Teczcape-An Escape to Food

We are heading towards soup season here, as temperature starts to drop. So it's soup dish today- Winter Melon Soup . Abeit the word ...

When cooked in soups, winter melon is typically added in bigger chunks or smaller cubes . I have even " pulverized " it before bu...

Lunar New Year kept simple by enjoying home-prepped veggies and soup with store-bought dumplings. Lucky (Huat) Veggies - a variety of eigh...

It's end of March but some days are still chilly and cold in the high 50s. Such weather calls for soups - not  stew-like winter soup bu...

Instead of making tomato egg-drop soup (similar to Bitter Melon Egg Drop Soup , Chive Egg-Drop Soup ) in which the egg is gently stirred int...

Amaranth. Is it a grain , seed or vegetable? While amaranth has been cultivated as a grain that is a good source of trace minerals and vita...

Soy-bean broth or stock is quite versatile and I absolutely enjoy it as a light-tasting broth for green vegetables e.g. Chinese Broccoli So...

This recipe is similar to Seaweed, Fresh Shiitake Mushrooms and Spinach Soup , however made simpler this time (without spinach) with wakame ...

Have you heard the Chinese saying: "fall/autumn's daikon is comparable to ginseng" 秋天萝卜是人参? It might be referring to the peak ...

Mild and harmless-looking, this is not your usual noodle soup . The kick of Thai red chili and Chinese black vinegar can just wake up your s...

It was the first and last time I bought cordyceps . Rather, Mom bought them...for me. Gosh. So super duper exorbitantly expensive! I was n...

This is another one-dish meal which saves me the trouble of cooking the noodle ("carbs") accompaniment. With homemade wontons (sh...

Thin strips of ham over macaroni soup - do you find this combo. of ingredients weird?  Ham and macaroni soup , a Western-style dish typical...

This Pork Miso Soup 味增猪骨汤 is new to me, as it is my first attempt cooking this soup and tasting it for the first time. So hearty and delic...

From the perspective of traditional Chinese food therpay, Chinese red dates (jujubes) - 红枣 （h ong zao ) and dried longans - 桂圆 ( gui yuan ) ...

One of the best ways to enjoy these precious organic heirloom tomatoes is using them, fresh and raw, in salads . But it was a cold winter...

It might not be scientifically proven but whenever possible, I try to cook seaweed soup especially after a long-haul flight (=exposure to co...

With homemade chicken stock (or even vegetable broth/stock), it was definitely easier to cook anything - at least, I did not have to wait to...

Soups made from homemade chicken stock/broth are definitely the "IN" thing around my kitchen. I can be quite an extremist - it i...

The first time I tried Burdock Root or Gobo (牛蒡) was a salad in a Japanese restaurant in Taiwan. The Gobo was sliced so razor-thin and fine...