RICE NOODLE WITH HERBAL DUCK SOUP / AK BIHUN
Duck noodle with herb soup or known as ak bihun at our home town where I grew up, Medan, Indonesia, was something I haven’t had for the longest time ever. Ask any Medanese...
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CHEE CHEONG FUN / STEAMED RICE ROLLS
Chee Cheong Fun is one of my favorite Dim Sum items to order. I never ever have Dim Sum without Chee Cheong Fun. Dim sum is the Cantonese term for a type of...
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APPLE AND PORK RIBS SOUP
My dad was a traditional man who liked traditional Chinese meal like rice with dishes like meat, fish, and a soup. A soup was always in a meal. Honestly, soup is not something...
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PRAWNS WITH SOY BEAN SAUCE / TAUCO UDANG
You may think that the combination of salted soy beans (or sometime calls Preserved beans/Fermented beans) and prawns sounds a bit absurd, however, this is another one of my favorite dishes (and I’ve...
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KHAU YUK / TWICE-COOKED PORK BELLY
This is another sinful affair that I had when I was home. Mom whipped up this wonderful twice-cooked pork belly or in one of the chinese dialects, called Khau Yuk. The meat is...
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INDONESIAN STYLE VEGETABLE STIR-FRY / CAP CHAY
Cap Chay in Hokkian language (one of many dialects spoken among Asian communities) means everything mixed together. Which is literally what this dish is all about. It’s a medley of vegetable stir-fry and...
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CRAB WONTON SOUP
I know lots of people think of wontons when they think of Chinese food. Of course Chinese food is beyond just wontons. But, I can’t agree more that wontons are very commonly made...
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HAINANESE PORK CHOP
I’m not so much of a pork chop person in general, however, I have a thing for Hainanese pork chop, something comforting about it. It is quite a famous hawker delight that most...
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FLOUR CAKE SOUP / MEE HOON KUEH
Mee Hoon in Hokkian dialect means Flour, Kueh means Cake. So, there you go Flour Cake Soup. Mee Hoon Kueh is comfort food to many Asian people in Southeast Asia, especially Malaysia and...
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