My breakfast today – baked pasta with ham and mushroom in Garlic Tarragon cream sauce. You probably didn’t realize that i decide on what recipe to make based on the leftover ingredients i have on hand. For example, i made cheese fries because i had leftover sour cream from making cheesecake. Making cheese fries left me with half a packet of … [Read more…]
Mee Sua is distinct from most other types of noodles – it is salty. It is this saltiness that creates magic – adding tastiness to otherwise bland soup. For this reason, salt can even be omitted from the soup prepared for the Mee Sua. The Mee Sua I stock at home is no ordinary Mee Sua. … [Read more…]
My breakfast doesn’t get more decadent than this. I avoid fried food as much as possible, but cheese fries is one of the few things i give concession to once in a while, especially to go with beer. I have actually tried oven-baking fries, but it turned out soggy, consistent with the result someone else … [Read more…]
I think those who live in the western parts of Singapore are blessed with having easy access to cheaper groceries. I will just highlight two places in the west that i visit every now and then, all the way from Hougang, to buy cheap groceries. Standard disclaimer: this is not a paid review. When i say groceries, i … [Read more…]
Well, on new year’s day, i got a mailer from Redmart that enclosed a coupon code (HAPPY2016) giving a $5 discount. There seemed to be no other conditions attached, like minimum spending, but obviously, you’ll still want to chalk up $50 worth of purchase to avoid paying for delivery. This wasn’t as attractive as the $10 … [Read more…]
Breakfast is the most important meal of my day, because it is the meal with which i experiment with new recipes. Yes, i take pleasure in doing something different every single day. This morning’s breakfast is Kolo Mee, the ubiquitous noodle originating from Kuching, Sarawak. All along, i thought Kolo is translated from the Chinese … [Read more…]
I wasn’t going to recommend this frying pan, until now. Well, i was expecting it to be non-stick enough to require little to no oil/fat when frying eggs, which isn’t the case. It only works when you use a small amount of oil/fat (as you do with the typical non-stick egg frying pan), which i now feel is acceptable, … [Read more…]
I’m a Cheesecake lover, and I finally took the plunge and made my first Cheesecake, after vowing to do so years ago. I used the supposedly “Perfect” Cheesecake recipe and followed it pretty closely, except in reducing the sugar used by more than half (Americans have sweet tooth). The result was really better than expected for a maiden … [Read more…]
Every trip back to my hometown in the Klang Valley is a food discovery mission. First mission target: Kedai Kopi Taman Eng Ann. The last time I attempted a visit, it was closed for the day. I’m back with a vengeance, so to speak, and was not disappointed this time round. I ordered kopi right … [Read more…]
The time has come for me to prime and bottle my home brew beer. In case you don’t know what priming beer means, it is simply adding sugar to the fermented beer to kick off a secondary round of fermentation so that the beer becomes carbonated. The yeast present will completely consume the sugar and give off … [Read more…]