Many Chinese love salted egg yolks. This ingredient is commonly found in moon cakes, dumplings, steamed rice with fillings and now it is found in many new snacks.
A Nyonya in UK, Breakfast, Culture, Recipes, Snack, Sweets and Puddings, Uncategorized, Vegetarian, Vegan
AngKoo Kuih
Angkoo Kuih is a traditional Nyonya Kuih. However, do you know the Nyonya story behind it? Angkoo is a feature during the’ full moon’ celebration. When an infant reaches a month or 28 days, it is an occasion to celebrate. Due to the high infant mortality rate in the olden day, reaching a full month …
Quick Noodle Soup in 10 Minutes
When one is hungry, a quick meal is necessary. This quick noodle soup is easy to prepare and easier to cook. All it takes is 10 minutes of your time. This recipe is a god-send. Well. me send as I created this! Oh I believe many busy mums would have invented it as well. We …
Spicy Oriental Chicken
The Spicy Oriental Chicken is a dish that I started cooking when I was around 13 years old. I first cooked this dish for my father’s birthday. It proved to be such a delicious dish that I was asked to cook it for birthdays and celebration. It had become a family favourite.
How not to do a fake-away
Nowadays there are loads of recipes to do takeaways at home. This is especially true for slimming clubs like WW and Slimming World which I was once a member of. Here is my attempt at doing this. Penang Hainanese Chicken Rice Meal, 18th Sept 2020 Friday Night Takeaway. A delicious Malaysian home-cooked meal. Here is …
Friday Night Take Away: How Did It Go?
Last Friday, I did a Friday night take away. It featured my most popular meal, the Penang Hainanese Chicken Rice. It is the most popular meal in Wefifo. Since the lock down, I haven’t been doing much. So when the lock down eases a bit, I am feeling a bit restless. My hands got to …
How To Make Your Food Go Further In This Challenging Time – Easy Vegetable Curry
Easy Vegetable Curry Well, we are now doing social distancing. I am on voluntary self-isolation as I did not feel good a few days ago. I thought I was coming down with something and felt like I had slight fever and a sore throat. So I self-isolate. There is a family member who is in …
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Peculiar Pasties: Vegan Pasties with an Oriental Twist
You might be wondering why I am doing pasties? The Pasties are rather peculiar as it is not your usual pasties. That is why I call it Vegan Pasties with an Oriental twist. Vegan Pasties with an Oriental twist. Well, it all started when a business customer asked me to make vegan chocolate …
What is Burns night?
Burns night is a celebration of the poet Robert Burn’s birthday. Did you know that at one time the largest celebration of Burn’s was in Russia? Because of his famous words ” A man is a man for all that.” .. ,it means that inspite of being a common man or a lord, you are …
When Does the Preparation For Chinese New Year Begin?
Good question. I think it varies with different families. Tang Yuan.For our family, it begins after winter solstice. Winter solstice is on 22nd December. It is a very important day in the Chinese lunar calendar. It is the shortest day of the year. After that day, one can notice that the sun rises earlier. This …
Wefifo Supper Club
I hosted a Malaysian Hainanese Chicken Rice Dinner last week. It went well. The guests enjoyed the food and the company. This time there are 6 guests as I have the carpet changed to wooden floor and moved the display cupboards around and has more space. So now instead of 4 seats, the table can …
Supper Club: Penang Hainanese Chicken Rice on 29th June 2019
After a long break of almost a year, I decide that I am ready to host another supper club. I hurt my wrist last Valentine’s day, of all days. It took a long time to get better. Note that I did not say ‘heal’ as at up to now there is still some discomfort when …
Hinckley Sunday Munch Septemer 2018
I was in the September Hinckley Sunday Munch. I missed the Hinckley Feast 2018 as I was too late in booking. This is because I only decided to have a stall to test my products early this year. I finally took the plunge to try it out near where I live, and June was my …
How To Make Dim Sum: Siu Mai
Dim sum are Chinese snacks. It is traditionally eaten in the morning for breakfast. Nowadays one can get dim sum for breakfast, lunch, dinner and also supper. In any Chinese Restaurant that serves dim sum, there will be many varieties, ranging from savoury to sweet, with steamed and fried items. One can also get Chinese …
Kiam Bak Chang – Savoury Rice Dumplings
I made savoury sticky rice dumplings yesterday. I made a batch last year and it did not turn out as tasty as I expected. So this time round I am experimenting with a new recipe. This time round it is tasty, but not to my standard. I also have too much of the fillings …
