Matcha (green tea) is probably one of the most popular health food at the moment. The full-of-life green colour of matcha powder, which is essentially the ground leaves of a special type of green tea, is a tell-tale sign of its many great health benefits. Certainly in Vietnam and many other Asian countries, matcha-flavoured desserts have […]
I first tried Singaporean snow-skin mooncakes a few years ago when I happened to travel to Singapore during Mid-Autumn Festival. The ingredients of a Singaporean snow-skin mooncake are relatively similar to those of Vietnamese one: the crust is made of glutinous rice and traditionally white (hence the ‘snow’ in ‘snow-skin’), the filling is usually made […]
If you have not seen the recipe on How to Make Traditional Baked Mooncakes, check it out here. Making traditional Vietnamese snow-skin mooncakes is a lot simpler than baked mooncakes: the skin of the snow-skin mooncakes is made from cooked sticky rice dough, which is edible on its own already and does not require any […]
Mid-Autumn Festival (Tết Trung thu in Vietnamese) takes place on the 15th of the eighth month of the Lunar calendar, when the full moon is said to be the largest and brightest of the whole year. For me, as a child, and for every other child in Vietnam, Tết Trung thu is not only a […]
Salted eggs are traditionally cured duck eggs that are usually used in fillings of traditional mooncakes, steamed buns, steamed egg custard and many more. Salted eggs can be easily found in many Asian supermarkets that are sold in different packaging styles. In the freezer section, you will even see salted egg yolks (salted egg whites removed) […]
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