June 29, 2020
I learned to cook this pan fried tofu dish from my first Chinese cook book. It was given to me by EK to cook his favorite dishes. I have to say when it comes to food, we couldn’t be more opposite on the spectrum of what we like. He eats mostly chicken, tofu, egg, and vegetsbles, and frowns upon anything Read More
May 31, 2020
First Published Sep 18th 2015 I have been on a sambal mission lately. The main reason: I have these precious bottles of home-made crispy ikan bilis and peanuts couriered from Singapore. Now that I have the sambal chilli handy, it is time to whip up the Nasi Lemak. The cast: coconut rice, crispy ikan bilis and peanuts, Sambal Telur (Eggs), Read More
April 11, 2016
The theme for our next gourmet club event is “Hawaiian”. Here is one interesting article I found online about Spam and Hawaii. Surely, a Hawaiian gourmet club meet has to have a spam dish. I tried this Asian Meat Patty and Spam Loco Moco today. Thumbs up! We can eat this for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper. Great comfort food. Read More
March 7, 2016
The best part of Teochew Braised Duck is the slightly sweetened soy sauce gravy. I used to dip plain white bread in the sauce after all the duck, egg, and tofu are gone. I can eat this bread and soy sauce gravy all day. While I did not learn how to cook this dish when I was growing up Read More
January 31, 2015
I attempted Chicken Cutlet Donburi at Ashley’s request last weekend. Turns out that this is a really easy dish to make. I always wondered how the layer of onions and fluffy egg is made to taste so delicious? The secret is in the broth used to cook them! I stopped by the Japanese supermarket and picked up the key ingredients: Read More
