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 …
And the Winner is……
Here is the result of our first Give away. We have many entries. I am happy to to announce the lucky winner! Congratulations Prema. Your pasties will be making it’s way to you soon. I am sure you would love the pasties. For those of you who submitted your entries, please do not …
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 Soda Bread
I made this just to try it out as I have not made soda bread before. I cannot remember if I have tasted one. This shows that I do not eat a lot of bread.
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 …
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 …
Veganuary 2020 and onwards to more events
Veganuary is here. January is a month for a bit of rest for me after a hectic December. I am now testing a new product, a vegan mozzarella. I will call it Mocksarella, since is is not made from milk. So it it a mock cheese. Like the Chinese have mock duck, mock pork and …
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 …
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 …
Is Nyonya Food Fusion Food?
Well, this is a good question. The reason I ask myself this question again is that I just had the most amazing dinner! I normally do not praise myself, but this is the first time I am blowing my own trumpet. I was in Hinckley Sunday Munch recently and next to me is Nic, …
How to Make Roti Jala
Roti Jala is a type of pancake that looks like a net. Jala means net in the Malay language. So Roti Jala means Net Bread. It is eaten as a roti (bread) as it is use to mop up the curry gravy. One can find roti jala in stalls or eateries. Sometimes you can …
How To Make Meat-filled Omelette Soup
Ok, Here is the another easy soup using eggs. It is a continuation of my recipes from the good old days. It is good to know that some of you have tried the original omelette soup and like it. Here is another for you which is takes you skill a notch up. This recipe is …
Mocha Chiffon Cake
Having made Pandan Chiffon Cake, I have now come up with a Mocha Chiffon Cake. It is similar to the Pandan Chiffon, and I have made a few changes to the recipe to make it more moist. Even after making Chiffon Cake many, many times before, I still have failures. Finally it dawns on me …
Chap Goh Meh, or the 15th Night
Bubur Cha Cha As you have already known, Chinese New Year is celebrated for 15 days. The 8th day is the day of prayers to the Jade Emperor, as I have written about it earlier. The last day of the CNY celebration is on the fifteenth night, although many prayers and offerings are made …
Chinese New Year – Year of the Dog
This Chinese New Year (CNY) did not have a good start for me. I fell and slipped and twisted my wrist 2 days before Chinese New Year, that is on Valentine’s Day!! After phoning 111, and made known to the customer service lady that I do not wish to go to A and E, I …