#Braised Duck Porridge

[buffetlicious]

Late breakfast came packed from the coffee shop near to our house. Mum had the Braised Duck Porridge (卤鸭粥) with braised peanuts, extra duck meat and no skin. The plain congee had a ladle of the dark fragrant braising sauce added to give it flavours.

My Economy Rice (菜饭) box had a large braised pork belly taking up half the space with stewed eggplant (aubergine / brinjal) and sweet & sour pork taking up the rest of the box.

[40sandfabulousaf]

大家好! Usually, a flu/cold takes me only a day to recover, but a pesky cold bothered me for 2 days, so I walked to the nearby coffee shop for mutton, pork or chicken. Meat is fine and has its nutritional purpose if we eat it in moderation and I have some from time to time. What I take into consideration are: how often, how much and how the meat is cooked. Whilst oil is used in stirfried and braised dishes, I generally don't finish the gravy or sauces when I eat qing dan (less oil and salt), so a lot of the oil is left behind.

What I had: braised sesame oil chicken, tomato and shredded carrot scrambled eggs as well as stirfried bitter gourd and zhou (porridge). Iced local coffee completed the satisfying meal. The black stuff in some veggie dishes is hei mu er, which I eat to keep my blood pressure normal (due to its believed blood-thinning properties, it generally isn't recommended for those on blood-thinning medications here). Hei mu er is similar to mushrooms texture-wise; because it's tasteless, it takes on the flavour of whatever else it's cooked with. Bitter gourd helps prevent diabetes and in less severe cases, some claimed to have been cured naturally after eating it for prolonged periods.

Another day, another variation of fish soup, this time with yam (taro) rice. Chunks of yam, dried shrimp, cabbage and finely diced mushrooms are some of the ingredients used to make this delicious dish. At home, we sometimes swap the yam for pumpkin, which is just as yummy and nutritious. If you think about it, wholegrain bread and pasta are still made from flour, which is even more processed than white rice. Not to mention shortening is needed to bind the flour to make some of these breads and pastas so... 🤔

This week, 5 of us - MS, XT, JA, JL and me - had a stroll after our meal (our group is getting bigger!); on some days there was only enough time to circle the office building twice, but that was better than nothing. I hadn't expected this tbh; it was just a way of helping JL to break out of her largely sedentary lifestyle. On the way to eat, I casually suggested to JL that we might consider catching up on a weekend, grab a bite then go for a walk together since her home isn't that far away from mine. Hearing this, JA asked if we would head to her neighbourhood, on the opposite side of the country, so we can do this together. We'll see how it works out since all of us have time constraints.

The pesky cold is gone and I'm back to feeling normal, just tired from the heavier workload. In the last few days, a coupla gym bro friends have pivoted away from diets promoting 'healthy oils' to Asian qing meals and that's a good sign. To me, it signals that they're weighing the pros of 'gains' against the risks of hypertension and heart attacks in their later years. Sure, we may have harmed our health following 'experts' from countries with lousy health statistics but there's still time to change before it's too late. 下次见!

[umakemehungry]

When do you like to have kway chap? Breakfast, Lunch, dinner or anytime? 📍 Ji Xiang Braised Duck Rice Noodle Porridge Kway Chap
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[sonneillonv]

I left a reply about how I expend so much worldbuilding space on food as a dungeon master my players go to a new place and immediately demand that I show them the menu, and just in case you were doubting me, (and in case you wanted to read the menu) I wanted to give you this: The Trussed Toad Teahouse, located in Spinner's Dell, a township in Faery/The Feywild populated by spider-people. Their shingle is a bewildered-looking toad caught in a spider-web strung between bent reeds over a stream.

Spinner’s Dell has little need for a public house, but traders do come through periodically and there are harvesting or manufacturing seasons when hamlet-dwellers come to the village to assist with large community projects, so the Trussed Toad, run by Nephili Trivipe (NG Male Drider, Golden Orb Weaver), fills that niche.

The Trussed Toad offers meals of local cuisine, which may not be palatable to outsiders but is well-made and nutritious. In addition to individual meals, they can cater a banquet for the standard 10gp/person price (Drinks are extra). In general, they will only be serving one or two meals from each tier per day, but will open the kitchen for wealthy or famous clients who request something particular.

