I’ve had heard on more than one occasion that wonton, as the characters 云吞 would suggest, means “swallowing cloud” and was named so for its delicate, slippery texture and ethereal lightness. This is, however, a mistranslation from Cantonese to Mandarin. Nevertheless, it’s extremely common. Even my wonton wrapper package reads “云吞”. The correct characters, which […]
I haven’t met a meatball I didn’t like, but Mexican style albondigas are my favorite, whether in soup or in salsa, and for me (or as I’ve been doing lately, in a Mexican style meatball sub). For me, the essential element in sopa de albondigas is the herbs. I use mint and cilantro in the […]
This bowl of soup was nine months in the making. I was all set to make this in March last year when lockdown began. I first made beef filling, but then there was not a gram of flour to be found to make the wrappers due to panic buying. I finally found flour in October, […]