Season 11 of Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield starts June 21, 2021 at 4pm on Channel 10.
June 21, 2021
June 20, 2021
Random Ramblings on BL Novels – Jiang Chao Ge and the Spirit Weapon 魂兵之戈
Jiang Chao Ge and the Spirit Weapon 魂兵之戈 is a fantasy, action adventure genre BL novel written in 2014 by Shui Qian Cheng 水千丞, who also wrote the 188 series of BL novels. It is also the third novel in this genre from this author I’ve read after Dragon Blood 龍血 (also called Foster Father 養父) written in 2012, and The Return of Cambrian Period 寒武再臨 written in 2013.
(more…)June 19, 2021
【廚娘香Q秀】Steamed Meat Buns 鮮肉包
Just saw this video yesterday about the Chinese Steamed Bao 包 or Baozi 包子 (also spelt as Pau in Malaysia or Singapore) and it has quite a detailed explanation of how to wrap the buns into goldfish-mouth 金魚嘴 shape. This style of wrapping the dough is used for raw meat filling as the little opening (the goldfish mouth) on top of the bun allows the steam to penetrate the inside of the bun to ensure proper cooking of the filling. Keeping the video here for future references.
(more…)June 12, 2021
Pass By 擦肩而過 – Sam Lee 李聖傑
Recently Zhejiang Satellite TV 浙江衛視 has been showing old music clips of songs from their 2016 variety singing show Sound of My Dream 夢想的聲音 on their YouTube channel. As a result, a song performed by Sam Lee on the show became one of the most viewed music clips the last couple of weeks on their music channel. Hmm, and then I realized I haven’t listened to his songs for a number of years, and dug out one of his hits from 2008 to listen to again. Interestingly I have not seen a lot of the Mandopop music videos pre-2010, or until music companies started to upload old MVs onto YouTube, so it is also the first time I have watched the MV for this song! So here it is…
(more…)June 11, 2021
Light of Sanctuary 裹著心的光 – JJ Lin 林俊傑
This is a new MV from JJ, a song to commemorate the end of his two-year, 43-city Sanctuary World Tour concerts which will culminate on July 10, 2021 with an online finale. The Chinese title of the song translated as the Light that Wraps around the Heart. The song is very heart warming, while at the same time bringing with it a melancholy feel, and after first listen, in my mind it very much felt like a graduation song, LOL…
(more…)June 7, 2021
【飲食男女】Deconstruction of 5 Dim Sum Dishes 五款香港點心大解構
Just saw this Cantonese documentary of the 5 most popular dim sum dishes in Hong Kong last night. Very insightful unravelling the secrets of the making of these dishes. I especially love how they show us the techniques of how the dim sum masters wrap these little morsels of delight, and also give us some fantastic details of the pastries and fillings! Even though the documentary is in Cantonese, there is Chinese subtitles, and even if you don’t read Chinese or understand Cantonese, watching the techniques of making these dim sum dishes is still very rewarding. In fact I finally found out the reason, after so many years, of why I got two different colour tones on my Ma Lai Koh!
(more…)June 6, 2021
Love Area ครั้งหนึ่งเราเคยรักกัน (Thai TV Series OST)
Love Area the Series ครั้งหนึ่งเราเคยรักกัน is a new 10-episode Thai BL TV series that was scheduled to premiere last month, May 8, 2021, but was postponed. The new premiere date has not been announced yet. The theme song, Stay Together แค่เธออยู่, is sung by Jeff Satur.
(more…)June 5, 2021
Foolish Heart 太傻 – Della 丁噹
This is a new cover of a hit Mandopop song from the 1990s by Della 丁噹. The song was composed by Malaysian singer Eric Moo 巫啟賢 in 1993 to give to his junior, Mindy Quah 柯以敏, another Malaysian singer for her first album. Eric covered the song the next year, 1994, and his version also became a classic and has been a favourite of mine ever since. I have included all 3 versions below.
(more…)June 4, 2021
Chef is a Great Detective シェフは名探偵 (Japanese TV OST)
Chef is a Great Detective, or Shefu wa Mei Tantei 《シェフは名探偵／主廚是名偵探》 is a new Japanese drama that started airing on May 31, 2021 with a total of 10 9 episodes. When I saw the title of the TV series, I immediately got interested since I love mystery dramas and this one also include my other passion, food! The series starred Nishijima Hidetoshi 西島秀俊 who also starred in another excellent food-related TV series in 2019, What Did You Eat Yesterday? きのう何食べた？… So I guess once again don’t watch this series on an empty stomach!
The TV series is based on the Bistro Pas Mal ビストロ・パ・マル series of 3 Japanese novels by Kondō Fumie 近藤史恵 – Un rêve de Tarte Tatin タルト・タタンの夢 (Tarte Tatin’s Dream), Vin chaud pour vous ヴァン・ショーをあなたに (Vin chaud for you), and Un macaron, c’est un macaron マカロンはマカロン (Macaron is macaron).
June 1, 2021
Top Mandopop Songs (week ending May 29, 2021)
Malaysian singer Andrew Tan 陳勢安 has taken the top spots in Taiwan and Singapore Mandopop charts for his new album and singles this week, congratulations!
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Corner Café 