A sweet-savoury old-school steamed cake, perfect for a snack or impressing your Foochow elders.

It’s not every day that your future father-in-law goes out of his way to make your favourite cake for you. Except, for Mildred’s father, it was.

One home cook turns to her family recipes, the Internet, and a healthy dose of curiosity to make Foochow red yeast rice wine.