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yum chaWe are now open daily for lunch serving our take on yum cha. sambal eggplant & emperor's dumpling
We are very excited in introducing 2 new specials. Sambal belacan egglant (pictured here) and Emperor’s steamed pork dumpling. Sambal is a Malay condiment very popular in Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore. Belacan is the malay word for shrimp paste. Every household has their own special way of making sambal – and from my nyonya heritage comes this recipe where chillis, eschallots (or brown onions in australia), garlic and good quality belacan is long fried till frangrant. It goes very well cooked with kang kong or seafood or here steamed with eggplant. Emperor’s steamed pork dumpling isn’t your typical dumpling per se. It is called the emperor’s dumpling because royalty don’t tend to have to fill their bellies with pastry – there is no dough wrapping the most delicious filling. Here ground pork is marinated with shao xing wine, sesame oil, lup cheong & wood ear fungus. It is then steamed with a delicate oyster based sauce. I do hope you try both dishes – they represent fu manchu well – dishes that are fundamentally chinese but inspired by our regional home cooking. Enjoy! year of the ox 09“The Ox is the sign of prosperity through fortitude and hard work.” Back to Sydney – I hope you do try our new year offering to you – candied lotus root – if you visit fu over the next 15 days. The lotus root symbolises long life and strong family ties because even after it is cut with a knife, there can be many attached strings between the two cut pieces. Here is a list of some foods with special CNY meanings: What I really love about CNY is that we have 15 days to celebrate the welcoming of new year with our family and friends..which means that I will also get to be with the fu family before the end of the party! See you all soon Gong Xi Fa Cai |