Dandan Noodles (擔擔麵)

We love noodles as light lunch meals. This classic Sichuan Dandan noodles (擔擔麵 in Chinese) is one of our favourites.

Dandan noodles (擔擔麵 in Chinese) is a classic Sichuan cuisine. The spicy sauce as the key element makes this noodle dish so addictively delicious.

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Shanghai Fried Noodles

Want a light and healthy meal? Here comes this classic Shanghai fried noodles that can be easily found in most Shanghai restaurants in Hong Kong.

If you like noodles as a quick and light meal, this is a must-try one. The upside of home cooking is that you can make the dish with anything left in your fridge or comes in handy. A side note, I added a secret ingredient to this Shanghai fried noodles and get my family hooked.

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Yakisoba (Classic Japanese Stir Fry Noodles)

I particularly like Japanese street foods. How can I miss out on Yakisoba, "fried noodle", a Classic Japanese street food? I couldn't go to Japan and enjoy it as frequently as I like, so I tried to make it at home. It's very simple and easy.

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Elegant HK Zha Jiang Noodles (炸醬麵) | Secret 20-Min Recipe

In the hustle and bustle of city life, we are often chasing time, forgetting to pause and feel the warmth that food brings. These Hong Kong Zha Jiang Noodles are my favorite "soul food" during busy days. Unlike the salty, heavy northern version, the soul of the Hong Kong style lies in the perfect balance of sweetness and spice.

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Cantonese Fried Noodles with Shredded Pork

Whenever I went to Yum Cha with my father, he used to order this dish, Fried Noodles with Shredded Pork. I loved the crispy fried noodles, accompanying with juicy pork and assorted vegetables.

This is a very popular Cantonese dish that you still can find it at any Chinese restaurants. The price is not expensive after all. That’s why my father liked to order it to feed us.

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Beef Brisket Rice Vermicelli Soup (Hong Kong Cuisine)

Here comes another popular Hong Kong noodle soup, Beef Brisket Rice Vermicelli Soup. The tender beef brisket goes really well with any noodles soup, including ho fun (aka flat rice noodles 河粉), rice vermicelli or egg noodles. It's perfect served as a light meal.

You might have known the wonton soup already. Ever tried this beef brisket noodle soup before?

The stewed beef brisket is so tender and goes really well with any noodles, egg noodles or rice vermicelli. As I shared previously, my mother-in-law is an expert in cooking beef brisket stew. I used her tricks to cook the beef brisket beforehand, then pop them in my fridge.

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Supreme Soy Sauce Fried Noodles (豉油皇炒麵)

Supreme soy sauce fried noodles, a traditional Cantonese fried noodle dish, can be made within minutes. The smoky hot fried noodles, coated with salty and sweet soy sauce, mixed with the crunchy bean sprouts and chives were definitely worth attempting.

If you asked me what’s my favourite breakfast, I wouldn’t hesitate to vote for supreme soy sauce fried noodles (aka supreme soy sauce chow mein, 豉油皇炒麵), going with a bowl of hot porridge, that I often enjoyed at primary school age in Hong Kong.

It's often sold by street hawkers at that time. You can easily find this fried noodle dish at Cantonese dim sum restaurants nowadays.

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Teriyaki Chicken Udon

I reckon Japanese udon is the best light meal for my family through out the year. It’s quick to whip it up in the last minute. By stir-frying the noodles with teriyaki sauce, it’s heavenly tasty.

My family loves udon very much. So I’d keep a packet of frozen udon in the freezer. Simply blanch the noodles in boiling water for a short while. It’d be perfect for stir frying. What you need is to add some meat and seasonal vegetables.

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Laksa (Quick Version)

Laksa is one of my favourite Malaysian dishes. Its aromatic and spicy soup is so versatile that you can put any seafoods, meats, or veggies to cook in it with amazing results. This quick and easy recipe can help you make an authentic laksa on the go.

If you’re into eggs, pop in one of two hard-boiled eggs to ease your craving in your homemade laksa soup then. Once you have prepared the laksa soup base, you can tweak it in whatever way you like. It only takes ten minutes or so.

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Tom Yum Soup (Easy Version)

Tom Yum Soup is very delicious and well accepted by different countries. Whenever we go to a Thai restaurant, we won’t forget to order one to ease our craving. This is my take on this classic Thai soup. It’s quick, easy and delicious.

The Tom Yum soup base is very crucial and it’s the soul of the whole dish. The soup tastes hot and sour with lots of fragrant spices and herbs. You can add any meat or vegetables you like in the soup.

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Spicy Pork Ramen Noodle Stir Fry

Ever tried to make fresh ramen noodle stir fry? The slightly chewy texture of fresh ramen noodles is so nice and perfect for stir-frying. It won’t easily turn soggy even you add sauce into it. Needless to say, it’s healthy. Once you try the fresh ramen noodles, you won’t turn back to the fried or dried ones.

This time I used fresh ramen noodles to stir-fry with pork and some vegetables leftover in my fridge.

I recommend not to skip the two special condiments in the sauce ingredient list. They’ll make the whole dish stand out totally. The chilli bean sauce (豆瓣醬) brings in a hint of heat and the black vinegar (黑醋) will balance the saltiness.

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Fried Hokkien Noodles (福建炒麵)

As a famous Chinese food critic 蔡瀾 stated on his blog, the original version of Hokkien Noodles is hardly found in Fujian (福建) province, China nowadays. The dish has become a fusion styled, deep black in colour served in many modern Malaysian restaurants. The underlined meaning of his post is that the original version of Hokkien Noodles was not as black as we see in today’s restaurants. Yet people are still arguing about the way how this noodle dish should be cooked.

