It has been a very long time since I last made spring rolls. I had a gathering the other day and a friend made some and brought over. Ever since then I had spring rolls in my brain. No choice then, I had to make my own today. Luckily I have got a packet of … Continue reading Spring rolls – Signatory mine
Today I have decided to cook Claypot waxed meat Rice (Lap Mei Fun) – 腊味饭 but with claypot and do it much simply. I did not fry my rice first like I normally do and I did not add any other seasoning. I planned to start using up all the purchases I have brought back … Continue reading Claypot waxed meat Rice (Lap Mei Fun) 腊味饭 – made simple
I have been hankering to eat crab fried rice for awhile. A friend had cooked it twice and each time I saw hers, I was absolutely dribbling. To cook this in the UK is not that easy, more so for me as I have to gather the ingredients and plan like a military execution. I … Continue reading House Special Devon crabs fried rice
When I was doing my shopping at the Chinese supermarket, the butchery section had a huge stack of piggy trotters and I was tempted. Luckily I stopped myself from buying more than 1 packet. It has 3 trotters inside. We Chinese do not like the number 4 you know. I was thinking hard of what … Continue reading Pig Trotters with fermented red bean (腐乳)
Being able to make my own bao is a bonus. It means I can stick some into the freezer and can have bao on tap, so to speak. Today I made some duck bao. I have a deep love for duck cook any which way EXCEPT soup. I cooked the fillings a day before I … Continue reading Duck Bao, Petai Curry Ayam Bao and Sambal Bao
If you happened to live in the UK you have to plan your cook. The other day when it was so sunny I fried the salt fish (kiam hue, in Hokkien) I brought back all the way from Kuching. I do this in my garden which I have a cooking stove set up. This is … Continue reading Salt fish toufo (Kiam Hue Bean Curd)
Salted fish fried rice is one of them comfort food dish that if you had grew up eating you will love it. For most it is an acquired taste but my husband loves it from first bite. However one cannot judge whether any typical Englishman or westerner would like salt fish by my husband’s taste … Continue reading Kiam Hue Kay Char Pu’ng – Salted fish chicken fried rice
The hubby is a big fan of anything toufo. It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white! I love to create new toufo dishes for him! Update soon with where to buy the paste, recipe etc. Today just want to post this up. Date 28th April 2023 – I have been wanting to update this … Continue reading Chess board toufo & toufo pop with prawn paste – signatory mine.
My family loves yellow bean sauce and recently I am able to get the brand that my mother has been using since I was a child. I only remember her using this brand and Yeo’s brand and not any other. She also always used the whole beans and she insisted that it is not actually … Continue reading Cod cheeks in yellow beans sauce
I wanted to have bitter melon egg drop soup for a while now and today I have the opportunity to do so. I bought a bitter gourd for £3.80 last week when I was doing groceries shopping from the Asian supermarket. Yesterday I noticed that I have to eat it today for if not it … Continue reading Simple Bitter melon (gourd) egg drop soup ( 苦瓜蛋花汤 )
