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What is Cantonese Home Cooking?

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Note: Cantonese pronunciations are written using Jyutpin. For English speakers, Jyutpin mostly sounds the way it looks, except “Jy” is pronounced as “Y”. Characters are written in simplified because… that’s the input system that I have on my computer. Plus, it’s what I learned. Apologies in advance to the 繁体字 die-hards. There’s a certain genre of Chinese food video on YouTube that centers around “What’s a Chinese Breakfast like?” A fun topic for sure - to save you a Google usually the answers within’ll usually be stuff like: Youtiao Soy Milk Rice Noodle Rolls Congee Dim Sums Baozi … which is, of course, a perfectly accurate representation of what a Chinese breakfast can be. It’s what a traveler would be exposed to – walk the streets of Shenzhen at 7am, and that fare is basically what you’re going to find. So as someone that likes cooking, maybe you decide that you’re going to embark on recreating an ever-so-classic Chinese breakfast – youtiao and soymilk. After familiarizing yourself w

What is Cantonese Home Cooking? What normal people in Guangdong would actually eat at home. Chinese Cooking Demystified Nov 28, 2023 52 4 1 Share The above video also exists in Cantonese (no English subtitles, sorry). Click here to jump to the Stir Fried Baby Bok Choy recipe Click here to jump to the Steamed Fish Slices recipe Click here to jump to the Milky Fish Head soup with Luffa recipe Click here to jump to the Century Egg and Napa Cabbage soup recipe. Note: Cantonese pronunciations are written using Jyutpin. For English speakers, Jyutpin mostly sounds the way it looks, except “Jy” is pro

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