Cantonese dishes

On MasterChef Australia, Hong Kong’s Mimi Wong is ‘very proud’ to celebrate Asian cuisine

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“She just pointed at a few things, and then went, ‘This is how you switch on the wok, and this is what you’re supposed to do. I’m just gonna leave you to it, and we’ll see what happens’.” A young Mimi Wong with her mother and grandmother. Photo: courtesy of Mimi Wong The resulting dish … Read more

The secret to good Chinese food? It’s in the sauce: ready-made condiments have the power to transform any dish

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Now I have many of these jars taking up way too much space in my fridge. Some mysteries remain, though. For example, hoisin sauce literally means seafood sauce, but it’s neither made from seafood nor used for seafood. A jar of Lee Kum Kee’s hoisin sauce. It is neither made from seafood nor used for … Read more