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Brown Rice With Pumpkin & Mushroom

January 17, 2012
Brown Rice with Pumpkin & Mushroom

Firstly, I would like to wish my dear readers a very Happy Chinese New Year. San nin fai lok. Man see yue yee. Can’t wait to ‘mum’ the CNY cookies and yummy dishes in less than a week time. Hehe :) As promised, here’s another interesting dish which you can try for the coming CNY. [...]

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Stuffed Lotus Root With Mushrooms

January 13, 2012
Stuffed Lotus Root With Mushrooms

Happy New Year everyone! This first post of 2012 is themed lotus root. As Chinese New Year is around the corner I will share 1 or 2 CNY dishes with you all (provided they are yummy of course) and this is one of them. Lotus root is one of the many auspicious Chinese New Year [...]

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My Very First Kimchi Making Experience

December 28, 2011
Kimchi

Kimchi (김치) is a popular traditional Korean dish which involves fermenting vegetables with seasonings. Each regions and seasons in Korea has their own distinct kimchi ingredients and flavours. So you can imagine how many varieties of kimchi you will find in Korea! Kimchi is said to be one of the top 5 health food of [...]

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Chinese New Year Cookies: Salted Egg Yolk Cookies

December 16, 2011
Salted Egg Yolk Cookies

Huh! Salted egg yolk cookies??? Yup you read that right. I was hesitating a little when I choose to make this cookie. Would it be yummy? Would it come out well? The answer is yes and yes. I’m so glad I tried this cookie. This is one of my new favorite cookies (together with Star [...]

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Chinese New Year Cookies: Green Pea Cookies

December 9, 2011
Green Pea Cookies

Green Pea cookies was a big hit few years back during Chinese New Year but I was never at the right place to taste it. I never caught on the green pea fever (if you know what I mean). Ahh but never fear, there’s always first time for everything. :) Alien balls! Hahaha

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Midnight Pan-Cooked Breakfast

December 5, 2011
Midnight Pan-Cooked Breakfast

This recipe, adapted from Jamie Oliver’s Naked Chef Takes Off (and can be found in Something For The Weekend by Penguin publishing) is very simple and fun! What you need is any ingredients you can find in the fridge/pantry and a non-stick pan. I think many of us have this kind of a similar ‘recipe’ [...]

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Star Anise Cookies

December 1, 2011
Star Anise Cookies

Everyone, please meet Star Anise cookies… your new best friend for life. Believe me. Hehe I myself am hopelessly smitten by this cookie! It’s my new all-time favorite. The flavor and the texture… just WOW-ed me! It’s just so perfume-y and intoxicating. This cookie is intended for Christmas and the holiday season but I think [...]

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Steamed Homemade Egg Beancurd with Filament Sticks

November 23, 2011
Steam Homemade Egg Beancurd with Filament Sticks

Have you tried making your own egg beancurd/tofu? Why not? It’s super easy, super fast, super delicious and most important of all it’s homemade. What you need is just 3 basic ingredients: plain soybean milk, eggs and cornstarch. I’ve never thought it would be this easy: mix, steam and eat! Haha This dish is perfect [...]

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