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Before anything, FYI moment; sliders are just small burgers or mini sandwiches as one might call it. Why won’t they just call it a small burger instead of a slider? I don’t know, maybe because it’s so mini it just slides off your hands to your mouth. But to quote a food writer and here [...]
Now, I had those impulse buys again. I saw some really nice fresh Korean strawberries on the shelves the other day and just could not resist getting a box. But after that I was scratching my head to figure out what to do with them. I came to the outcome of muffins. While doing some [...]
Sometimes I have this tendency to buy certain ingredients that were not on my shopping list originally and decide what I’ll do with them later. Sometimes it turns out to be a good thing, sometimes it backfire on me, leaving me with an overloaded pantry of odds and ends. But I recently got myself a [...]
So, this dessert was a result of all those leftover ingredients thing again. I had like a used tube of cream cheese, the blueberry compote left from the pancakes recipe, and an opened tube of oreos. These combinations just beckon for a dessert. And this is a quick dessert because it requires very little cooking. [...]
2 weeks ago, some of my girlfriends from my women’s group came over for a cooking session. We decided to make pancakes. I had this recipe that I wanted to try out for some time now but I needed people to come and eat. This was really the perfect timing. The girls bought all sorts [...]
I was making roast chicken one night and did not check my pantry to see if I had enough ingredients for sides. I pulled out a single sweet potato. Sometimes stuff like this happen in the kitchen where you can’t figure out how things get to one itsy bitsy bit. So, mash it is then. [...]
So this would be the last recipe for scones month, I must say this had been a real treat doing scones of different kinds. Some of you might think one would get rather sick with eating scones after that but heck no….I love it just the same and I will continue to explore different recipes [...]
One of my favourite combination of ingredients are cranberries and lemon. They just smell like Christmas all over. I actually made these scones during Christmas last year. I just had my second baby and was going through the confinement period for almost the whole of December. During that time, I was rather bummed having to [...]
I wanted to redo this savoury scone from a previous recipe; biscuits and gravy. That time my focus was more on the gravy having done my own sausage filling. But this is scones month and I definitely won’t be caught dead without doing one using a favourite ingredient of mine; BACON! I think I put [...]
Yesterday marks the end of Chinese New Year, so it’s almost back to the normal flow of meals. Starting with something less Asian. I think pasta bake dishes are one of those forgiving dishes or more like, you can just bake anything with it and it will turn out edible. It is very homey, comforting [...]
This whole month of March would be dedicated to SCONES! If there is one thing that I really want to master is baking scones perfectly. Scones are suppose to be relatively easy to make but I used to fail many times because I could not achieve that fluffness of double-the-size-when-baking results. So for this theme [...]
Chinese New Year hails this year and that means lots of eating, feasting, nibbling, chewing and all things good to eat. Like everyone else, I have been busy preparing for the festivities, hence the non-existing postings…but now that it has slowed down a bit, I thought I’d showcase what we had for that whole week [...]
My take on a very popular subject. Although after seeing the outcome, rather than looking like the ‘vintage’ result I was after, I realised these pictures look more ‘Twilight-y’. Hope you enjoy them!
Sigh** I was contemplating on whether or not to share this but I guess if I have to explain it again and again to kind souls who ask out of concern, I would get very ‘sien’ (tired). Well, here’s the thing, little J-man was ‘rejected’ from his kindy…the gist of the story, he’s too active [...]
Wow, life has been real havoc lately; tending to my new little one and J-man adjusting to his new kindy. I hardly have the time to experiment with any new recipes and feel that everything is due to be done…like post something on my blog. Haha. I keep telling myself, ‘I need to do this [...]
This will be my last post for the year. 2012 has been…. eventful, half the year I was preggers so it was more being pregnant and leading up to the day Sarah was born. She came just in time before Christmas and before the new year. If I were to be all reflective and philosophical, [...]
Well, we’re all still here…the earth is still here….so far there’s no news of any countries spontaneously combusting into flames over the end of the world hype. And since it’s that time of the year, I thought I’d take a break from rice month and take a moment to feel celebratory! It’s Christmas today and [...]
