How We Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival as a Canadian/Cantonese Mixed Family | Vlog

Go to https://expressvpn.com/taylorr and find out how you can get 3 months of ExpressVPN free! Celebrating Levi's First Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong! Please SUBSCRIBE here! http://bit.ly/2de1gQj Previous Vlog: https://youtu.be/Aqd57iUsYDE Carol: https://www.instagram.com/carolpuiyuet/ Recipes Crispy Stuffed Lotus Roots -large lotus root, peeled, washed & sliced -12 ounces pork (or you can use chicken, turkey, fish, or vegan meat) -2 spring onion, chopped -1 tsp shaoxing wine -1 tsp soy sauce -1/2 tsp sugar -1 tsp corn starch (plus more to sprinkle) -pinch of salt & white pepper Instructions -peel, wash, and slice (~1cm thick) the lotus root -place lotus root in a bowl with cold water to remove some of the starch -place minced meat in a bowl, add the shoaling wine, soy sauce, sugar, corn starch, salt & white pepper and stir until the mixture becomes sticky, then add in the green onion and mix -dry, then sprinkle some corn starch on the lotus root -add the minced meat mixture to one side of the lotus root then cover with another lotus root so it looks like a sandwich -shallow fry in cooking oil until golden brown (~4 min), then flip and repeat -place on a paper towel to absorb some of the oil Chinese Pumpkin Rice -2 cups of long-grain white rice (we used Jasmine) -8 large dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked in 1.5 cups of hot water for at least 4 hours (keep the water) -250ml of chicken broth -350g boneless, skinless chicken thighs -400g pumpkin, cut into cubes (not too small or they will disintegrate) -optional: shallots, thinly sliced Marinade for Chicken -1 tbsp light soy sauce -1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce -1/2 tsp sugar -1 tbsp Shaoxing wine -1 tsp of fresh grate ginger -5 garlic cloves, minced -1 tbsp oyster sauce -1/2 tbsp salt -pinch of white pepper Instructions: -Marinate the chicken -Rinse the rice and place in rice cooker -add 250 ml chicken broth -add ~1 cup dried mushroom water (until you get to 2 cups of liquid inside of the rice cooker) -over medium heat, fry the chicken (with the marinate, garlic, & ginger) in a bit of cooking oil until it is 70% cooked -add it to the rice cooker -add the mushrooms and pumpkin and cook on the ‘casserole’ setting (~1 hour) -gently fluff the rice and taste (you can add more seasonings here if needed) -keep rice on the “stay warm” mode -option: fry some shallots until crispy to place on top Hi! I'm Taylor, I'm originally from Canada and currently living between Toronto & Hong Kong and sharing my life along the way! My channel is lifestyle based with mostly vlogs, DIY's, makeup, health, and nutrition. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taytay_xx/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Taylor.R.Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamtay_tay Main Website/ my shop: https://toat.com Rosie's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littlerosie_xx/ Elbow san's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elbowsan_xx/ MUSIC BY: Casey Calhoun- Paradise https://soundcloud.com/caseycalhounbeats/paradise https://soundcloud.com/caseycalhounbeats/october-nights Dyalla https://soundcloud.com/dyallas David Cutter Music https://soundcloud.com/search?q=david%20cutter%20music Rogyr https://soundcloud.com/rogiermuller Music by Mark Generous - Free Flights - https://thmatc.co/?l=8F598AB6 Music by STUDIO BEYOND - Love Week - https://thmatc.co/?l=034F461A MY EQUIPMENT: my camera- Canon 80D Wide Lens https://goo.gl/JuSQpY pancake lens (tight lens) https://goo.gl/oMPxg2 Rode Microphone https://goo.gl/ImQK8E vlogging camera- Canon EOS M6 Manfrotto Small Tripod ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ♥︎ Contact ♥︎ [email protected] (business only) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for watching! ❤ #TaylorR #MidAutumnFestival #HongKong