Snacks (1sp): cone of roasted/spiced june bugs, grubs, or cockroaches; a single caterpillar, grub, or centipede skewer; packet of roasted spiced nuts; braided honey-grilled spring onions w/crispy minnows; raw honeycomb with bee larvae

Modest Meals: Pan Fried Mealworms or Grasshoppers, Roasted Carp or Catfish, Roasted Chicken, Rabbit Stew, Snail and Onion Stew, Mixed Bean/Grub/Farro Porridge. Sides include roasted turnips, fresh greens, seasonal fruit and berries, and bread (red beans, millet and grasshopper flour) with honey.

Comfortable Meals: Roasted Goliath Grub, Snake Stew, Bean Bread & Plum Pudding, Grilled Caterpillar or Centipede Skewers, Venison and Bean Stew, Snail & Crawfish Sautee, Grilled Frog Legs. Sides include fried garlic blossoms, green salad with insect protein, rainbow carrots and watercress, and mustard radish chips.

Wealthy Meals: Stuffed Trout, Baked Pheasant, Poached and Peppered Quail Eggs, Sauteed Water Beetles (like scallops), Roasted Duck, Wild Pork, Slow-Cooked Offal. Sides include spiced fingerling potatoes, candied seasonal fruits/berries, braised vegetables, whole roasted songbirds or sardines.

I sure do talk a lot about food as a way to build connections with people for someone who never cooks

[moononmyfloor]

Masterlist of My Royal Feast Posts

Opening Credits: Featured Dishes Part 1, Part 2

How to Royal Feast: Official Recipes- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Royal Feast: Featured Dishes in Posters- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

Royal Feast: Background Information Videos- Part 1, Part 2

Ep 1: Sweet and Sour Live Carp, Crispy Peach Rice Crust, Burnt Bone, Bao'er Rice, Chicken Liver Extract, Steamed Tofu with Chicken Stock, Stewed Meat with Herbs

Ep 2: Mother and Child, Ruyi Bamboo Pith with Coreless Lotus Wine, Drunken Jujubes, Meatballs

Ep 3: Shrimps in Two Styles, Vegetarian Yellow Croaker with Vinegar, Stir Fried Vegetables Stuffed with Mushrooms and Meat, Plain Noodle Soup

Ep 4: Chrysanthemum Hotpot and Tea, Health Porridge

Ep 5: Emperor's Savior

Ep 6: Fresh Fish Dumplings, Qilin Fish and Fish with Winter Bamboo Shoots, Fish and Mutton Freshness and Fragrant Flower Fish Shreds, Fish with Fermented Beans and Tofu Stewed in Fish Soup

Ep 7: Puffed Rice Candy, Drunk Chicken Soup

Ep 8: Golden and Silver Tofu Soup, Fried Pomfret, Twice Cooked Pork, Grilled Pork Ribs, Stuffed Tofu with Spring Water, Stir Fried Shrimp with Tuna Sinensis, Boiled and Shredded Dried Beancurd, Braised Pork Belly with Meigan Cai, Stir Fried Chicken with Winter Bamboo Shoots, Duck Fat Layered Flatbread, Chicken Soup with Wine, Egg Shumai

Ep 9: Lion's Head Meatball, Tapertail Anchovy with Gold Foil, Chestnut Cake, Durian Chicken Stew, Splendid Lobster Rice, Pepper Pork Tripe Soup, Dragon Cucumber Salad, Steamed Taro, Grape Wine, Broad Bean with Fennel, Sugar Coated Taro, Roasted Goose with Shamrock Pea

Ep 10: Laba Congee, Longevity Noodles, Plum Blossom Porridge and Green Bamboo Welcomes the Spring, Box of Great Fortune, Coal Mine Icefishes, Snow White Chicken Floss, Deep Fried Prawns, Begonia Blossom Puff Pastry, Braised Sea Cucumber with Scallion, Two-types of Quick Fried Slices, Duck Cooked in Three Styles, Clear Soup with Cabbage

Ep 11: Wenzao Tofu, Chicken Roll with Pine Nuts, Braised Pork Belly, Cruician Carp Belly Soup, Dinghu Vegetarian Dish, Superb Crab Soup with Boiled Crab Claw, Stir-Fried Pig's Kidneys with Walnuts, Sweet Cotton Rose Bird's Nest, Three Blessings, New Year Dumplings

