About Me

Welcome to my blog, Mary’s Happy Belly!

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I am Mary of Mary’s Happy Belly! My blog focuses on Cantonese and Asian-inspired recipes, with occasional posts covering travel (mainly within Ontario), Chef interviews, restaurant reviews, and culinary events.

About me

I am a proud Torontonian, a mom of 2 girls, and I love to eat and cook.  I am lucky to have an abundance of delicious food my whole life, and come from a large family of amazing home cooks and restauranteurs. My mom is my mentor and the inspiration for most of my Chinese dishes on the blog!  I have developed my cooking skills from culinary school and cooking a lot at home (always learning of course!).

In the culinary world, I have developed recipes for many large brands, I have taught cooking classes, and I also conduct cooking demos. I also have a lot of turkey recipes on my blog because I love turkey and through my partnerships with Butterball Canada and Canadian Turkey.

The love for sharing my experience, techniques, and home-cooked recipes is why I created my blog.

On the TV end, in 2014, I was on a reality culinary competition show on the W Network called the “The Pressure Cooker” (read about my experience on the show). I am proud to say that I lost against the winner of the show!

I am the host of Gusto TV’s “One World Kitchen”, where I teach viewers how to make Cantonese dishes. The show currently airs on SBS Australia, and occasionally on Canadian networks.  I have had many appearances on daytime TV shows as well.

I also have a growing YOUTUBE Channel where I share my experiences of local restaurants, travel videos, cooking tips and appliance reviews. I’d love a SUBSCRIBE!  

For 2021, also launched a frozen dumpling business called “Mary’s Happy Belly Dumplings” that was available for delivery across Toronto and Greater Toronto area, with an incredible chili oil to match. The project was a success and is currently on hiatus.

Mary's Happy Belly Dumplings

Mary’s Happy Belly Dumplings

Start reading my posts!

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I also have a YouTube channel with travel and cooking videos (subscribe here)!

Connect with me!

I am most active on my Instagram and Instagram stories where I share my home-cooked creations, life with my family, and the cool food events happening in Toronto (follow me @maryshappybelly on Instagram).

I know there are many passionate food lovers out there, and I want to connect with you.
Put down that fork and comment, share, subscribe and follow me on my social media handles to get the latest posts, and join in the food discussion!

Even easier…hover over my social media icons on the home page to connect.

Additional contact information here 

Mary’s Happy Belly also has contributors in the past including my Liz (my sis!) and Waleed.

Team Mary’s Happy Belly

Chef Susur Lee and I #maryshappybelly

Chef Susur Lee and I
#maryshappybelly

6 Comments

  • Reply
    Christine Falcon
    April 12, 2021 at 9:35 am

    Hello!

    My name is Christine and I represent Jooble. Our Canadian audience is 800 000 people every month.

    I`m reaching out to you, because after reading through your website, we strongly believe there could be a great collaboration between you and Jooble. I`d like to highlight that it`s non-commercial: no costs involved.

    This is not an employment- or hiring-related. We already partner with different companies, organizations and blogs this way.

    If you are not the right person to contact, my apologies! Could you point me in the direction of the right contact to discuss this?

    Thank you in advance and have a wonderful day,

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      Mary Tang
      April 12, 2021 at 3:49 pm

      Thank you, Christine. What is your e-mail address? We can talk more through e-mail

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    Greg
    November 7, 2014 at 7:00 pm

    Could you comment on this? Your thoughts would be of interest http://sheepledog.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/east-asian-food-bloggers/

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    Selma's Table
    May 16, 2014 at 9:26 am

    Hi Mary, so lovely to be able to connect with you through Twitter. My mum and brother live in Toronto and mum is always telling me about the fabulous food they have eaten at various restaurants – she lived in Winnipeg before that so is a little overwhelmed at the food scene in TO! She adores Michael Smith so much but wants to teach him how to cook rice! She says that it is the one thing he needs a little bit of help with!! Thanks for checking out my blog and getting back to me via Twitter – look forward to virtual eating with you!

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      maryshappybelly
      May 19, 2014 at 10:19 pm

      Hi Selma, It was wonderful to connect with you. I am sure your family misses you a lot in Toronto.
      Thank you for following my blog and I look forward to our discussions.

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    greg@urbanspoon
    January 14, 2014 at 2:55 am

    Hi Mary,

    Your first posts just appeared on Urbanspoon! Check it out:
    https://www.urbanspoon.com/r/10/1752444/restaurant/St-Lawrence-Market-Old-Town/Woods-Restaurant-Bar-Toronto
    https://www.urbanspoon.com/r/2/11907/restaurant/Magnificent-Mile/David-Burkes-Primehouse-Chicago

    I encourage you to claim your blog, which allows you to add a picture and change some settings. The blog photo shows up next to your posts wherever they appear on Urbanspoon. Here’s how to claim:

    – Make sure you’re logged into Urbanspoon

    – Go to your blog page on our site: https://www.urbanspoon.com/br/10/12442/Toronto/Marys-Happy-Belly.html

    – Click “Claim your blog” in the left sidebar

    After you submit it, we may contact you to verify your claim. Check your spam email folder if your claim hasn’t gone through in a day or two. You’ll also find some interesting badges and widgets on your Urbanspoon blog page – look in the right sidebar.

    If you have any questions, please contact me via email.

    Thanks,
    Greg

    http://www.urbanspoon.com

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    greg(at)urbanspoon(dot)com

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