ANTS CLIMBING A TREE / MA YI SHANG SHU
Chinese sure does like to name their dishes in a unique way. Most of the time it’s a “literal” translation of what it visually looks like. This ants climbing a tree dish is...
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NEPALI CHICKEN CHOW CHOW
I have never had chicken chow chow before and so when I saw it on the Nepali cookbook, I decided I need to try it out and I’m glad I did. I made...
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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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CURRY LAKSA
Laksa is a popular spicy noodle soup from the Peranakan culture. Peranakan is a merger of Chinese and Malay elements found in Malaysia and Singapore, and to a lesser extent Indonesia. There are...
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FRIED TARO CLUSTER / TALAS GORENG / UYEN
Uyen is my most favorite snack ever since childhood. I’m not exactly sure where the word Uyen came about, but my mom said, this snack belongs to the Hakka community. The Indonesian language...
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STIR-FRIED ZUCCHINI WITH LEMON
Who would have thought that adding a squeeze of lemon juice into this stir-fried zucchini can give this dish such a great taste. I find it hard to believe to but you gotta...
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STIR-FRIED CHICKEN WITH LEMONGRASS
Stir-fried chicken with lemongrass is a quick and delicious Vietnamese-inspired dish you can whip up at your very own kitchen for sure. With several recipes I’ve posted using lemongrass, I think you can...
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SWEET AND SPICY LEMONGRASS SHRIMP
Yes, I’m still cooking with lemongrass. This is to show you how versatile lemongrass is. I absolutely love this sweet and spicy lemongrass shrimp. The thought of actually eating the lemongrass stalk itself...
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SHRIMP STEW
Shrimp is one of my favorite seafood. I like to cook with seafood because they usually don’t take a long time to cook. In fact, it is very easy to overcook seafood like...
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