Easter eggs in nests – Chinese style. I have been planning to post this since last week. The trouble is that: 1) I had some problem making the little nests. I thought I should use sweet potato strips to make the nests as it would give a nice brownish colour. However after a few attempts, I …
The Chinese celebrates the lunar new year for 15 days. There are 12 days of Christmas, so this concept is not too strange to understand. However, I am not sure if the 12 days are of real significance, or, it is just a song. Can you please enlighten me, if you know the answer? …
Hello there, I this week is really busy with a lot of events to attend prior to Christmas. I am sure most of us are busy with the festivities around the corner. As promised, I am trying a new filling for Kuih Ee or Tang Yuan. I tried the peanut filling last year …
Hello again, Today I am sharing this recipe of mine which I used to cook very frequently when I was in Malaysia. I remember cooking it for my late dad’s birthday when I was around 14 years old. I was pretty chuffed when the guests commented that it was really tasty. I used quite a bit …
I am not feeling all that good for the past 10 days or more. I believe it is the horrible weather that we are having right now, which is autumn and going into winter. For the duration I was aching all over. I had my flu jab in October so it looks like this …
It is seasonal cooking again!! Actually this easy stew was originally cooked with Taro – a type of Oriental yam. I used pumpkin instead as yam is hard to come across in where I live. Instead of pumpkin, I used the one that is easily available all year round – the butternut squash. Butternut squash …
On my last trip to London, we were in Chinatown doing some shopping and looking for some interesting Chinese food. We had come across this restaurant before. So this time we decided that we want to give this a try. Shuang Shuang is a Steam boat restaurant. Steam boat is a popular type of cooking …
Hi, I am not sure if the above title is correct. Custard in this country usually means a thick sauce made of eggs and milk and it is usually sweet. There is also custard tart that has a custard filling but the custard is firm. I use the name ‘Steamed Pork Custard’ as I think …
Hmm, you might think that this is a left-over recipe featuring left-over Chicken. Well, you are right and wrong. I decided to make some pasta using pesto. So I have some left-over pesto. I only used about 1/3 of the small jar of the pesto, so I have excess. Since it was quite sunny and …
I have been zoodling for many months now. I have tried quite a few types of vegetables like carrot, zucchini, cucumber, sweet potatoes, etc. Zoodles here means no points noodles. The points here refers to Weight-Watchers smart points. This means that eating this vegetable noodles does not add to your daily points allowance. I …
28th Jan 2021 Update. I have made a video on how to make the pickles to the Yee Sang. Click the link to watch. Yee Sang is a dish that I believe was invented by Overseas Chinese. I had not heard about it when I was a kid. I only learnt about it …
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 …
During my holiday in Malaysia, I had a chance to meet up with family and friends. Friends here means SGM members as well. These are members of our local area. SGM has grown tremendously since and there are many new groups and districts and chapters. Of course the members that I know are no …
On my trip to Malaysia, I went for an appointment in Kuala Lumpur. Since the troublesome driving experience where I got lost and took many wrong turns, I decided that I would not be driving to the city. So I had to rely on public transport. On the day of the appointment, my sister-in-law sent …
