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Zao Fan: Breakfast of China
Zao Fan: Breakfast of China | Michael Zee
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Let Michael Zee, creator of the popular SymmetryBreakfast account, be your knowledgeable guide to breakfast in China. Contains over 40 recipes with QR codes that allow you to watch how the dishes are made in China Breakfast in China is an important affair. At dawn, the streets come alive with vendors setting up for the morning breakfast rush. Each will have their speciality that they make day in, day out, honing their recipe over years, and even generations. Locals are spoilt for choice, with a huge variety of spicy noodles, plump dumplings and fluffy buns all made fresh to order right on their doorsteps. Michael Zee, creator of the popular SymmetryBreakfast account, has eaten his way around China, hunting down the very best versions of these morning favourites and recreating them at home so that you can too. In China, these are recipes devised for speed and convenience and so are also perfect for filling lunches, nourishing dinners and quick and tasty snacks. Why not try: Dan dan mian Sichuanese street-style noodles with a sesame paste sauce Jian bing savoury filled crpe Xiaolongbao steamed Shangainese soup dumplings Youtiao sweetened fried dough sticks, delicious dipped in fresh soy milk or covered in soft serve ice cream With Michael as your knowledgeable tour guide, you'll be transported to the bustling streets of China, see the mesmeric pulling of noodles and pleating of dumplings and be fully immersed in one of the most exciting and diverse food cultures in the world.
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Todays recipe from ZAO FAN is hua juan, or flower buns. As I cut them, I realized I forgot to add the green onions on top of the meat paste before I rolled them up to go in the steamer, and I think that would‘ve added a good visual and textural component. Still, these are chewy and meaty and moreish. I‘m glad I‘ve got eight more to stick in the freezer for future breakfasts.

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I visited the Chinese supermarket yesterday, and today I tried my first recipe from my new favourite cookbook! (It‘s FULL OF DELICIOUSNESS. I‘m obsessed.) This dan dan mian doesn‘t look inspiring, but it was so damned good. Strong sesame flavour mingled with chili and meaty tastiness. I‘m glad I‘ve got enough sauce left for tomorrow‘s breakfast, too.

Tamra I must check out! 1mo
xicanti @Tamra it‘s definitely worth it. 1mo
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I meant to return two library books and borrow zero, but they had this awesome Chinese breakfast cookbook on a display, and I remembered I wanted to check the poetry section for stuff that fits my personal Years challenge (THERE is my 2006 selection; THE MASK is just because it looked good), and THEN I couldn‘t resist a culinary cozy mystery. So here we are.

BarbaraJean The only way I can ever manage to return library books and borrow zero is by dropping them off in the book drop when the library is closed. 😂 1mo
xicanti @BarbaraJean I was like, “Oh, none of my holds are in, so I‘m golden.” Nope. 1mo
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