Ep 12: Taiji Hawthorn and Milk Cream, Tangyuan

Ep 13: Braised Rabbit, Sweet Walnut Dessert

Ep 14: Osmanthus Taro Cream, Lotus Leaf Porridge

Ep 15: Radish Omelette, Rice Soup

Ep 16: Longan, Goji and Pigeon Egg Soup, Emerald Buddha's Hands and Chicken, Soup with Pepper

Ep 17: Plum Blossom Noodle Soup, Peony Carved from Water Tofu, Jasmine Tea, Notes on Qianchun's New Year, Wangchuan Villa, Twenty-Four Solar Terms Wonton

Ep 18: Chestnut Yam Dessert, Thundering Chestnuts, Braised Pork Belly Skewers, Mandarin Fish Congee, Sweet and Sour Mandarin Fish, Carrageenan Salad, Golden White Jade Rice Ball, Frozen Golden Bell Chicken Jelly

Ep 19: Stuffed Bitter Gourd, Osmanthus Jelly, Golden Sand Red Rice Noodle Roll, Crab Dumplings, Sampan Congee, Live Shrimp, Sweet Egg Twists, Suzhou Ship Snacks

Ep 20: Milk Skin, Seasoned Flour Mush, Braised Pork with Soy Sauce and Wine, Mutton Soup, Dandelion Wine, Guilinggao (Tortoise Jelly)

Ep 21: Pepper Pear, Chrysanthemum Tofu, Lightly Fried Cooked Taro Slices, Parsley and Bijian Soup, Fried Stinky Tofu, Salty and Sweet Douhua, Prank Yuanxiao

Ep 22: Peony Shaped Salted Fish, Salt-baked Chicken, Three types of Steamed Cured Meat, Coir Raincoat Cucumber Salad, Pineapple Duck Slices, Century Eggs, Nine-Variety Box, Winter Melon Chicken, Mashed Chicken, Roasted Duck, Ladder-to-Heaven Duck Feet, Taiping Lotus Root with Assorted Stuffings, Shangjia Banglinxian/Fresh Bamboo Shoots from a Mountain Home Forest, Yunlin Roasted Goose, Fire-Free Roasted Goose

Ep 23: Auspicious Pork Knuckle, Steamed Crab in Orange, Winter Melon Surprise, Fried Shrimp Without Heads, Gold Dragon Spinning Silk, Lovers' Fishtail, Osmanthus Scented Pig Skin, Osmanthus with Crab Meat and Shark Fin, Pearl and Emerald White Jade Soup, Engraved Suckling Pig, Great-Harmony-Under-Heaven Hotpot, Crispy Walnut Cakes, Pigeon Soup with Coconut Milk and Dates, Sour Soup

Ep 24: Dongting Tangerine Balls, Angelica Steamed Chicken, Abalone-shaped Ghee Snack, Chamomile Seedling Porridge, Pork Breast Skewers

Ep 25: Roasted Lamb Ribs, Roasted Mandarin Fish, Bazhen Pastry

Ep 26: Xunchong Pancake

Ep 27: Reed Leaf Wrapped Rice, Sesame Tea, Milk and Lotus Root Powder Tea, Fruit Tea, Almond Cheese, Cherry in Curdled Milk, Almond Cheese, Phoenix Fetus, Steamed Softshell Turtle with Sheep Lard, Fresh Scallop Adductor Muscle, Peony and Lettuce

Ep 28: Lily Pastry, Zongzi

EP 29: Chamomile Cold Noodles, Mooncakes, Sticky Rice Cake

Ep 30: Fish Balls in Lotus Pods, Pan-fried Roujiamo, Lotus Leaf Fermented Fish, Shenxian Porridge and Rice

Ep 31: Honey Rose Taro, Thin Pancake, White Sugar Cake, Water Chestnut Cake, Green Bean Cake, China Root Cake, Yam and Red Bean Cake, Osmanthus Cake, Almond Tofu, Walnut Halva

Ep 32: Steamed Eel, Smiling Conch, Popped Crab, Rice with Abalone Sauce, Tiger Eye Candy

Ep 33: Dragon Takes Off His Robe

Ep 34: Yellow Croaker with Imitated Crab Roe, Steamed Shad, Flatbread, Chicken Congee

