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Pollen Bakery in Ancoats

Pollen Bakery has quickly become one of my favourite places to brunch in, or get a takeaway treat…

25th September 2019

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19th February 2019

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CHA-ology snacks

Tea based snacks are something that is very popular in Asian countries and I was very excited to…

8th September 2015

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Double Ninth 9️9️ Festival is today. Chrysanth

Double Ninth 9️9️ Festival is today. Chrysanthemum 🌼 features heavily, whether it is observing the flowers as they are in bloom in parts of Asia, or consuming it as part of a pancake, tea or wine. ☕

The festival is celebrated in Chinese dominant regions such as China 🇨🇳, Hong Kong 🇭🇰, Macau 🇲🇴 and Taiwan 🇹🇼 as well as Japan 🇯🇵, Korea 🇰🇷 and Vietnam 🇻🇳.

The festival is celebrated on the 9️ day of the 9️ month on the lunar calendar. Everyone vaguely knows the idea of Yin and Yang. Opposites in balance in the universe. ☯️

Yang can be represented by different things, including odd numbers, and as 9️ is the highest single-digit number that's odd, this is the most Yang number.

The festival is also known by different names locally, but all based on the same Chinese characters. 重 meaning heavy. 陽 meaning yang.

In Hong Kong and Macau, the festival is known as Chung Yeung and it is the 2nd of two annual festivals where we pay respects to those who have passed on. 🙏

Walking up mountains ⛰️, flying kites 🪁 and eating cakes 🍰 (in Chinese it sounds like the word for height, despite being a different word) all symbolise gaining a higher position in life as well as a higher life expectancy.

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Interview with Lorcán Kan! New on the blog, link

Interview with Lorcán Kan! New on the blog, link in bio. Photographer: @fionafinchett

@lorcankan is a former chef from Stockport’s famous Where The Light Gets In, but I actually came across him via the world of Instagram and became intrigued by his ability to create fusion food utilising local ingredients.

His personal project @thingspalace, was a tribute to this, as well as instilling that hawker vibe I loved about East and South East Asia.

I catch up with him before his planned return to Melbourne at the end of the month! Find out more about his experiences as a chef, why fermentation is interesting and is he #TeamRice or #TeamNoodle?

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🧋 Taiwanese style tea drinks from @anicesip_arn

🍯🧈 Honey Butter chicken from @yokisocialtabl

🍯🧈 Honey Butter chicken from @yokisocialtable!
This sweet and sticky sauce combined with one of the crispiest batters around Manchester and juicy boneless chicken thigh 🍗 is a winner with all omnivores!

➡️ GET DOWN to @society.mcr or order off Deliveroo!

The honey butter trend 📈 was actually popular in South Korea 🇰🇷 in late 2014 - early 2015, fuelled by the creation of honey butter crisps which were sold by Haitai Calbee.

The flavour was originally sold in Japan 🇯🇵 in 2012 by Calbee but was not overly popular and was a limited release. When expanding to the Korean market, it gained particular popularity within social media. 📱📸

As a sauce for chicken, I found that Korean recipe developer, @maangchi 👩🏻, created a recipe back in 2016. If you are interested in creating your own, definitely check her out! Recipes are all in English!

Otherwise, find Yoki at @society.mcr near the Bridgewater Hall 🎵 or you can also order off Deliveroo! 🚗🏍️🚲

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Harvest Moon! This is the name given to the full m

