I love a good roast and Côte De Boeuf or ribeye of beef is my favourite cut to roast. So this Christmas I roasted one and took some pic for a special friend who said she has trouble cooking beef. I hope she enjoys the step by step pictorial. Hope she will try again as … Continue reading Côte De Boeuf – Ribeye of beef
The pipa ( Chinese: 琵琶) pronounced as ‘pee-pah’ is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12 to 26. Pipa toufo should resemble the shape of a pipa. Every time I … Continue reading Pipa Toufo (琵琶豆腐) – signatory mine
Kiam Hue steamed pork belly or minced pork is one of those dish that makes you go for that extra bowl of rice. On a cold raining day like today it is fabulous. This is such an easy dish to cook. I literally start by frying the salt fish on low heat and start slicing … Continue reading Kiam Hue steamed pui bak (Salt fish pork belly)
It is without a doubt that if you want to eat something to your taste or if you are fussy with your food then you have to learn to make it yourself. I have to admit I am quite fussy though my close friends will say I am extremely fussy. I, on the other hand … Continue reading Fu Pei Guen – 腐皮卷 (虾 & 鸡); prawns and chicken beancurd wraps
I bought a huge English crab from Devon and I used the boiling method to dispatch it to crab heaven and then painstakingly picked all the meat. One of the dish I made from some of the meat is potted crab. This is extremely easy to make and taste good if you are a fan … Continue reading Potted crab with a hint of lemon
Traditional Cantonese Crispy Roast pork belly – Siu Yuk, 脆皮烧肉, is my daughter favourite of all Chinese roast dishes. She can never have enough of Cantonese Crispy Roast Pork Belly aka Siu Yuk and will eat it everyday if she could. However normally after marinating and roasting it all day, after the cleaning up I … Continue reading Traditional Cantonese Crispy Roast pork belly – Siu Yuk, 脆皮烧肉.
This is a dish I have a craving for few times a year. Cincalok Pork belly. I was so blessed to be the recipient of a beautiful jar of this goodness from a friend. I almost want to put it by my pillow and sleep with it. kekekekeke Cincalok this jar that I have is … Continue reading Crispy Pork Belly with Cincalok (Heh Ya Kay Char Pui Bak Bak)
The hubby has been indulging in too much glutinous rice dumpling (zongzi) last week so these few days he must eat less carbohydrates. Today he has monkfish tail wrapped in bacon blanket with lots of salads from my graden. This is an easy dish so am writing out so everyone can try. Place your monk … Continue reading Monkfish in bacon blanket
A friend recently is very interested in learning this dish. Maybe because she sees I eat a lot of this. It’s my go to lazy dish. When I am wrapping, I tend to wrap a big batch and bagged them into my freezer. Then when I am hungry and want some food I would just … Continue reading Chinese Dumpling Soup (Sui Kow) 水餃
Char Keow Teow or fried flat rice noodles is another of my recipe that I have lost with my old blog. So I am now replacing it. Because I live in the UK and I missed the charcoal taste I am here using a few drop of liquid smoke to give me that special ooooomph…. … Continue reading Char Keow Teow (Fried Flat Rice Noodles)
