📣 ✨ THE BEST FOOD POST -A happy dinner, my mom's cooking is amazing.

Let me show you what ordinary families in southern Jiangsu, specifically in Changshu, typically have for home-cooked meals. It’s another Saturday evening, and as usual, I went to my mom’s place for dinner. She prepared a table full of dishes I love. Our dishes don’t have a trace of chili—everything is light and refreshing.

Braised pork ribs with quail eggs is my mom’s specialty. The ribs are cooked until tender. A plate of broad beans was the first to be emptied; at this time of year, the bean skins are already tough, so we only eat the beans inside.

The white-cut chicken relies heavily on the quality of the chicken. My mom insists it’s free-range chicken from the local market, but I don’t believe you can find truly free-range chickens there nowadays.

The sweet lotus root stuffed with glutinous rice and the braised goose were store-bought, as my dad has a sweet tooth.
The winter melon chicken soup had a golden hue, made with the broth from boiling the white-cut chicken.

Stir-fried mushrooms with pork slices and braised water bamboo are dishes we often have. After eating rich dishes at restaurants, I still find my mom’s simple and familiar cooking the most comforting.
Which dish would you like?

@thoughtcs