In Side Dish, Vegetable on
4 March 2010 with no comments
tagged asian, Chinese, cream cheese, sweet pea, tomato, Vegetable 104 views
I have a love-hate relationship with sweet peas. Haha I haven’t had sweet peas in months! *was hating it
But today I found a packet of sweet peas in the fridge. *love at first sight all over again LOL

I thought I’ll cook this sweet peas with a slight twist. Come join me!
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In Cookie on
8 February 2010 with 7 comments
tagged Chinese, chinese new year cookies, pineapple, pineapple tart, tart 656 views
Who loves Pineapple Tarts? Who? Who? Raise your hand please!
NOT ME! Hahaha
Sorry. I’m just not a pineapple person. :P
But my sister is. She’s a HUGE fan of Pineapple Tarts and also you may already know – Kuih Bangkit. Every year without fail she will bake one or two batch of pineapple tarts for Chinese New Year.

We have several Pineapple Tarts recipes ranging from the traditional crumbly type to Nyonya and Portuguese version. Tried all of them and she loves the crumbly type the most. So here I am sharing with you the recipe accompanied with step-by-step pictures.
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In Chinese, Dining on
27 January 2010 with 2 comments
tagged coffee shop, kaya swiss roll, marble butter cake, Yut Kee Restaurant 615 views

All my life I’ve known Yut Kee Restaurant as the kopitiam that produce SUPER DUPER delicious Marble Butter Cake and Kaya Swiss Roll. So when I read other blogs reviewing Yut Kee’s Roast Pork Roll, Pork Chop, etc… I had only 1 question mark hanging above my head…
“Is this the same Yut Kee Restaurant that sell the yummy Marble Butter Cake and Kaya Swiss Roll?”
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In Cookie on
25 January 2010 with 14 comments
tagged arrowroot flour, Chinese, chinese new year cookies, coconut milk, kuih bangkit, nyonya, sago flour, santan 1,361 views
Kuih Bangkit is one of the classic Chinese New Year cookies (others are Kuih Kapit @ Love Letter and Pineapple Tarts) loved by Malaysians. What’s loved about this traditional Nyonya cookie is the aromatic smell that welcomes you the moment you bite into the crispy outer later and then got jolted into a world of melt in your mouth excitement. Oh yeah!

To be frank with you I’m not a big fan of Kuih Bangkit but my sister is such a HUGE fan of this cookie. So much a fan that she stubbornly picked up a cookie that has fallen on the floor and intend to bake it. Horror! Thank God I was able to coaxed her and finally got rid of that 1 piece of ‘dirty’ cookie. Haha [Read more →]
In how to on
19 January 2010 with 2 comments
tagged herbs, how to, rosemary 200 views

In Malaysia it’s quite difficult to get hold of fresh herbs like rosemary, thyme, oregano, marjoram… except basil which I have successfully grew. The only place we can stock up on these herbs is from the hypermarket/supermarket. However most of the time I’m using only a portion of the herbs, the rest will be kept in fridge. And they won’t last long… a week or two later they will be thrown away. What a waste ya?
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