Loh-Mai-Kai-糯米鸡 with belt and braces This is an update post to my old post HERE with TIPs I have learned with age. I like to think with age come wisdom? I much preferred to make it this way nowadays. It is easier and for me a lot more convenient. My recipe remains the same but … Continue reading Loh-Mai-Kai-糯米鸡 with belt and braces
Braised mushrooms, fried toufo with beef I cooked a simple one pot braised dish tonight but thought I will blog it for my son. He bought his own place and moved out for a few years now and he has picked up some cooking skills along the years. In fact in the last year he … Continue reading Braised mushrooms, fried toufo with beef
Steamed salted cornfed chicken with a liberal does of sherry. Salted chicken is so easy to make at home. This is the simplest no fuss recipe. You buy the chicken and unlike the British people, we Chinese like to clean our chicken with salt and rinse before eating. In the winter this is a good … Continue reading Steamed salted cornfed chicken – Home brewed Yim Gai
Sarawak Red Kolo (Kolok) Mee 哥罗面 Today I treated my family to a special noodle dish from Sarawak. It’s been awhile since I made this and although it is called Red Kolok Mee, no colouring was used. Well at least not me. As for the steps of cooking please have a read here – https://www.julieolive.co.uk/2019/08/22/kampua-mee-kolok-mee-pok/ … Continue reading Sarawak Red Kolo (Kolok) Mee 哥罗面
Chicken, leeks and carrots in blackbean sauce Today I dismembered a cornfed chicken and used half of it to stir fry blackbeans. The hubby and daughter are big fans of blackbeans. I, myself can either take it or leave it. However we all love leeks and carrots. As such this dish was born. Just a … Continue reading Chicken, leeks and carrots in blackbean sauce – Signatory mine
Just recently I noticed this recipe is missing from my ‘new’ blog. As I am making it today I decided to take some photos and blog it. I really have to invest in a camera stand. My hands are getting more and more shakier by the years and sadly I can see a difference in … Continue reading Pork Liver Soup
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
Last night while watching MasterChef UK I suddenly decided we are having Mee Hoon Kueh today. So I quickly make the dough and let it sleep in the fridge. I normally make Mee Hoon Kueh soup and a friend always make me curry ones. However recently she decided to go on a diet and eat … Continue reading Curry Mee Hoon Kueh Soup 面粉粿汤
When I was young, one of my favourite breakfast is this fried glutinous rice. I decided to make some for today and tried to find my recipe last night but I could not find it this blog. Sadly it must heave been lost with my old blog. So today I decided to blog this and … Continue reading Stir-fried Glutinous Rice (生炒糯米飯)
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