Ep 35: Stuffed Rice Rolls, Crab Roe Soup Dumplings, Juntun Stuffed Flatbread, Sheep's Head Meat Roll, Sha ("what") Soup, Steamed Sponge Cake, Fried Sangza, Puff Pastry with Three Kindes of Shreds, Radish Pastry, Noodles Served with Fried Bean Sauce, Pancake, Tanghulu, Fried Lotus, Fried Salted Shredded Fish, Ice with Cream

Ep 36: Zhongyuan Vegetarian Lunch

Ep 37: Duck Dumpling, Emerald Shrimp Bucket, Two Phoenixes Return to The Nest

Ep 38: Wheat Rice, Wild Vegetable Soup, Food for Guarding Mountains

Ep 39: No featured dishes

Ep 40: Flat Food

(It's hilarious how there was no space for the VERY last post, since I've hit the 100 hyperlinks per post mark right before the final dish🤣 Alright Tumblr, I understand. Time to say bye-bye to Royal Feast, it had been an absolutely educational, intriguing and OCD-indulging ride. See you at Delicacies Destiny!😘)

[ambivartence]

top 5 traditional foods :3c

!!!! omfg fOOD!! i love talking about the traditional chinese food i grew up eating 🥺

1. stir fry pork and bean curd - i ate different variations of this dish like almost everyday growing up!!! it could seriously be the only thing i ever eat and i would be happy. i dont think it's a super popular dish in the broader chinese cuisine so you wont see it on every menu but it's still relatively common and definitely a staple in my family <3 2. soy braised chicken - i literally just made this for myself last night but this or braised pork baby ribs (or braised pork belly or pig trotters for extra decadence) is eliteeeee u can make it simple or w lots of different spices (i like putting lots of ginger, scallions star anise, cinnamon, bay leaf, dried thai chilis) and then throw in some beancurd/tofu skin and shiitake mushrooms yUM 3. century egg congee - this is a simple rice porridge w cut up pieces of these special preserved eggs (if u google century egg it looks crazyyy lmao but trust it tastes wayyyy better than it looks) and i add ground pork too, and it's a super common breakfast dish especially paired with youtiao (chinese fried dough like an unsweet churro) 4. pork and chinese spinach dumplings - ok so i am too lazy to make my own dumplings so i buy the frozen wei chuan ones and im addicted to this specific filling/flavor like how r they so good wHy r they so good ??? why would i even need to go to a dumpling restaurant when the frozen aisle serves just as good LOL (jkjk i appreciate a good handmade dumpling too) also the wei chuan brand yellow dumpling sauce fucking slaps i have literally driven 30-45 min out of the city to go buy it LOL 5. peking duck - ok i rarely ever get to eat this bc it's like a special occasion thing (our family usually gets it for thanksgiving instead of turkey) and it's kinda bougie LOL it tastes best at like an actual peking duck restaurant where the skin is crispy and they carve the duck in front of u !! u wrap the duck in either an open bao or a bing (chinese tortilla?) with scallions n cucumber n hoisin sauce and this is literally one of my favorite foods of all timeeeeeeeee

> ask me my top 5 anything <

[thebleedingwoodland]

Reply from post Upcoming The Sims 3 CC Food... Authentic Chinese Food 

Hello @simsoftianxia​ ! 

Finally, there is actual mature adult, polite, and appreciative comment. 👍

Yes, actual authentic Chinese food is really delicious indeed. I am very glad that you enjoy my varieties of my food CC too ^_^ (which is...  zòngzi and Indonesian food). The authentic Chinese food I represented are quite expensive that are usually served in restaurant and the most famous ones.

The Sims is life simulator genre where Sims spend their time 30-40% eating as normal daily lives like real life human lives, therefore, food representation must be make sense and relevant like real life ones.  

From the render picture, clockwise starts from top: 

牛肉炒麵  Niúròu chǎomiàn (Stir-fried noodle beef) 

四川麻辣豬肉拉麵  Sìchuān málà zhūròu lāmiàn (Sichuan hot & spicy noodles, served with pork meat and Pak Choy vegetables) 

四川擔擔麵  Sìchuān dàn dàn miàn (Sichuan hot & spicy noodles) 

紅燒豬蹄  Hóngshāo zhū tí (Braised pork trotters)

紅燒肉  Hóngshāo ròu (Red braised pork belly) 

燕窩湯 Yànwō tāng (Swallow bird’s nest soup) 

蒜蓉炒青菜 Suàn róng chǎo qīngcài (Stir-fried Pak Choy with garlic) 

餛飩湯  Húntún tāng (Wonton soup) 

脆皮燒肉 Cuì pí shāo ròu (Crispy pork belly) 

And on the center is 北京烤鴨  Běijīng kǎoyā (Beijing roasted duck) 

Yep, there are a lot of Chinese food variants other than I created above due too many and there are many different regions/provinces provides each local cuisine. Hot pot, Dim Sum (someone in Sims community already made Dim Sum CC, no need for me to create), fish, crabs, pork sausages, rice porridge, century eggs, 饅頭  mántou bread, 油條  Yóutiáo fried dough similar to churros, and more🤤.

