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One of the few Japanese dishes that is eaten with a spoon, Chawanmushi is the appetiser that is almost always served in Kaiseki ryori. The egg is mixed with dashi, soy sauce, mirin and salt, then carefully steamed with various ingredients in it. The texture of the egg custard is so smooth and delicate.
The Japanese version of steamed dumpling, shumai (or shao mai) is quite easy to make. It only contains pork mince, onion and few typical Japanese seasonings, but it tastes so good.
Pork Shogayaki (Ginger Pork) is a thinly sliced sautéed pork with tasty sauce with ginger flavour. It's a very popular lunch menu in Japan.

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Happosai (Combination Stir Fry)

A very popular Chinese dish, Happosai (Combination Stir Fry)  is not modified very much from the original Chinese version. It is made with lots of vegetables, meat and seafood coated with a thick flavoursome sauce.

A very popular Chinese dish, Happosai (Combination Stir Fry) is not modified very much from the original Chinese version. It is made with lots of vegetables, meat and seafood coated with a thick flavoursome sauce.

Happopsai (八宝菜) translates to eight treasure dish (八 – 宝 – 菜) and it comes from China. Apparently “eight” (八) in this context does not mean 8 kinds. It means “many”. That’s why I decided to call it “combination stir fry”, which is commonly available at Chinese restaurants in Australia….

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