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How To

Vanilla Custard Tart

October 9, 2011

Like the delicious butter cake recipe, this beautiful vanilla custard tart is another fine way to enjoy the very best flavour of vanilla. This flexible recipe lets you make either a 9″ tart or several tartlets. The secret to making a yummylicious vanilla custard tart lies in the use of good quality butter and vanilla. [...]

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Healthy Roselle Juice

August 24, 2011

I was first introduced to Roselle at my local wet market earlier this year. This lovely maroon color ‘fruit’ from the hibiscus family caught my eyes as I was exiting the market. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Pretty and mysterious! Unfortunately I didn’t buy any at that time because we were busy planning [...]

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How To Clean Salted Duck Egg

July 21, 2011

I remember watching my grandma and aunt cleaning salted duck egg in my younger days but somehow those memories has been forgotten until I dig hard into my brain while penning this out. So it was my dad who taught the clueless me how to clean salted duck egg last year. Hahaha Below is a [...]

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Grandma’s Nyonya Chang Rice Dumplings + Step By Step Pictures On How To Wrap Chang

June 16, 2010

Nyonya Chang Bak Chang Chinese Rice Dumpling

Chang, Zong, Zongzi… they all mean 1 thing; glutinous rice with yummylicious fillings wrapped in bamboo/lotus/banana leaves. Chang is eaten on the 5th day of the 5th Lunar Month which is today in fact, 16th June 2010. :) First I need to clarify something. My grandma is not a Nyonya but she learned how to [...]

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Preserving Fresh Herbs By Freezing

January 19, 2010

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 [...]

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Buying, Choosing & Cutting Avocado

October 13, 2009

Before this year avocado is a foreign fruit to me. I have read & heard a great deal of goodness about this fruit (lower our LDL ‘bad’ cholesterol & increase our HDL ‘good’ cholesterol levels) but I never came close to buying & eating it. One reason is because we don’t grow avocado in Malaysia. [...]

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