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Hainanese chicken rice
To celebrate the new Chinese year of the Ox, and to mourn the demise after 80 years of the Singaporean restaurant where Hainanese chicken rice was first launched on the world, I present two versions of my interpretation of this classic South-East Asian Chinese dish.
Tofu frittata – ‘tahu telor bumbu kacang’
Not long ago, the only place you could get tofu was from an Asian/Chinese supermarket, which for me was a real pain as the closest one from where we lived was in London (2 hours by train). I grew up eating tofu and we had it at least once a week and another soya...
‘Bubur Ketan Merah’ – red sticky rice with coconut milk
I've been meaning to enter this earlier, with special request from a friend who is very much into pudding and was wondering what a typical Indonesian pudding is. Well, this one, Bubur Ketan Merah, always reminds me of my childhood. We would have it in the afternoon...
GONG XI FA CAI – Happy New Year!
Even though I am not Chinese, my family has lived amongst Chinese families as long as I can remember. In fact one of my sisters was married to a lovely Chinese who sadly died at a very early age (36 years old). We remember him fondly when we sit around my parents'...
“Sop kacang merah”…red bean soup
I think my Indonesian friends would not agree with my red beans used here (aduki) as that was all I happened to have in my cupboard, not the red kidney beans normally used for this soup. I love this soup, filling, full of flavour and pretty healthy too. Growing up...
What’s quick to assemble for the weekend?
It's that time of the year...we all feel it, the over indulgence of the festive holiday finally hit us! I've agreed to do some sort of 'diet' with Aisha. Nothing too strenuous and we're doing it till the end of February. If and when we've achieved our goals, we'd do...
Just a simple ‘oseng-oseng sayur’ for today….until dinner time!
Oseng oseng sayur dan daging - Stir fried vegetables with slices of beef. What else would you do with only a red pepper, a bag of mange-tout and a few slices of roasted beef, left-over from NYE? This was just perfect for Kevan, but I also had 1/2 block of tofu left...
HAPPY NEW YEAR – 2012
Hi everyone, Here we are, 2012! What a day to start a new year! It's raining cats and dogs...bucketing outside my dining room. Definitely not a day to go out for a walk around the block, which my silly husband is doing at this moment! Yesterday, after hearing the...
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