This is my take on the traditional fried Hokkien noodle dish replicated to the nearby Chinese restaurant, got thumbs up from my family.

Well, as a home cook, I can take the advantage of modifying and twisting the cooking way as I want. If you like darker noodles, put more dark soy sauce into the sauce then. When it comes to cooking Hokkien noodles, the very basic thing is quite simple.

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Kimchi Chicken Udon Soup (+Video)

This kimchi chicken soup udon has included protein, vegetables, noodles, as well as kimchi to enhance the taste of the soup, which is very delicious. The layers of taste are very rich. This udon soup can be served as a quick light meal.

Not only can Kimchi be served as a starter or side dish, but also can be a key ingredient to cook a delicious udon soup dish. It goes well with chicken. Other kinds of meat or seafood are also good choices.

Take a look at the ingredients list, I used chicken thighs that are cut into thick strips and marinated. The chicken meat doesn’t need to be cooked for a long time. It can be cooked through very quickly.

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One-Pot Pasta with Tomato, Basil and Chorizo

This one-pot pasta with tomato, basil and chorizo is so scrumptious and easy to make. You don't need to strain the pasta. Yes, all the goodies of pasta can be retained in the pot. It works like a magic.

This one-pot pasta was our dinner on Valentine’s day. Neither did we need to line up for a table in a restaurant, nor did I need to stand in my kitchen for cooking under such a hot weather.

In fact, I don’t like cooking too much on Valentine’s day. My husband could also enjoy the night without too much cleaning up afterwards.

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Pasta & Chicken In Creamy Pumpkin Sauce

Pumpkin is a versatile food from which we can make many different delicious dishes, pumpkin soup, pumpkin scones, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, and even pumpkin cheesecake. The list can go on.

I sometimes make pumpkin puree to make sauces. Pumpkin sauce is one of my favourite cooking experiments. It’s very easy to make. Its orange colour and mild sweetness are very attractive.

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Combination Seafood Rice Noodles (雜燴海鮮滑蛋河粉)

The uniqueness of this fried noodle dish is from the smooth and thick sauce, cooked with silky whisked egg, topped with a variety of tasty seafoods and balanced with vegetables.

We love to go for lunch in a cozy Malaysian restaurant in Market Square, Sunnybank. The name of the restaurant, “Little Singapore” might get some people confused though. Why does a Malay restaurant name itself with the word of “Singapore”? Little Singapore is often packed with customers, Asians, Aussies and other foreign visitors. The most favourite dish that my hubby loves to order is their Combination Seafood Rice Noodles. It’s very different from those of Hong Kong style.

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Italian Meatball Minestrone Soup

This Italian Meatball Minestrone Soup is one of my all-time favourite autumn or winter dishes. This one-pot soup dish is packed with flavours and easy to whip up on the go. You can’t go wrong with this no-brainer recipe.

I didn’t make my own meat balls from scratch, simply get some Angus beef sausages from the supermarket. It saved me a lot of time and energy.

The beef sausages meat, full of flavours, went really well with all the vegetables I put into the pot.

Believe it or not, this soup can be made within 30 minutes.

These are the organic red kidney beans and organic cannellini beans I used. They are full of nutrients your body needs. The soup texture is also enriched as well. Simply drain the water out, then put the beans in the soup.

How wonderful it’d be when you’re served with a bowl of hot soup. It helps beat away the chilling weather.

Oh well, if the weather is warm up again, this soup is also fantastic. Simply turn myself into a not-in-a-hurry mode, patiently wait for a little while. After it cools a bit, I can immediately dig in and enjoy this flavoursome minestrone soup.

A side note, if you’re going for vegan meals, simply skip the beef and use vegetable stock. You’re good to go then.

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Pan-fried Udon with Pork and Cabbage

This pan-fried udon noodle dish can be a light yet satisfying meal. Have I said that it's packed with so much flavours? It's a very balanced meal for the whole family.

We like having noodles for lunch. The cabbage I used was Taiwanese cabbage (高麗菜 “Gao Li Cai” or 捲心菜 ”Juan Xin Cai” in Chinese).

It apparently looks different from Napa cabbage, and easily confused with those cabbages you often see in western supermarkets.

I call it as Taiwanese cabbage as it’s often used in Taiwanese cuisine, often stir-fried dishes. It tastes sweet without any bitterness. You can easily get this kind of cabbage at any Asian grocers.

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Tuna Pasta in Tomato Sauce

Ever juggled what to cook on a hectic day? For myself, I’ll turn to make a pasta dish. This tuna pasta dish will only take 20 to 25 minutes.

Although I was planning a quick meal, I still wanted to impress my family with a tasty tomato sauce, that’s incorporated some semi sun-dried tomatoes. For convenience, canned tuna was used. What I like using canned tuna, it’s inexpensive and packed with protein, going so well with the tomato sauce.

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Shredded Chicken and Green Bean Noodles with Sesame Dressing

This is my take on the delicious shredded chicken with sesame sauce, that I tried at a Shanghai noodle shop in Hong Kong. It’s served cold, very refreshing.

The shredded chicken meat was so tender and moist. The sesame sauce was very aromatic and intriguing me to dig into the dish until it’s finished. It’s an appetizer actually. I replicated that dish and added some noodles, turning it into a light meal.

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