Braised Pork Rib with Yam (芋头炖排骨)

Ingredients
1 lb pork ribs
1 yam - peeled, cut into cubes and fried
1 knob old ginger - sliced
3 cloves garlic - peeled and smashed
2 stalk green onion (white part only) - cut into 2 cm length
4 dried mushrooms - soaked, drained and quartered
1 tsp fermented black beans - washed with water and drained
1 tbsp soy sauce
dash of pepper
2 tbsp rock sugar
2 cups water
2 tbsp cooking oil

Stir Fried Leek with Pork Belly and Beancurd

Ingredients
1 stalk leek - sliced diagonally (separate stalk part and green leafy part)
150 pork belly - cut into thin slices
1/2 block beancurd - cut into thick strips and fried
3 cloves garlic - chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp cooking oil

Claypot Chicken with White Mushroom

Ingredients

12 fresh white mushrooms - cut into halves

3 pcs of boneless skinless chicken drumsticks - cut into 1 1/2cm cubes
1 small bunch broccoli
12 pcs baby carrots - cut into bite-sized pieces

2 stalks green onion (white part only) - cut into 3cm length

2 slices ginger

2 cloves garlic - minced

1 tbsp shaoxing wine - for drizzling
1/2 cup water

cooking oil

Buddha's Delight/Luo Han Zhai (罗汉斋)

Ingredients
1/4 small cabbage - cut into pcs
1 large pc dried black fungus - soaked, trimmed and cut into pieces
dried mushroom - soaked, stem trimmed and quartered
dried lily buds - soaked, ends trimmed and knotted
dried bean curd stick (tau kee) - blanched in boiling water till soft
1 carrot - peeled and sliced
1 coil dried vermicelli (dong fen) - soaked in water till soft
8 pcs canned mock abalone
1 tsp minced ginger
1 cup water
2 tbsp vegetable oil

XO Fish Head Bee Hoon (鱼头米粉)

Ingredients

for 2 pax

300g halibut collar - chopped into big chunks

1 packet rice sticks - cooked according to instructions

4 slices ginger - julienned

2 stalks green onion - white parts only, cut into 2cm length

1 tbsp condensed milk

1/2 tsp sesame oil

salt and pepper to taste

oil for deep frying

Pan Fried Pumpkin Kueh (金瓜糕)

Ingredients
refer to here

Steamed Pumpkin Kueh (金瓜糕)

Ingredients

500g pumpkin - cut into small cubes

4 dried mushrooms - soaked, drained and diced

70g dried prawns - soaked and drained

2 chinese sausage - diced

4 cloves garlic - chopped

4 shallots - sliced

1 tbsp soy sauce

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

500ml water

2 tbsp oil

Stir Fried Cucumber with Prawns

This is a light and refreshing vegetable dish.
Ingredients
1 cucumber - peeled, cut into half lengthwise and sliced
2 tbsp prawns - i use cooked oregon shrimps
1 clove garlic - chopped
1 tsp oyster sauce
1 tsp soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup water
cornstarch solution
1 tbsp cooking oil

Braised Cauliflower with White Mushrooms

Ingredients
2 tbsp cooked oregon shrimps
1 small head cauliflower - trimmed and cut into florets
8 baby carrots
1 tomato - quartered
10 fresh white mushrooms - sliced thickly
1 shallot - sliced
2 slices ginger
1/4 white onion - diced
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp cooking oil

Mao Gua Tang (Hairy Gourd Soup)

Ingredients
1 fuzzy melon (mao gua) - peeled and cut into chunks
few pieces of pork ribs - blanched in boiling water
4 shitake mushrooms - soaked, drained and cut into quarters
12 red dates
2 dried scallops
5 dried mussels
2 slices of ginger
8 white peppercorns - pounded
2 cloves garlic - lightly smashed
1 tbsp rice wine
salt to taste
5 - 6 bowls of water