If you interested in Chinese culture, here is additional info written by myself, not copy paste from other sources:

Chinese food is meant for sharing. Chinese & general Asian culture emphasizes on family, unmarried adults still live with our parents. Chinese dining table usually has round shape because round symbolizes “unity”. One big table serves many varieties of meal as options, then put it on one bowl of rice with chopsticks. Chinese chopsticks are the longest compared to Japanese and Korean. 

Food that we ethnic Chinese usually eat is very different than food labeled as “Chinese food” eaten by Americans and Westerners in general. Real Chinese food has pork, seafood, vegetables, noodles (many variants of noodles such as wheat noodles, that has yellow color as the most common noodles known as 麵 miàn and rice noodles known as 米粉  mǐfěn), rice (as staple food, 粽子 zòngzi and  糯米雞 nuòmǐ jī , known famously in Cantonese: Lo Mai Gai have meat filling wrapped in leaves, rice porridge as comfort food), steamed bun, hot pot, incorporates 5 Spices (star anise, fennel seeds, Sichuan pepper, whole cloves,  cinnamon stick), and herbal as health supplement (ginger, red fermented rice (紅麴米)). Meat used are not just chicken, duck, beef, fish, pork, but there are a lot such as frog legs and sea cucumbers (very expensive served in restaurant). Also, meals using pork organs (liver, intestine, ear, nose), pig blood and chicken feet. As typical Asian culture, we are creative about food. One ingredient of food can be cooked in many ways: steam, boil, stir-fry in 10 or more 50 different ways.  

Fried rice is actually home-cooked food from leftover yesterday rice. But nowadays fried rice becomes one of important menus on food stalls and restaurants with a lot of modified 菜 （meat & vegetables) and seasonings. Meat used for the meal must be fresh, not frozen for too long. High-end Chinese food using high grade quality meat, seafood, and soy sauce.  

Definitely much more healthier and more variants than Americanized/Westernized Chinese “greasy - sweet sour something” which is labeled as “cheap fast food” in Western countries. 

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Therefore, do not believe “Chinese food” represented in The Sims 2,3,4. All of them are not authentic, Westernized Chinese food in Western countries’ Chinatown, cannot represent real food in China, Taiwan, Hongkong. Because of too many variants, TS3 World Adventures should provide more local food slots for Shang Simla (has 2) rather than Champs Les Sims (has 4). 

[randomingoftherandomness]

Hi, do you accept mpreg Wen kexing prompt? If you do kindly accept below prompt.

Wen kexing is married to Zhou zishu and currently wen kexing is expecting with very bad morning sickness and almost miscarriage. A-xu is very protective and worried make wen kexing bed rest and he do all the house chores (cooking,cleaning).

Thank you 😁

A/N: I’d like to remind everyone that our darling Laopo cannot cook in canon 😂 please don’t come at me about this

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“I can’t decide if you’re trying to make me vomit again or if you’re trying to knock me out with this,” Lao Wen sighs, looking up at Zishu from under the dark fan of his lashes. “This is vile, Ah Xu.”

Zishu would protest; would kick up a fuss about how he had poured his heart and soul into cooking that porridge down to the near liquified texture Lao Wen likes, how Lao Wen needs to eat something at least after regurgitating back everything he had consumed. Or even insist on how he was worried about the bruise-like shadows under his dark eyes that stand out so stark against the pale, wan quality of his skin.

But none of them pass his lips. Instead, he purses his lips into a thin line and sits down on the bed. 

“You still need to eat something,” Zishu says, picking up the bowl from Lao Wen’s hands. Gently he strokes the food warmed fingertips, quietly massaging them. “You...”

“Mm,” Lao Wen hums, a smile curling at the corner of his lips. “Me and the baby are so hungry but our baby’s Ah Diē can’t cook for shits. Whatever will we do in the future? Will we starve?”

