Simple Cantonese Home Cooking

I live alone and work long hours. But when I'm tired of eating out, I'll find time to do some home cooking. I am Cantonese, and Cantonese cuisine can be extremely simple. Let me show you how simple it can be.

First cook a pot of plain rice. Then beat up two eggs and stir fried them with hams. I am very picky on hams. Villani Pancetta - Amatriciana is my favourite because it is very yummy and in cubes, though expensive. I can cook them immediately from package.

Total cooking time: 20 minutes

Two eggs: HK$3

80 grams of Villani Pancetta - Amatriciana: HK$33.5

Total cost: HK$36.5 (US$4.7)

意大利火腿炒旦伴白飯

Hong Kong Chinese Food - Home Made Dishes

Classic Shanghainese Banquet

Dinner date: March 26, 2008
Occasion: My house-warming dinner
Number of People: 15
Cost: HK$3,500 (US$449), inclusive of 10% service charge
Restaurant name: Hong Kong Lao Shanghai Restaurant
Restaurant address: Basement, Novotel Century Hotel, 238 Jaffe Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Restaurant telephone: 852- 2827-9339
Anna's comment: My new house is not big enough to entertain all my family members, so after a brief visit to my house, we walk over to a nearby hotel and have an authentic Shanghainese banquet. I booked a private room with minimum expenses of HK$3,000. Very efficient and friendly service.

I receive a wealth-attracting cat as a gift

我的入伙禮物 - 招財貓

My family members come celebrate my moving into a new house

我的全家福
FourDishes of Starters

Cucumber with Sea Jelly Noodle　翡翠, 蜇頭
Preserved Fish & Pork　熏魚, 肴肉
Preserved Vegetarian Roll & Beancurd　素鵝, 烤麸
Chicken Preserved with Hua Diao Wine 花雕醉鷄
Deep Fried Dual, with Salt & Chilli - Pork Chop & Beancurd
椒監炸雙拼 - 排骨, 豆付
My Most Favourite Dish of Tonight

Sauteed Shrimps (from river)　清炒河蝦仁
Stewed Pork Knuckles　冰糖煨元蹄 Buns served with Pork Knuckles
Deep Fried Duck　香酥鴨
Ham and Vegetables　金腿鴛鴦蔬
Sweet & Sour Fish　松鼠桂魚
Wanton Soup with Chicken & Ham　火朣雲吞鷄
My Second Most Favourite Dish of Tonight

Xiao Lung Bao, vegetarian filling　葷素小笼包
Xiao Lung Bao - meat filling
Deep Fried Green Onion Pancake　蔥油餅
Shanghainese waiter serving us sweet dumpling dessert with cassia flower

桂花釀雙丸
Hong Kong Chinese Food - Shanghainese Banquet

Good Friday Cantonese Dinner

Dinner date: March 21, 2008
Occasion: Casual dinner
Number of People: Four
Cost: HK$375 (US$48), including 10% service charge
Restaurant name: Foo Lum Roast Goose Hot Pot Restaurant
Anna's comment: This is a Cantonese restaurant, but we can’t stand the low price of a Peking duck, which costs only HK$38 (US$4.9) for a half duck. However it has more fat than those we eat in Beijing. Actually we should go for the restuarant's name, either roast goose or hot pot.

Shark Bone Soup with Chicken and Meat　鯊魚骨鷄湯

Stir Fried Prawns　炒蝦球
Roasted Pork's Belly　燒腩仔
Vegetable in Hot Pot　啫啫通菜煲
Peking Duck 北京填鴨
Hong Kong Chinese Food - Cantonese Dinner

Good Friday Chiu Chau Lunch

Lunch date: March 21, 2008
Occasion: Casual lunch
Number of People: Two
Cost: HK$190 (US$24.4), including 10% service charge
Restaurant name: The Grace Garden
Restaurant address: 12/F Times Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Restaurant telephone: 852-2506-3366
Anna's comment: Today’s dessert ‘crystal dumplings’ is of four different fillings, this is something new and interesting. All our dishes today are signature Chiu Chow dishes.

Oyster Pancake 煎蠔餅

Preserved Pork's Belly & Beancurd 豬腩肉豆付
Preserved Pork's Knuckle 豬手仔
Crystal Dumplings 四色水晶包

No photo taken - mini glutinous dumpling 珍珠鷄

Hong Kong Chinese Food - Chiu Chau cuisine

Cantonese Pan Fried Eggplant

Lunch date: March 15, 2008

In today's dim sum lunch, two of the dishes are exceptionally nicely done.

Pan Fried Eggplant Filled with Minced Fish 煎釀茄子

Only HK$16.8 + (US$2.15)Stir Fried Quo Diao (flat noodle) 炒貴刁

Originates from Singapore/Malaysia, but widely popular in Hong Kong.

Slightly spicy. HK$68 + (US$8.7) - slightly expensive

Hong Kong Chinese Food - Dim Sum lunch

A Deluxe Cantonese Seafood Dinner

Dinner date: March 1, 2008
Occasion: To celebrate my lucky draw wins
Number of People: 7
Cost: HK$2,180 (US$279), inclusive of 10% service charge
Restaurant name: Sportful Garden Restaurant
Restaurant address: 8 Fleming Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Restaurant telephone: 852-2258-7688
Anna's comment: I won some extra cash from a lucky draw last Friday. So I call on my family members for a small celebration. We are Cantonese, so Cantonese cuisine, especially seafood is our favourite. Tonight, we have picked a number of seafood dishes from this famous Cantonese seafood restaurant.

Abalone - Dual Style

Abalone in Soup 鮑魚燉湯

The Brilliant Abalone

Braised Sliced Abalone with Vegetable 鮑魚片炆豆苗

Assorted Platter 四色拼盤

Shark Fin from Our Shark Fin Soup 砂窩鷄煲翅

Pan Fried Oysters 黃金煎生蠔

Salt Chicken盐焗鷄

Stewed Pork with Vegetable　荷香卤肉

No photos taken: desserts and fruits

Hong Kong Chinese Food - Cantonese Seafood

 

 

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