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I picked this up from Jamie Oliver: Naked Chef I, and found that I have been using several adaptions of this recipe in my everyday cooking of fish lately...because it is really easy and darn flavorful. Now, ranked side-by-side with Steamed Fish in "Quick & Easy" category is Baked Fish!Baked Red Snapper Fillet (adapted from Jamie Oliver: Naked Chef I - Baked Seabass …
Grilled salmon, green peppers, spinach, egg, kimchi. What would you think of?WAAa...aIT! KIMCHI! Do I hear something...Korean?Besides one-dish pasta dishes, I have been cooking one-dish rice dishes of late and this is one of them. I serve you Bibimbap - Korean stone-pot rice...in my rice cooker!Do not have a stone-pot to keep your dolsot (meaning stone pot) bibimbap sizzling …
A famous street food of 嘉义( Jiayi, Taiwan): 火鸡肉饭, which is Turkey Rice. I don't think it is unfamiliar or strange to you. Some of you make this dish (from the leftovers of a roasted turkey …
Only perfect when served with sambal belacan chili and lime by its sidePerhaps we should just set things right in the first place. Let's all go with definition - what is Hokkien Mee? Fried …
Savory Soybean Milk 咸豆浆- packed with fried dough sticks, drizzles of sesame oil and even bits of Chinese preserved cabbage (tung tsai).
This is adapted from Pablopabla's recent post - Kong Bak, with some tweaking here and there (tweaked recipe below, I did my version with taro/yam). Because I want to have my cake Kong Bak, and eat it the Kong Bak Pau too! Kong Bak - 2 words, essentially means braised meat respectively. Typically the bak or meat used are pork belly slices, pre- marinated in a mix of sauces - …
Remember those curly shrimps in my fried rice fit for the "emperor" ? I'll hand over the trick for these lovely curlies. Click for bigger picture!When you slit the shrimps to de-vein, do not cut through to the other side so that you can keep one whole shrimp intact. Then, cut a little opening at the other side of the head-end so that the tail-end of the shrimp can be slipped …
We were cordially to a friend's house in Singapore to sample his cooking. Vietnamese food...Yummy! To recall, we have never tried any authentic Viet. cuisine in Singapore before. Well, we never even tried searching for one. I have grounds to believe it is easier to find authentic Viet. food back in California. California pampered us too much on good Vietnamese food ^0^I'll …
Do you like this ?Taiwan pineapple cake - the pineapple filling is typically inside the pastryBye bye Taiwan, I will soon be back in Singapore! Yes! Durians!Tag: pineapple cake, Taiwan eating
Singapore Chili Crabs PrawnsIf you like spicy prawns that goes with steamed rice, you will also like Assam Pineapple Prawns - a tamarind-based spice-loaded seafood dish. OH no no, you just want Singapore Chili Crabs, nothing else but Singapore Chili Crabs. Okie...I give you a cheat-sheet to Singapore Chilli Crabs. Be good. OH no no...boo hoo hoo (me), you have pride and wants …
Typhoon Shelter Crab - 避風塘炒蟹Fried crab with fried garlic, mixed with scallion, red chili and black beansThe famous dish typhoon shelter-style fried crab (避風塘炒蟹 Bi Feng Tang Chao Xie), is s …
Presto Pasta Nights starts year three and what is better than whipping up my favorite tomato-based pasta dish. I don't claim I cook the best pasta dish but in my own repertoire of pasta dishes, this pasta is one of those I do best.Ever since I got used to using canned tomatoes (main ingredients: tomatoes, sea salt) for making my own pasta sauce, I have long forgotten …
How can a recipe be wordless?...when the recipe is easy to follow and almost fail-proof :)A Chinese-style Steamed Fish...best for the busy executives who have no time to cook, yet desire to adopt a healthy meal plan of dining in as often as possible. You can thaw the fish (remove frozen fillet from freezer) in the fridge before leaving for work in the morning (or overnight …
We love Indian food. Naturally, hubby and I were delighted and privileged to be invited by YJ and YJ's mom-in-law, to a Deepavali lunch last weekend. YJ happened to be in Singapore during this time while her hubby, A (also our friend) is still in US. So....A, we are going to eat your mom's superb Indian/Tamil cooking on your behalf, ok? :D Thank you - A and YJ, for the …
I prefer to slow cook a good ol' beef stew. Tender chunks of beef, the flavorful essence in the beef stew gravy...and easiest cooking ever! Since I cannot put my slow cooker to good use here (why can't the world standardize on the electrical usage and voltage?), I could only try the other way, to slowly braise the beef stew in a sauce pan. This braised Pearl Onion Beef Stew …
Activity: 6 June 2009Blog Posting: 8 July 2009Strawberry picking time! We headed for strawberry picking in the morning, at our favorite U-Pick at Swanton Berrry Farm. Bad news bestowed! The strawberry field was quarantined due to suspected moths (an agricultural pest!)! Heck! I thought only humans were quarantined for the H1N1 swine flu! Now, our favorite strawberry field has …
The truth is, I am too lazy to stir fry my vegetables (because it ends up with an oily pan to wash). I still do but not all the time. How do I eat my leafy greens, you ask? Short of eating them raw, I consumed blanched or steamed greens most of the times. I am not too sure about greens but some vegetables actually need heat and oil to bring out additional benefits. Examples? …
Somehow I failed in making Cream of Broccoli Soup. I can't compose my thoughts on why and how it failed as it was too unmemorable to remember. Perhaps, I am not used to cooking with an intermediate step...for example...requires putting something already cooked over the stove-top-->into the food processor-->pureeing it further?The outcome of the soup is just not as creamy as …
I don't cook completely new dishes every time. Sometimes, new dishes and recipes mean improvement of older recipes and dishes, such as this Pepper Pork recipe.Pepper Pork ChopIngredients: Pork loin chops, ground white pepper, ground black pepper, dark soy sauce, brown sugar, some oyster sauceDirections:1. Rub the slices of pork with ground white pepper and black pepper2. Add …
Remember my last Weekend Herb Blogging (WHB) entry on Curry Leave, Curry Love? On the note that(1) "... ... the FLAVOR of FRESH curry LEAVES is SUPERIOR and IRREPLACEABLE";(2) neither dirt cheap nor easily available in the Bay Area, CAwe decided to try growing them in Singapore - to get the technique right at least (assuming growing conditions in Singapore are conducive?) so …
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