Quick and Easy French Toast

Ingredients Needed

1/2 egg1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 cup milk2 slices bread

Nutritional information

Total Calories: 99

Sodium: 158mg

Fat: 3g

Carbohydrates: 14g

Cholesterol: 55mg

Protein: 4g

Fiber: 1g

Directions

Beat egg, vanilla and cinnamon in shallow dish. Stir in milk.
Dip bread in egg mixture, turning to coat both sides evenly.
Cook bread slices on lightly greased nonstick griddle or skillet on medium heat until browned on both sides.

Dim Sum

A couple of weeks ago, I posted some recommendations for the English High Tea selections. Today, I would like to introduce Dim Sum – the Cantonese style small dishes brunch (AKA: Yum Cha, which mean drink tea). It is a very common life style in southern China like Guang Dong, Hong Kong and Macau. In New York, it is not uncommon to see these Dim Sum place since most Chinese who own business in Chinatown are mostly from southern China.

Tea is typically served with Dim Sum dishes and it is mean to be a very slowly eating meal. Most people in southern China would take a newspaper or magazine and spend the whole morning or noon time at the dim sum restaurants. Well, mostly elderlies… You could hardly find young people spending time at dim sum during weekdays. During the weekend though, it is a great place to go and enjoy a tea time with families.

There are a couple of dim sum place I would recommend in Manhattan Chinatown:

Golden Unicorn 18 East Broadway at Catherine St
Red Egg 202 Centre St at Howard St

3. Dim Sum Go go 5 East Broadway between Catherine and Oliver St

4. Cha Chan Tang :45 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

There are more places to be explored in NYC. Take a weekend morning, try these places and see how you’d like them!

Simple way for Home made egg custard tart

Girls love sweet treats, instead of buying those treats from bakery shops, it is also easy and fun to make it on your own!

Here I would like to introduce a very simple way to make delicious egg custard tarts:

What you need:

Whole mill (or 2% is healthier) 120g
Two eggs
Sugar: depend of personal preference, I would usually do two tsp
Six tart skin ( can be bought from any asian market)
Pre heat the oven to 250 degree

How to do it:

Stir two eggs in a bowl, make sure to stir well both the egg white and yolk
Add 120g of milk into the bowl and two tsp of sugar
Stir very well in one direction, stir until you see the foam
Then let it rest for about 15 minutes until the foam are gone
Pour the liquid mix in to the tart skin, about 80% full would be fine
Put the six tarts in the oven and bake for 30 minutes
Take them out until the surface turn golden

Tips:

To make sure all the side has best heat, you could take the tarts out after 20 minutes and than rotate the positions. Then bake for another 10 minutes. If you like fruity tarts, you could also cut fruits into little pieces and add them to your tarts.

The English Afternoon Tea – the Elegant Savory

Afternoon tea, originally from England ,it is a light meal typically eaten between 4 pm and 6 pm. Observance of the custom originated amongst the wealthy classes in England in the 1840s. By the 19th century, afternoon tea developed to its current form and was observed by both the upper and middle classes.

For the food alone, afternoon tea isn’t a steal. Nowadays, people all around the world take afternoon tea as a special treat for themselves. i would say they pay the money for the atmosphere more than the food alone. And, of course, the luxury to lounge around for hours with no bother—an experience that’s well worth it. The standard afternoon tea consists of four elements:

Savory: Tea sandwiches and savory tarts
Scones: Most often served with devonshire cream, lemon curd, and fruit jams
Sweet: Cakes, petit fours, fruits tarts, eclairs
Tea: It’s very important that the teas are brewed to order using real loose leaves, not tea bags. If you’re going to pay this much, nothing is worse than seeing a limp tea bag or two hanging out of the teapot.

I love taking the time off and going to afternoon tea with my girl friends. Usually, I would go find a afternoon tea place twice a month to just explore new things and simply enjoy the weekend relaxing time. Now let me introduce some great places for afternoon tea in the States and in China.

The Afternoon Tea at The Palm Court

A famous tradition at The Plaza, the Afternoon Tea service blends an innovative menu with a formal tea to provide guests a balance of service and flavorful cuisine, infusing this timeless classic with contemporary flair.

Fifth Avenue at Central Park South
New York City
New York, United States
10019

Afternoon Tea is served daily in The Palm Court from 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Bergforf Goodman Restaurant Afternoon Tea

Located on the top floor of Bergdorf Goodman Department Store. Overlook central park, the BG Afternoon Tea not only provide you an elegant and comfortable place to rest after shopping but also a great place to spend some quality time with friends and family on weekend afternoons.

Bergdorf Goodman
5th Avenue at 58th Street
Seventh Floor
New York, NY 10019

Afternoon Tea 3-5pm

The Langham Boston -Tiffin at Langham

Featuring a selection of savory finger sandwiches, sweet cakes, scones and exotic tea blends, the quintessentially British mid-afternoon delight pays homage to the first afternoon tea served in Europe at the first “grand hotel” The Langham, London back in 1865.

The Langham Boston

250 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110

“Tiffin at The Langham” afternoon tea served daily from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Capital M Restaurant in Qian Men Beijing China

Opened 2 years ago by chief Michelle from Macau. It is located in the heart of Beijing and the restaurant is a combination of modern Chinese culture with the twist of the Western Culture. Serve large selection of high quality loose leaf black tea and green tea.

Da shi lan Qian Men Beijing, China

Afternoon Teas served from 2pm-4:30pm

The Strategy Nobody Can Copy – China’s Hai Di Lao Hotpot

The Outside-In Strategy

Hai Di Lao Hot Pot Restaurant is a Chinese Sichuan Style Hot Pot restaurant that was introduced to the market in 1994. The company now owns 63 restaurants in China and over 10,000 employees with loyal and creative management teams. Over the past 5 years, Hai Di Lao Hot Pot has become the most popular Sichuan style hot pot restaurants in the Chinese market. The reason for their success and how they could stand out among the fierce competition is simple: customer first.

With the philosophy of always being “customer first” and with the innovation as the core, Hai Di Lao has successfully changed the traditional standardization of hot pot restaurants in China. They are able to specialize their services and promote the personalized features, dedicated to provide customers with “intimate, warm and calm” services. The CEO of Hai Di Lao believes that people should create values for themselves no matter if they are rich or poor. The management teams aims to create a fair and equitable work environment for staff, implementing humane and family-oriented management mode to enhance their value.

Maan Coffee – The Ultimate Success of Korean Coffee Shop in China

On a sunny Saturday afternoon through that glass windows, you could find scatter of people sitting at this coffee shop talking, laughing, getting a sip of their coffee and taking a bite of their freshly made scones. Some of them come with friends and some brought families with them just to enjoy a relaxing weekend. You probably will not find pictures like this in Starbucks or Costa in China, but you could find it in a coffee shop called Maan Coffee. Two year ago, this Korean coffee shop Maan landed in Beijing China, opened its first coffee shop and start from then expanded rapidly to 60 coffee shops today counting the ones opening in progress and with all of the 36 opened coffee shops obtained profitable results.

With the rapid growth of the Costa Coffee from the UK, the Starbucks Coffee from the U.S.A and the Pacific Coffee Company from Hong Kong, the Chinese people are starting to adapt the fast pace growing convenient coffee shops. The Korean coffee shop Maan Coffee has found its way of survival through soft competition and even gain competitive advantage with it’s unique brand positioning. Key words: slow down life with nature and romance.

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I love food, I love to bake and love to taste different things. Enjoy eating is a wonderful thing!