Asian cooking made easy – Vietnamese stuffed and steamed eggs

Steaming eggs accompanied by prawns, mince, and sweet corn is not only fresh and healthy but also tasty.

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Ingredients (2 servings)

50g mince, the choice of mince is up to you

50g prawns

Spring onions, washed and chopped

20g sweet corn

2 ginger slices, chopped in small pieces

Salt and pepper

2 eggs

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Method

Step 1

Crumble prawns in a blender and mix them with mince.

Step 2

Add spring onions, sweet corn, ginger, salt, and pepper to the mince mixture.

Step 3

Divide the mixture into 2 bowls.

In each bowl, create a well in the middle and break in an egg.

Steam the bowls in 20 minutes.

Step 4

Serve hot.

Asian cooking made easy – Chinese tomato and egg drop soup

This cloud-textured soup only takes 10 minutes to make and essentially, what you need is 2 eggs. To make it more nutritious, don’t be afraid to make use of stock cubes and meatballs.

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Ingredients (1 serving)

Oil

Shallots, chopped in small pieces

2 bowls of water or stock

2 tomatoes, sliced

2 eggs, beaten

Salt and pepper

A bunch of coriander, chopped

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Method

Heat oil in a saucepan and stir fry shallots.

Add water or stock and bring it to the boil.

When water is boiling, toss in sliced tomatoes and simmer until soften for a few minutes.

Pour the egg mixture into simmering soup in a thin stream, stir gently until threads form.

Season with salt and pepper.

Turn off the heat. Transfer soup into a bowl before sprinkling coriander on top.

Asian cooking made easy – Malaysian Spicy Fried Eggs (Sambal Goreng Telur)

This warming winter recipe is perfect to be served with a steamy bowl of rice in these cold and dark nights in.

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Ingredients (1 serving)

3 eggs

5 chillies

2 garlic cloves

1 tomato

Sugar and salt

Lard or oil

Spring onions

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Method

Step 1

Boil chillies, garlic, and tomato with some sugar and salt in approximately 5 minutes. Take them off the heat, cool down, and puree them in a blender.

Step 2

Hard boil eggs and peel them.

Step 3

Fry eggs to be golden all sides. Ideally, use lard instead of oil for a more desirable golden colour of eggs.

Step 4

Heat oil in a pan and throw the chilli mixture in for a quick stir-fry.

Step 5

Finally, add eggs in the pan and fry for 5-7 minutes so that all ingredients are well-absorbed.

Step 6

Turn off the heat. Cut the eggs in half and assemble them on a plate with a handful of chopped spring onions sprinkled on top. Serve with steamed rice.

Around-the-world Christmas and New Year celebration: A South Korean holiday by photos

South Korea is splendid and bustling with amazing display of lights especially in the capital city, Seoul. The lights are all over the city centre including the bridges over Han River.

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Many visitors are attracted by a South Korean style of celebrating the festive season because this is the only East Asian country that regards Christmas as a national holiday, considering around 30% of the population is Christian.

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Streets and trees are beautifully decorated. Busy street scenes become even busier this time of the year as for non-Christian Koreans, Christmas is a popular shopping day.

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Winter signals a forthcoming new year. Families gather in the traditional hanbok to honour the past four generations of ancestors with food and drinks offered on a ritual table called a charye sang on New Year’s Day.

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Grandpa Santa is popular with kids in Korea (Santa Harabujee) and he wears either a red or blue Santa suit. Kids know him as a happy grandfather figure who gives out presents. Stores employ Santas to greet shoppers, hand out chocolate and sweets.

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Some families celebrate Christmas with meals and gatherings at homes, but Koreans also celebrate Christmas by going out. Restaurants are busy on Christmas, as it is considered a romantic holiday for couples, and theme parks and shows have special Christmas events, such as the photo below at Lotte World Christmas Festival.

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Around-the-world Christmas celebration: The Hong Kong New Year Fireworks and Countdown celebration

The Hong Kong New Year Fireworks and Countdown celebration is one of the most promising events throughout the year in this ‘Pearl of the Orient’ island.

Albeit the incomparability to the 20-minute spectacular fireworks in Chinese New Year or Independence Day, these New Year ones turn Hong Kong’s night skies into a blaze of light and glittering colour. The fireworks were set off from several buildings and skyscrapers in the island with countdown happening at the International Finance Centre (IFC), an integrated commercial building complex in Hong Kong, throughout a four-minute lighting display.

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The Fireworks and Countdown Celebration 2013 has been the most magnificent in history. This event is sponsored by the New World Development Corporation with the theme “New Year New World”. Last year, it was organised at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre instead of the IFC as usual. Having been initiated from skyscrapers and Victoria Harbour, the pyromusical last for eight minutes, the longest in history with the widest vision.

The Fireworks and Countdown Celebration 2014 is similarly planned as past years. In addition, there will be a “Shooting Stars” highlight beginning an hour before the countdown. Dashes of light will be

When

The fireworks display will start at midnight of 31/12/2013. Countdown will begin 60 seconds before midnight. Visitors are encouraged to early as possible to reserve the best viewing area.

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Where

The New Year Fireworks and Countdown Celebration is regarded as a not-to-missed event showcasing the glamour of Victoria Harbour and the famous skyline of Hong Kong. Therefore, a few suggestions below may help you identify a nice viewing area:

1. 1. Kowloon Island: Along the Tsim Sha Tsui cape, in between the Avenue of Stars and Hong Kong Cultural Centre
2. 2. Hong Kong Island: New Central Harbourfront
3. 3. Golden Bauhinia Square
4. 4. Victoria Harbour: Enjoy an evening cruise on the Harbour whilst indulging yourself in the fireworks display