Here’s another rice recipe….I say this conflictedly because I’m starting to get sick of rice….not that there’s anything wrong with bibimbap….I am currently in my confinement month and have been eating mostly Asian food that goes with rice. Under normal circumstances, my household would never eat rice 3 days in a row. To have to [...]
Kedgeree (ked-je-ri) is such a unique name for a rice dish. This dish originated from the UK and is commonly made with smoked, salted fish like haddock or cod. But I can’t get stuff like that here so I just used fresh salmon. But I think it’s okay to use any sort of fish to [...]
Whenever we have dim sum for brekkie, hubster would not fail to order his favourite loh mai kai. Unless the shop has very good standards for loh mai kai, my constant peeve with them is that they tend to be overly greasy. I hate greasy loh mai kais. I get that they need a certain [...]
Now this was actually put together from leftovers after leftovers. I must say this was probably one of those best dishes put together from leftovers ever! I had some leftover spam, cream, cheese, rice and like half and onion. So I decided to make cheesy baked rice, my version! This baked rice dish was also [...]
I am currently in my confinement month but I would still try to keep my posts regular because the last time I took a break, it was kinda hard for me to get back into the groove of updates. I felt lazy or just couldn’t get my rusty brain to think. So, rather I would [...]
Hello all, I shall be taking a short break from blogging…..my bub has arrived and will be busy settling down but I will definitely keep some updates on Facebook so you can check me out from there.
This post was inspired recently by Shannon of Just As Delish who went around asking fellow friends in FB to share their stock of recipe books. Although I am not a recipe book junkie but I do have quite a stash collected at home. And I feel I have to break them down because they’re [...]
I love to eat all sorts of pan fried dumplings and gyozas are no exception. I think it’s great that you can custom make it to any kinds you like. The first time I made gyozas was several years ago. That’s a long time ago I know but I’ll be first to admit that I [...]
I recently went and bought two big bags of apples because my son seems to be asking for them a lot. But as always the case, after I have bought them, he wants something else like grapes or bananas and would not touch the apples. *sigh….good thing you can always bake with them. But this [...]
Ever since I learnt how to make my own sambal tumis, I’d like to keep at least a jar of it in the fridge for a quick nasi lemak meal whenever I feel like in the mood. But with this sambal tumis, you can use it to make many other dishes and this is one [...]
I’ve created this new category just to showcase some photos I took of food or fresh produce because when I started out food blogging, this was how I trained myself to manipulate the camera and editing softwares to get a good picture. But it’s kinda sad that it’s just sitting in my dust ridden folder. [...]
I thought I’d try to squeeze in one more burger recipe before the cork goes pop. This time, this burger is all pork. Pork burgers are a big thing here because they’re so rare and also not every outlet can do a good pork burger. What constitutes a good pork burger? If you ask me, [...]
While I was making the profiteroles, I kept some of the pastry back because I knew I wanted to make churros. Churros are Spanish desserts or donuts but rather than being round, they’re long and star-shaped and usually eaten with some chocolate sauce on the side. One of the best things ever invented if you [...]
Profiteroles or cream puffs as they’re fondly known are a favourite of my hubster’s. I made them once before but it was not the most successful thing ever. I did everything wrong and my profiteroles…well, they ended up looking like spiraled crap. But now I am motivated to try again after seeing Wendy post about [...]
Remember those ginormous muffins that I baked with Reese’s? Well, I had more of those mini cups left sitting in the fridge and frankly, I wasn’t really keen on eating it like how you would eat candybars chocolate. Funny right? Most people would’ve just dove right in and polish off the whole bag of Reese. [...]
My hubster and I LOVE pan mee. We each have our favourite spots for pan mee but we both agree on the same place when it comes to the dry chilli pan mee. I have always thought of making this at home but I do not know the first thing about making pan mee. The [...]
I love banana breads. I first learned how to bake with banana breads. I love the idea you take something that has reached its due (overripe bananas) and then turn it into something even more delicious. I have made several banana breads in the past and with different recipes and I can’t say I was [...]
