Swedish Prawn Cocktail (Skagenröra)

April 4, 2012
Swedish Prawn Cocktail

Prawn cocktail is a classic appetizer dish and this one I’m doing is a Swedish recipe called Skagenröra which uses prawns, mayonnaise, crème fraîche/soured cream and dill. I think I’ve seen it in Ikea’s restaurant before and truth to be told, this is my first time tasting it. Do I like it? Oh hell yeah. [...]

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Fried Prawns With Salted Egg Yolk

November 3, 2011
Fried Prawns With Salted Egg Yolk

Ahh… salted egg yolk, my love! How are you? Long time no eat you! Hahaha :D When it comes to salted egg yolk in Chinese dishes, the most obvious choice is the partnering of prawn with this sinful duck egg. And the favorite way to cook it is either with butter or kam heong style [...]

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Shanghai Rice Cake With Minced Pork & Leeks

October 19, 2011
Chinese Rice Cake With Minced Pork & Leeks

Chinese white rice cake, Shanghai rice cake or pak kor meen… they mean the same thing. I didn’t really fancy eating pak kor meen when I was young because it was usually very chewy and difficult to swallow. However recently my dad help me rediscovered this childhood food again. Since then my memory of pak [...]

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Soon Kee Seafood Restaurant @ Taman Gembira, Klang

June 16, 2011
Pumpkin with Salted Egg Yolk @ Soon Kee Seafood Restaurant

There are only 1 1/2 reasons why I dine at Soon Kee Seafood Restaurant. The first reason is because one of my most favorite dishes of all time come from there. The next 1/2 reason is because they come out with new dishes from time to time. It’s the only 1/2 good reason because the [...]

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