Ingredient Name: Apples (Fuji) Traditional Chinese Name: 蘋果 (píng guǒ) What is this? The apple is the fruit of the apple tree There are 7,500 known cultivars of apples to date, each with varying characteristics such as sweetness, texture, size and usage The fuji apple is a popular apple due to its dense flesh that is sweeter and… Continue reading Fuji Apples
Category: Fruits
Tomato
Ingredient Name: Tomato Traditional Chinese Name: 番茄 (fān qié) What is this? The fruit of the tomato plant The most common types of tomatoes are usually orange to red in colour and are often found to be in varying shapes of oval They grow on the vined tomato plant, which can grow from 1-3 metres… Continue reading Tomato
Mcintosh Apples
Ingredient Name: Apples (Mcintosh) Traditional Chinese Name: 蘋果 (píng guǒ) What is this? The apple is the fruit of the apple tree There are 7,500 known cultivars of apples to date, each with varying characteristics such as sweetness, texture, size and usage The mcintosh apple is known for its red and green skin and produces… Continue reading Mcintosh Apples
Winter melon
Ingredient Name: Winter melon, white gourd, or ash gourd Traditional Chinese Name: 冬瓜 (dōng guā) What is this? Winter melon is actually a vine grown fruit that is eaten as a vegetable The melon itself can grow to be very large, hitting 1-2 m in length and 30 pounds at full maturity Both young and mature… Continue reading Winter melon
Papaya
Ingredient Name: Papaya Traditional Chinese Name: 木瓜; (mù gua) What is this? A relatively large, tropical fruit (ripe papaya can weigh from 1 pound to over 5 pounds each). The fruit is ripe when it feels soft and the skin has turned from green to an amber yellow-orange. The flesh of the fruit is juicy… Continue reading Papaya
Longan (Dried)
Ingredient Name: Longan (Dried) Traditional Chinese Name: 龍眼; (lóngyǎn) What is this? A small, round fruit found in Southern China and Southeast Asia The longan (“dragon eyes”) is so named because the fruit resemblesan eyeball when it is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like pupil). The seed is small, round and… Continue reading Longan (Dried)
Longan
Ingredient Name: Longan (fresh) Traditional Chinese Name: 龍眼; (lóngyǎn) What is this? A small, round fruit found in Southern China and Southeast Asia The longan (“dragon eyes”) is so named because the fruit resembles an eyeball when it is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like pupil). The seed is… Continue reading Longan
Large Dried Dates
Ingredient Name: Large Dried Dates Traditional Chinese Name: 蜜棗 (mì zǎo) What is this? Dates are the berry fruits produced from the date palm of the palm family There are varying types and sizes of dates, some which are meant to be edible as snacks and some appropriate for soups The best types for soups… Continue reading Large Dried Dates