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With the departure of 2011 and the arrival of 2012, January can be a busy month. Whether it be racing around catching up with friends you missed before Christmas, or driving to your favourite camping spot, you can’t forget that on January 23^rd it’s Chinese New Year! What better way to celebrate then creating your own Chinese delivery banquet at home, with the help from Delivery Hero of course!

It’s the year of the Dragon this Chinese New Year and the lunar New Year on the 23^rd of January will kick of 15 days of celebrations across Australia including twilight parades, dragon boat races, night markets, workshops, tours and performances, finishing off with a Lantern Festival. And of course, the huge selection of traditional and unique Chinese New Year meals.

Families spend weeks preparing food, decorating their homes and making offerings to the Chinese Kitchen God by cooking up festive foods. Why stress yourself out with cooking and celebrate your own way. Avoid all hassle by ordering in! (more…)

When you’re eating with a knife and fork, everyone knows that there are some basic table manners to keep in mind, and eating with chopsticks is no different. While chopstick etiquette varies a bit from country to country, there are some common chopstick do’s and don’ts.

 So with Chinese New Year just around the corner take some expert chopstick tips with you for your next Chinese Home Delivery order. (more…)

Considering the amount of dishes and cuisines for which rice is a staple, cooking rice should be a fairly straightforward task. Yet more often than not cooking perfect rice can be a difficult one to get right with sticky clumpy rice, watery rice or, worse still, a burnt pan often being the end result.

It seems like everyone has there own ideas about how to cook perfect rice. So as Chinese New Year is approaching, we thought we’d share with you our method, ensuring you’ll have the perfect accompaniment to some delicious Chinese delivery of course!

How to Cook Perfect Rice: Our Method!

• First, rinse the rice under running water in a colander or sieve as this prevents it from becoming sticky. Continue rinsing until the water runs clear (around 2 minutes)
• Place the rice in a pan. Fill the pan with water to around 2cm above the rice level. (The ratio of rice to water should be about 1 cup of rice to just under 1 1/2 cups of water).
• Cover and bring to the boil. As soon as it starts to boil, reduce to a low heat so it is simmering.
• Let it simmer for 10 minutes, keeping the cover on.
• Remove the pan from the heat, keep it covered letting it steam for a further five minutes.
• Fluff the rice with a fork or chopsticks before serving.
• For added flavour use chicken or vegetable stock instead of water.

Fingers crossed you have cooked perfect rice!

There’s always Delivery Hero…
Should this all seem like too much of a risky business, perfect rice is available to order from the experts for home delivery.

How do you cook perfect rice? Let us know!  Who makes the best rice dishes in your area?

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