Hamburg steak is just hamburger steak, why they call it Hamburg instead (like after the city in Germany), I don’t know. It’s actually a Japanese creation. I first came across Hamburg Steak watching Cooking with Dog. I’ve had hamburger steaks few times at Kissaten too. I don’t know if I’m super-enthusiastic about this dish because [...]
I love watching Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, it shows how simple food can be so delicious when done right, especially when everything is made from scratch. So in the show, they showcased all sorts of food. I know everyone has this thing about searching for the perfect steak, or perfect pasta or perfect pie etc [...]
Aspiring Baker’s this time calls for Desserts on a Plate. In case you’re wondering what that means, it actually has certain conditions adhered to it to BE a plated dessert. If you wish to know more, you can visit the host’s post here. I’m actually clueless myself as to what a plated dessert is. Never [...]
Sarawak month has been a huge SUCCESS with all your encouraging entries. It is nice to know that your state is acknowledged by various people so ‘gung-ho’ to try out some new dishes and step into unknown territory. This event saw about 46 submissions. So, without much haste; here are all the yummy dishes. We can [...]
I thought I would try to squeeze in one more recipe before MFF Sarawak Month is over. This is Cha Zhu Mien - literally means fried and then braised noodles. My mom would make this often at home or maybe she makes it only when I’m there because I’ll be the only one asking for [...]
Would you believe if I told you I’ve never baked chocolate muffins before? Haha…the closest thing to chocolate would be my banana with chocolate chip muffins and the peanut butter chocolate chips but other than that, I pretty much used fruits in my muffins rather than sweets. But I’m breaking that chain of absence and [...]
Ahhh, midin….the quintessential vege to indulge in whenever I’m in Sarawak. And it really is an indulgence because trust me, they’re getting more expensive and harder to find these days. This is because of tourism and the big restaurants are chalking up most of the midin supply. I don’t know if you can really ‘grow’ [...]
I just came back from a short weekend trip to Port Dickson. I love to visit small towns because there are some things you’ll find that are much cheaper to acquire than in KL. My latest haul were some baking equipments (below). They have a wide variety of muffin cups that are just soooo pretty [...]
I will confess that I am not those bakers who can come up with recipes from thin air because I’m not that experienced enough to know how much goes into something. If I do that I’d probably bake a DISASTER cake or something. So to give myself more practise, I’m still coveting recipes from other [...]
This is my FAVOURITE noodle dish to eat when I get home. Not so much mee suah or laksa or kolo mee. ‘Hoongan‘, ‘kampua’, ‘cha chu mien’ and ‘kueh chap’ are what I look forward to. This noodle is mainly SOUR and sour to the max from the preserved vege (chau chai). As if that [...]
This came up from an impromptu baking need. But alas, it didn’t last very long from the oven to the table. I have had this idea in my mind for quite some time and never got down to making it. It’s so easy, just 3 ingredients and a quick bake in the oven. I made [...]
This dish was really a ‘love it or hate it’ dish during our childhood. Technically, it is a dish more commonly eaten during a lady’s confinement period because the motherwort herb is said to improve circulation. But it has become so common in pot lucks and food drives that people just find any occasion to [...]
Melaka month has ended! To see the roundup of all the entries, visit yummylittlecooks. Second month of MFF is Sarawak month and I’m excited to say Feats of Feasts will be hosting this entire September month. I grew up in Sarawak all my life and in that period lived in different divisions of Sarawak. Divisions [...]
I was inspired to bake with apples recently after getting this quaint gift from a friend at a baby shower. It’s a hand-crocheted apple cosy (below). How cute is that? Of course the usual thoughts of pies and pastries came to mind but there is one recipe that I have been longing to improve for [...]
I have been getting some readers’ rave after posting my bloggers get-together last Monday and some of you were curious to know the recipe for the Scotch Quail’s eggs. Although I have made Scotch Eggs before and have linked the recipe, some have come back to ask, ‘Well, what if I can’t find good sausages [...]
