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Stay at home, cook at home!

April 4, 2020 by yenkai Leave a Comment

It was almost exactly 4 years ago when i said everyone must learn to cook. In some ways, the predictions i made back then came through. We have actually arrived at that point in time when people started getting worried about food security. If you hardly cooked before this, now is a great time to … [Read more…]

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Breakfast chronicles – French omelette

May 16, 2019 by yenkai Leave a Comment

You can’t go wrong with serving eggs for breakfast. The French omelette style is especially tantalizing. I was actually inspired to do this after stumbling upon this YouTube video by a saucy Chinese lady living in the US. Well, for my first attempt I would say it turned out quite okay, since I didn’t try … [Read more…]

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Breakfast chronicles – Prata Quiche

April 1, 2019 by yenkai Leave a Comment

A Quiche is very easy to make (you just need to mix all the ingredients together), especially when you have ready made puff pastry, which unfortunately is not affordably available here. Frozen Prata is a viable substitute. It produces flaky pastry, though it doesn’t taste buttery at all. Related posts: Taobao product recommendation – baking … [Read more…]

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Breakfast Chronicles – Bak Kwa seaweed glutinous rice wrap

February 20, 2019 by yenkai Leave a Comment

I’m sure many of you are like me, you don’t know what to do with the Bak Kwa leftover from Chinese New Year. I decided to incorporate it into the tried and true Japanese combination of seaweed, rice and mayonnaise. Basically Sushi. I happen to have Kombu on hand, and it is easier to handle … [Read more…]

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Breakfast chronicles – Tortilla wrap

March 19, 2017 by yenkai Leave a Comment

This is one of my favourite breakfast recipes, because it’s easy, tasty, and relatively healthy. Homemade Tortillas are far better than store bought ones, and they’re extremely simple to make. The only thing one has to be careful about is not adding too much water to end up with a very wet dough, which will be … [Read more…]

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Quick Meal – Sambal Stingray

January 19, 2017 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Sambal Stingray is a popular dish in Singapore that is often thought to be only available from a hawker centre. Actually, you must have noticed that when you placed an order for Sambal Stingray, you got served within 15 minutes. That means it must be quite easy to prepare, and that is exactly the case. If you did a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink Tagged: Quick Meal, Recipe

Breakfast chronicles – Tonkotsu Ramen

August 27, 2016 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Japanese Ramen, the real stuff, is one of those food items that people generally think they cannot cook at home. There are now Ramen in the form of instant noodles, and there are also pre-made soup base, but you’re very far from the real thing when you take short-cuts such as these. Related posts: Japan destinations … [Read more…]

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Sous Vide Pork Belly

August 3, 2016 by yenkai Leave a Comment

This is an experiment to see if Sous Vide can produce an improved texture for frozen pork belly. I largely followed the steps from Chefsteps (here and here), brining the pork for almost a week and cooking at 75°C for 7 hours. I must say I am pleased with the result. Related posts: Quick Meal – Braised … [Read more…]

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Breakfast chronicles – Eggs Benedict

July 29, 2016 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Homemade Eggs Benedict with homemade English muffins and homemade Hollandaise sauce. I guess it wasn’t as tedious as i thought i might be. I did use ready-made salted egg yolk, so that helped just a little bit, which, otherwise, you just need the extra step of cracking a few eggs. Related posts: Kitchen Hack: salted … [Read more…]

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Breakfast chronicles – Cheddar biscuits

July 26, 2016 by yenkai Leave a Comment

I normally like to make scones with leftover sour cream, but decided to make Cheddar biscuits today since I also have quite a bit of leftover grated Cheddar. Believe it or not I actually bought an ice cream scoop from Taobao more than 2 years ago specifically for making scones, but never used it since … [Read more…]

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