reduces, the oil separates and the flavours concentrate, creating that signature nutty, fragrant rendang finish.
This Thai Rice Salad (Khao Yum) is a vibrant and refreshing Southern Thai dish featuring naturally blue jasmine rice, crisp vegetables, grapefruit, toasted coconut and prawn floss, all brought together with a rich sweet, salty and tangy fermented fish dressing. It's colourful, aromatic and packed with contrasting textures.
These Five Spice Pork Rolls are crispy, fragrant and packed with juicy pork, prawns and crunchy water chestnuts. Wrapped in bean curd skin and deep fried, they’re a classic Southeast Asian snack with bold flavour and texture.
