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I love pig cheeks! They are one of the most under-rated cuts of a pig. (4 pig cheeks for £0.92- enough to feed two!) Most chefs like slow cooking them by braising (and charge over £15 for them!) but the meat always turns out to be too tough and dry for my liking. It is best to roast pig cheeks! Personally, I think they are even more tasty than the classic Chinese barbecued pork as they more succulent and juicy. Braising is just so wrong!

Here is my recipe of roast pig cheeks (to serve 2):

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Marinate time: overnight (recommended)
Cooking time: 15 minutes Continue reading >>

Tags barbecued pork, braised, Chinese, golden syrup, mirin, pig cheeks, roast, sake

Categories Food & Drink, my food experiments

My favourite French Toast- Hong Kong Cafe Style

By winkypedia

January 24, 2011 //

French Toast is one my favourite Hong Kong Cafe food. It was inspired by the French pain perdu. The Hong Kong version is to use a thick slice of white bread, soak it in beaten egg mix for a few minutes until it gets ‘saturated’, and then deep fry it till golden. The finished ‘toast’ is then served with butter and golden syrup. They complement each other very well.

I know this dish has even more calories than my other favourite, pineapple bun with butter. But it is very tasty!

As a fast moving city where every minute counts, Hong Kong loses a lot of cafe which makes French toast the good old way now. Most cafe ‘cheats’ by putting peanut butter between 2 thin slices of bread Continue reading >>