Chef Tim Wong: Nian Gao "New Year Rice Cakes" and Zha Jiang Mian "Noodles & Meat Sauce"

Chef Tim Wong operates the downtown lunch favorite Poke Nagomi, located at 342 George Street in New Brunswick. Poke Nagomi shares kitchen space with Cambo Box, where we filmed this episode. In this episode of…

Chef Tim Wong operates the downtown lunch favorite Poke Nagomi, located at 342 George Street in New Brunswick. Poke Nagomi shares kitchen space with Cambo Box, where we filmed this episode.

In this episode of Share Your Foodways, Chef Tim shares his family’s Lunar New Year traditions and two of his favorite treats: Nian Gao, a Lunar New Year rice cake, and Zha Jiang Mian, a Beijing noodle dish with meat sauce. Though traditionally made with pork, the recipe can be adapted for chicken, tofu, or other meat substitute.

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Lunar New Year Rice Cakes

Beijing Meat Sauce & Noodles