Now that the Christmas and the New Year festivities are over, and extra pounds somehow lodge itself to our bodies, it is now time to prepare for another festival. This time it is Chinese New Year. In fact I have started to do my shopping for my cake and cookies ingredients. This year I plan …
Are you suffering from left-over hang 0ver? Well, I was, after Christmas!! I find it boring to eat too much left-overs, or too much of the same thing in consecutive days. We had turkey for Christmas and all the stuffing and trimmings. I did not prepare it, my other half did and all were shop …
Penang has undergone a lot of changes since my younger days. When I go home for a visit, I noticed that I do not visit the old places any more. Shopping is more in the modern shopping complexes. The city of George Town has also undergone a lot of changes. In the olden days, rent in …
The Shard After Borough Market, we walked towards the embankment and we went to The Shard, one of the newer iconic buildings of London. However, it began to drizzle. We went for the tour anyway as we will not be coming this way until many months later. The ticket costs £30.95 each ( adult). …
While holidaying in Malaysia, I decided to go window shopping in Sunway Pyramid. As explained in my previous post, this is a shopping complex and the Aeroline Coach stop/ office is near here. The FullHouse Signature restaurant has been in Sunway Pyramid for many years now. I have passed by many times and I have not …
A savoury dish cleverly disguised as a cup cake.
This is a recipe adapted from Weight Watchers magazine. I have cooked this many times and I find it has an interesting taste. When I was on holiday back in Malaysia, I offered to cook a few meals so as not to make myself ‘of not much use’. I offered to cook and instead of …
Laksa after having a dig in. Sorry forgot to take pic first! Finally, I managed go get a bowl of Laksa, Penang Laksa, that is. I need to have this before I return to the UK. Without doing this my trip is incomplete!! You see, Laksa in other parts of Malaysia means a curry …
Soon after I arrived in Malaysia, a dear friend of mine, Chan and his wife Angie, invited me over for otak-otak. However, I have a prior appointment that evening I could not make it for dinner. Anyway Angie invited me over to share her recipe and make otak-otak. What a splendid idea! So I went …
My trip to Penang coincided with my mother’s anniversary. So on that morning my sister woke up early to cook some food to take along with us. She cooked assam prawns or tamarind prawns. We packed them and drove over to the mainland crossing the famous Penang Bridge. Then we made our way to my …
Today is Saturday and my younger sister visited me pretty early! She came with the letter from the Golf and Country Club of which I am member but now I have been an absent member since moving to the UK. I should not be paying for the subscription as it was agreed that I would …
My airline lunch, blah. It has been a while since I last blogged. I was travelling, and busy meeting up with old friends and catching up. I have been away for a few years so it it good to be back. My flight to Kuala Lumpur was nothing to shout about. Went to Schiphol, Amsterdam …
This is another easy and cheap dish using very basic ingredients that can be found in almost any kitchen. If you have dark and light soy sauce in your kitchen, then you must try this – even if you are a novice in Chinese or Malaysian cooking. You have salt and pepper in you kitchen, …
Stir Fried Bean Sprouts This is one of the easiest dishes to cook. It is quick and easy and has very few ingredients. Back when we were young, we would fry the beansprouts with firm bean curd or tofu (or Toukwa). Sometimes we add spring onions or chives and chilies to give it an extra …
I was thinking about making something quick, simple and easy to store, or pack for lunch. I bought 2 boxes of eggs a few days ago, and I decided to make low calorie egg muffins. It is just muffins without added fat or flour. So it is basically an omelette. Or, if you want to …
