It has been awhile since I updated my blog. The weather has been so hot in UK recently we just eat simple wraps and such so nothing to blog about. Saying that I have friends who asked me why I don’t start a “One dish” a day section. Truth be told is plain laziness and … Continue reading Spicy sardines
Alright, first question first. Who is old enough to remember this dish? It is normally served during a 10 course wedding or birthday dinner when I was very much younger. Second question is who has recently ate this dish? I, for one have not eaten it for a long, long time nor have I seen … Continue reading Silky Mustard Green with crab meat (滑蛋 Kai Choy)
Today I make sambal belacan chilli paste again. The ones I made last week were all gone and I only gave 2 cups worth away. The daughter complained she wanted to eat more. We happened to go near a Chinese supermarket yesterday so I bought the biggest bag of dried chillies and 3 packets of … Continue reading Basic sambal chilli belacan – Special
I have not been updating my blog for some time. The intention is good but real life got in the way. My KitKat was involved in a hit & run and he as well as us humans were all traumatised. We just managed to get him home now after surgery to wired his broken jaw … Continue reading Cured Trout
My daughter’s god-sister who love this dish wanted to make this but she could not find my recipe which was lost when I lost my old blog. I promised her that I will do anther one for her. As I have recorded on Facebook this can easily be done. As for me it is like … Continue reading Turnip/daikon/loh bak Go (蘿蔔糕)
My hubby is a big fan of chicken breasts. He was so happy when I told him the Sunday passed we are going to Costco to get some chicken breasts. The typical Englishman that he is, is a huge fan of chicken breasts as they have no bones. However hubby did not know that I … Continue reading Simply Chicken Floss
Every year during hubby’s birthday I will cook a special meal for his departmental colleagues which is usually around 15 to 20 people. That is all I can manage as the entire building will have a couple of hundreds personnel! (pre pandemic) Everyone does the same on their birthdays but mostly the food is shop … Continue reading Mee Siam – special
On my last trip back to Devon, where I lived for close to a decade originally, a long time close friend gave me 2 huge lump of beef. A beef rump which I have portioned into steaks, cooked SousVide and a topside which I have been pondering what to cook with it. I have now … Continue reading Serunding Daging (Spiced Beef Floss)
I was wondering for days what to do with the balance of the eggs I got from Devon. Last week my son came back from a visit to his Nanny and he brought me a dozen eggs from Okehampton town. He asked the vendor if they are fresh and the vendor took him to look … Continue reading Tamarind eggs
When I was young, a long, long time ago my mother used to cook this dish for us five siblings. Sometimes she cooks with prawns and sometimes with lobsters. Growing up in Kuching, Sarawak these used to be very fresh from a friend of my father’s. We all loved this sauce a lot although our … Continue reading Sweet Chilli Crab claws – Special
