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
I finally found a very good looking bittergourd with no blemishes. Was so difficult to find good ones nowadays and the shops are very clever or sneaky, depending on how you look at it. They will pair a not so good one with a good one and sometimes they turn the rotten bits to the … Continue reading Bittergourd – Lap lap bittergourd (Signatory mine)
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
When I was growing up in Kuching, Sarawak I remembered one of the places where my mother used to take us, me and my 4 other siblings to buy breakfast from this shop (I forgot where) that sold the best egg tarts, cream puffs and this very special egg sponge cake but with savoury mince … Continue reading Steamed egg sponge cake with mince pork and fried onions – Special (鸡蛋糕)
Garland Chrysanthemum, Tong Ho (茼蒿) or Shungiku stir fry with garlic and fermented bean curd (腐乳) is one of those dishes that have sort of disappeared through the years. I am not sure why but I hardly see anyone eating, cooking or ordering it cooked this way anymore. Luckily I remember this dish well and … Continue reading Tong Ho 茼蒿 stir fry with fermented bean curd 腐乳
When I was a lot younger, decades ago during the durian season in Kuching, mother will have rest days. We, 5 siblings and parents will be eating durians a few days a week. In the evening my father would drive us to the central market, I forgot the name of this market. There lorries loaded … Continue reading Durian Ice Cream – Musang King
I do love a good bowl of prawn noodles. Especially when the weather is 7˚C outside. Inside my house though the heating has not even come on as I live in a new build eco-friendly house. After a bowl of my extra spicy Hae Mee noodles, I do not feel any cold at all. Peeling … Continue reading Prawn Noodles (虾面/Hae Mee) With Pork Ribs
Today is Thursday, the day hubby has to pop into his office. I like to cook him a surprise lunch every Thursday. I sent him to work this morning after giving him eggy bread and started to make my asam curry paste. I planned to finished cooking and showered by the time he comes back … Continue reading Asam Curry Fish (Asam hue) 亚叁咖哩鱼
Recently it has been much easier for me to lay my hands on ‘fresh’ lotus roots. The other day when I was at the shop, I saw this fresh stick of lotus root winking at me. So, I bought it for the princely sum of £8 plus! Sacrilege! However, lotus root is good for us … Continue reading Braised pork ribs with lotus roots and nam yue (fermented red beancurd)
