This is a collection of recipes from someone who has never been able to stick to just one cuisine. Every recipe here is 100% halal, personally tried, tested, and deeply loved.
I'm Chinese, I grew up in Spain, and I now live in London. I've eaten my way through street markets in Seoul, ordered the same seafood salad five times in a row in Thailand, and I still think about the bun cha I had in Vietnam. I cook everything from Uyghur lamb dumplings to seafood paella to Korean street food, and this site is where all of that comes together.
Most of my recipes are built with nutrition and protein in mind, but not everything here is about macros. Some dishes are on this site purely because they taste too good not to share.
The map is there because that's how I think about food: through places, memories, and flavors I've picked up along the way. This collection is always growing, so keep coming back.
I didn't grow up dreaming of being a cook. What actually happened was much more ordinary. My mum would come home from work and I'd abandon whatever homework I was supposed to be doing to help her in the kitchen. She called me her sous chef, which sounds cute, but really I was just washing vegetables, chopping things, and cleaning up. For a while it honestly felt like a chore.
But something shifted around the time I was 13. I started paying attention. Not just to the tasks she gave me, but to what she was doing and why. By 15 I was cooking full meals on my own and making dinner for my younger sister when my parents weren't home. That's when cooking stopped being something I helped with and became something that was mine.
That night made me realize that I don't just love cooking. I love sharing it, breaking it down, and helping other people get it right.
One evening I posted some pictures of homemade Uyghur lamb dumplings on Reddit. Pan fried and steamed. I didn't think much of it, but then the comments started flooding in. Strangers asking how I made them, wanting the full recipe. So I sat there and wrote out a proper detailed guide for every single person who asked. I could have just dropped a quick summary, but I didn't want to.
Growing up in Spain meant I was surrounded by incredible food from the start. Seafood paella in Costa Brava with alioli on the side is still one of my all-time favorites. But traveling is what really opened everything up. In Seoul I lost track of time wandering through street food markets. In Vietnam I tried bun cha and fell in love, and don't even get me started on Vietnamese coffee. In Thailand I discovered a seafood salad that I ordered again and again and couldn't stop thinking about when I got home. I've had Somali food with banana on the side and thought “why did nobody tell me about this sooner.” Every place I visit gives me something new to bring into my kitchen.
When I found Islam about a year ago, my cooking didn't shrink. It shifted. Some ingredients I used to rely on, like rice wine in Chinese cooking, were no longer an option. So I learned to work around them, finding alternatives and substitutions that keep the soul of a dish intact. It's honestly made me a more creative cook. And I want this site to show that halal food spans every cuisine, every culture, and every flavor profile you can think of. This space is for everyone, and I hope the recipes speak for themselves.
The map you see on this site isn't just a navigation tool. It's how I experience food: through places, memories, and flavors. And this collection is always growing. I'm constantly experimenting, tweaking, and discovering new dishes. So stick around, explore the map, and if you make something from this site, I'd genuinely love to hear about it.