Harvest Moon! This is the name given to the full moon closest to the autumn equinox. During this time, the moon rises particularly early and is very bright. For this reason, it allowed farmers to work longer in the evening.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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In many Asian countries, the day is celebrated as a holiday. Families would gather together and observe the moon, whilst eating a reunion meal. Foods symbolic of unity and togetherness are eaten.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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In Chinese cultures, we call it the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節/中秋节. Other countries which celebrate the Harvest moon as a festival include Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar/Burma, Vietnam.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Moon cakes are eaten in Chinese cultures not just in China, but in other regions such as Singapore, Malaysia etc. Different regions have their own moon cakes, but the ones most popular in the UK currently are the ones that are popular in Hong Kong.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The "cake" contains white lotus seed paste, which sort of tastes fudgy, and contains salted egg yolks inside to represent the moon. The combination of salty and sweet is not one everyone likes, so you can get plain lotus seed paste ones without the egg yolk, or ones that contain just red bean paste.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Modern iterations of this include those containing custard or snowskin or ice cream mooncakes which are very similar to ice cream mochi.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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If you wish to give the traditional Hong Kong mooncake a try, you can get a single moon cake for around £5.50 from Wong Wong bakery in Manchester China Town. Don't eat this in one go! I tend to cut it into 6ths or 8ths and have a slice with some tea.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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For more info including some mythology, check out my blog post. Link in bio or go to ElsaEats.com and search for Mid-Autumn Festival.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What are bao buns? 🤔 ➡️ Swipe to find out m

What are bao buns? 🤔
➡️ Swipe to find out more about what the buns pictured are and alternative names for them. Link in my bio or search for "bao buns" on ElsaEats.com for more information ❤️

Bao Buns is just a silly name to be honest. Put simply, when you say bao bun, you are essentially saying bun bun, as the word bao actually means bun. 🤪

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Seafood galore! Sometimes, nothing beats home-cook

Seafood galore! Sometimes, nothing beats home-cooked seafood. 🐟🦞 Here my parents have cooked up lobster, scallops and eel from Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You can order these dishes in some Chinese restaurants, so I recommend you give them a go if you are not shy with seafood! 🙌🙌⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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First, in the corners, we have stir-fried lobster with ginger and spring onion sauce. 🦞 This was served on a bed of noodles which soaks up all that lovely umami sauce. 🍜⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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At the sides, we have steamed scallops served with a light soy sauce and garlic sauce, topped with mung beans noodles and spring onion. 🤌 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Sometimes instead of mung bean noodles, rice noodles are used instead. My mum loves mung bean noodles so we used these. 👩🏻❤️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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And finally, the centre plate contains steamed eel in black bean sauce. If you haven't tried black bean sauce, you can readily find this in most Chinese takeaways. 🥡 The beans are fermented so it's salty and adds so much flavour to a dish. 🖤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The eel in itself has a very smooth flesh and due to it having a long spine, you can pretty much eat these like you would spare ribs. 🐟🐍⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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As the consumption of eels has increased in recent years, natural breeding can not keep up with demand so I choose not to eat this anymore.🌱⠀⠀
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Youtiao (油條)! Have you tried these? They are

Youtiao (油條)! Have you tried these?

They are also known colloquially in Hong Kong as 油炸鬼, literally oil fried ghost. In the Western world, many call this Chinese breadstick, Chinese doughnuts or Chinese churros (it is made similarly to one but savoury). 🍩🍞 Youtiao is eaten all over East and South East Asia. Recipe from @red.house.spice

You can have these with congee 🥣 or with sweetened fresh soy milk or dairy milk. 🥛

Wong Wong bakery in Manchester China Town also sells these if you can't be bothered to make your own. You can also find these at a dim sum table wrapped with a thin sheet of rice noodle roll, also known as 炸兩 / jaléung.

So I've pretty much perfected these and had to make some when my parents visited. Mum was in charge of the congee 🥣 and I made these bad boys.💖

I don't know if you've ever tried to cook something from your parent's heritage, but it's not something I do often! 😅😅 I was ready for an onslaught of comments like "it needs to be puffier" or "it tastes wrong", but nope, I got praise. 🥳👏🏻

Actually, I just remembered... mum said it needed more salt. 😅 I argued that with the fish congee, there was already enough salt total 😏

Looking forward to making some more and bringing them to @littleyellowriceco x @besea.n's Congee Club on Tuesday 14th! Looking forward to meeting some other congee explorers and lovers.

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