Clik here to view.
Eat Me Healthy: Nosebleed
I’ve often been asked to provide a lunchbox of foods to help my clients overcome their illness. I believe in the power of food – that certain foods can make you better and certain foods can make you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
We got an AA Rosette for 2015! Thank you @TheAA_UK
Hello and Happy New Year my friends. Hope you had a good Christmas. Look what we received ! We got an AA Rosette (the only Chinese in the North West to receive one!!) What a wonderful way to start...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thank you to @salfordbizsch #passion4digital
We are invited by Aleksej Heinze to the Salford University Business School at least once a year to give a talk on social media (follow us on Twitter @sweetmandarins) and our journey at Sweet Mandarin....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chicken Stock
My grandmother, Lily Kwok, met my grandfather, Chan under the most remarkable circumstances. Lily was a maid and cook for an English family in Hong Kong and was walking the baby with a friend when saw...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup
My parents married in the 1975 in Bury in a small traditional ceremony followed by a wedding banquet of huge proportions. My mum said practically all the Chinese who were in Britain were invited and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It has been said that the Chinese will eat anything that walks on four legs...
It has been said that the Chinese will eat anything that walks on four legs with its back to the sky. In actual fact, Leung joked with Lilly that only the tables and chairs were safe from the voracious...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Winter melon and wolfberry soup
When we go for dim sum (also known as yum cha, which literally translated means ‘drink tea’) we bump into lots of family friends and one of those is Mr Dong. He grows his own winter melon, as does...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chicken Foo Young!
Foo Yung has been criticised as an anglicised Chinese dish but actually this omelette dish has roots in a Shanghainese dish called Fu Yung Egg Slices. Nonetheless, I believe we should embrace...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pork Open-Top Dumplings – Siu Mai – Buy our DIM SUM book today!
This recipe is taken from the DIM SUM book out now in Waterstones and online with Amazon. Also pick up a copy at Sweet Mandarin. We are having a book signing party at Sweet Mandarin on 22nd February...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tuesday’s Pork Rib Broth
My twin sister Helen, younger sister Janet, younger brother Jimmy and I grew up in the family food business and lived above the shop. Like our parents and their parents – it was a way of life and we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lettuce Wraps (or San Choy Bau in Chinese)
When I make this dish, I think of my grandfather Chan who grew up well practised in Kung Fu and also immersed in his family’s restaurant business. He’d often amuse himself by throwing lettuces in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crispy Won Tons
These are one of my favourite dim sum. They are a great party food and are so easy to make. You can fill the wontons with any filling of your choice. I prefer using prawn as it makes the wontons light...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eat Me Healthy: PMS
I’ve often been asked to provide a lunchbox of foods to help my clients overcome their illness. I believe in the power of food – that certain foods can make you better and certain foods can make you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eat Me Healthy: Mouth Ulcers
I’ve often been asked to provide a lunchbox of foods to help my clients overcome their illness. I believe in the power of food – that certain foods can make you better and certain foods can make you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eat Me Healthy: Travel Sickness
I’ve often been asked to provide a lunchbox of foods to help my clients overcome their illness. I believe in the power of food – that certain foods can make you better and certain foods can make you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Six Degrees of Separation – Dim Sum, Silk Road, Guangzhou China, Britain,...
As a British Born Chinese, I have lived a very British way of life being educated in Manchester and Australia. However, throughout my life, I grew up with the backdrop of serving and cooking in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yin and Yang Foods – Can Balancing such foods improve your hair and skin?
Balancing Yin and Yang can improve one’s hair and skin. “The created universe carries the yin at its back and the yang in front; Through the union of the pervading principles it reaches harmony” (Lao...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Merry Christmas – We’re having Peking Duckenail for our Christmas Roast...
Peking duck is Beijing’s most famous dish and was served to numerous Emperors. However, the true Peking duck recipe takes over 24 hours to make and requires a pump to blow air between the skin and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Mum’s Chicken’s Feet Soup (For Beautiful Skin)
When my mum was pregnant with us, her knees were pained by the weight of the bump and Lily made this soup for my mum to boost her cartilage. There was a surprise in the pregnancy – only I had shown up...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eat Me Healthy: Gluten Free
I’ve often been asked to provide a lunchbox of foods to help my clients overcome their illness. I believe in the power of food – that certain foods can make you better and certain foods can make you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eat Me Healthy: Acne
I’ve often been asked to provide a lunchbox of foods to help my clients overcome their illness. I believe in the power of food – that certain foods can make you better and certain foods can make you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oprah’s Ten Weight Loss Recipes – Beansprouts and Chinese Chives
This series of blogs is addressed to Oprah and all those out there battling the bulge and excess weight. I am often asked by my clients to prepare for them a special detox meal over a period of a week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oprah’s Ten Weight Loss Recipes – Firecracker Chicken
This series of blogs is addressed to Oprah and all those out there battling the bulge and excess weight. I am often asked by my clients to prepare for them a special detox meal over a period of a week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Won Ton mean ‘swallowing a cloud’
Literally translated, wonton means ‘swallowing a cloud’. The wonton floating in the soup is supposed to resemble the clouds. Every province in China boasts their own version of wontons with a variety...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oprah’s Ten Weight Loss Recipes – Finger Lickin Good Spare Ribs
This series of blogs is addressed to Oprah and all those out there battling the bulge and excess weight. I am often asked by my clients to prepare for them a special detox meal over a period of a week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beijing Dumplings – For Chinese New Year and all celebrations from our brand...
To celebrate and bestow prosperity for the Chinese New Year these dumplings are cooked because they symbolise golden ingots used during the Ming Dynasty. Similar to the Christmas pudding where a lucky...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Adam and Eve Oyster Omlette
A dear customer who asked to remain anonymous came to Sweet Mandarin one night with her husband to eat. I will call them Adam and Eve. During their meal, an argument ensued and Adam walked out to cool...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sesame Prawn Toast
The old Chinese fable goes that this dish was created by a Beijing chef whose specialty was mantou bread and a Guangzhou chef whose specialty was seafood. The Beijing chef travelled to Guangzhou to...
View Article
