Egg Roll Recipe

By Hilah | March 21, 2014 |

From what I gathered on the internet, the egg rolls you find at Chinese restaurants are evolved from the more delicate spring rolls actually found in China. Spring rolls are so called because they are served in the spring time, and at Chinese New Year. Egg rolls are so called because the wrappers (or “skins”)…

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Beef and Broccoli

By Hilah | January 29, 2013 |

Beef and Broccoli Recipe Video – scroll down for recipe card I love “Chinese” food. I mean the probably-very-far-from-the-real-thing American-style Chinese food, to be clear, dishes like beef and broccoli and the closely related broccoli in garlic sauce. When I was in high school, there was this Chinese place, Cafe Pacific, that me and my…

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Steamed Pork Buns

By Hilah | January 20, 2012 |

Happy New Year, Everybody! No I’m NOT reading that calendar wrong. I’m talking about Chinese New Year! Yeah, you read that right. And I made me some dim sum. I shortcutted my way through the dough and the Chinese barbecued pork filling, leaving me plenty of time to roll these babies around my kitchen on…

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