Zishu clucks his tongue, aggrieved and amused all at once. He squeezes the hands in his, drinking in the quiet laughter that accompanies the bright stars in Lao Wen’s eyes. The sight of his beloved with cheeks coloured with happiness is a good trade off for being teased.

“Alright, alright,” Zishu shakes his head, hiding his own smile into the kiss he presses into the knuckles of Lao Wen’s hands. “What do you want to eat? I’ll send Chengling down the mountain to buy some.”

Lao Wen tilts his head adorably to the side, thinking about it for what seemed like an age before he says, “Can you bring me a sheet of paper and a brush?”

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“Are you sure you’ll be able to finish it all?’

Zishu eyes up the spread of dishes; succulent braised pork with steaming buns piled high on a plate, noodles in clear broth and slices of steamed chicken, tea-smoked duck, glistening wontons dressed with two spoonfuls of chilli sauce and three spoonfuls of vinegar just the way Lao Wen likes it. And those were just the dishes on his end of the table.

“Shīfù...” Chengling starts before trailing off, jerking a finger behind him. “Ping An-ge just sent word that he is sending three more up the mountain. The kitchen is almost done with the soup and stir-fry.”

Next to him, Lao Wen nods, waving him off happily as he is devouring the chicken.

Zishu swallows nervously. Just how hungry was he?

[levi-supreme]

Yay! What are you having? ☺️

Aww, that's so sweet! I'm so happy you have close friends like that, it's always nice to have people that you can cherish. I bet they love you just as much. 💗

Will do! That's a good idea though, we could have the fruit we picked during our picnic! It'd be super fun and peaceful. ☺️

No problem! You're gonna love it!

Oh, I had braised duck porridge!! Is duck meat cooked in braised sauce (dark soy sauce, sugar, spices etc) and eaten with rice porridge!! And I'll probably get something lighter in the afternoon ~ 😌

Oh yes, I've known my clique since I was 13 and it's been more more half my life since we've been friends. I can't imagine my life without them, and I'm sure you feel the same way about Jean and all your batch names too!! ✨

Oh yes, that's a good idea too! The fruits will be so fresh and sweet ~ do the cadets get weekends off?? Do you all have to stay in your training site during the weekends?

[buffetlicious]

Breakfast came from the nearby coffee shop a couple of blocks down the street. Mum bought herself the Braised Duck Porridge (卤鸭粥) with extra duck meat and no skin. She gotten me the Vegetarian Rice (斋饭) takeaway with curry mock mutton & potato, Chinese mustard greens stir-fry (芥菜) and savoury imitation pork slices.

[victorl0]

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[eminentsound]

Food

The monotony of beef, bread, and stew in pseudo-Medieval European fantasy novels has never been appealing to me, and even without traveling to other continents, I wish more people looked past the obvious wheat and cattle to take advantage of the wealth of plant and animal ingredients that would have been available to people in various corners of Europe over a thousand years ago. We didn’t invent vegetables and condiments during the Victorian era, after all. So here are a few meals a person in pseudo-Medieval Europe could eat, sans potatoes, the description of which has made me extremely hungry:

Mutton braised in white wine and rosemary, served with leeks and followed by pomace brandy.

Grilled artichoke on a bed of stewed watercress, topped with walnuts and dressed in a citron vinaigrette. Followed by roasted duck and mashed celery root in gravy, and finished with redcurrant kissel for dessert. Accompanied by ruby port.

Pork and mushroom forcemeat, baked into a pie with a loose, flaky crust. Eaten cold, by hand, with a pickle and a smear of sour cream.

Soft-boiled eggs and smoked herring served on a bowl of savory millet porridge, topped with scallions and accompanied by dark lager.

Fried perch and peas, served in broth with ginger, cumin, almond milk, and wine. Followed by an unleavened cake full of plums and candied orange peel.

[buffetlicious]

Bought from the coffee shop further down the road are my Braised Duck Rice (卤鸭饭) with deboned duck drumstick, roasted pork, braised peanuts and braised rice plus cucumber and sambal chilli paste. Mum had the Braised Duck Porridge (卤鸭粥) or congee with extra deskinned duck meat and braised peanuts.

PS - Mum favourite braised duck porridge stall had since closed. Now, got to travel all the way to Chong Pang to buy it.