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 STEAMED VEGETABLE WRAP/ CHAI PAO
I never knew I could love food this much until I’m far away from home. Lots of comfort food I took for granted because I never had to cook them. Food sure brings...
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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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VIBRANT CARROT SALAD
I’m not a big fan of eating raw carrots. This probably had been the case ever since I was young. The habit of eating raw vegetable was simply not there in our family...
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GRAPEFRUIT SALAD
If you think dressing the grapefruit with some fish sauce, dried shrimps, and shallots are going to taste like SUPER WEIRD!! well, I can tell you, it’s not! I’m not lying! I have...
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TOMATO AND SPINACH SALAD
As much as I like to stir-fry vegetables, it can get old some days. Spinach is always in our refrigerator and I just need some new idea to make it refreshing and yet...
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INDONESIAN BOILED NOODLES WITH GRAVY / MEE REBUS / E MIE
My favorite thing to eat for supper when we were young was this Indonesian boiled noodles with gravy or famously known as e mie or mee rebus. I remembered I often walked to...
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RICE CONES/ ZONG ZI/ BAK CHANG (USING JASMINE RICE)
After making glutinous rice cones or zong zi, I decided to make more using jasmine rice instead of glutinous rice. They are equally delicious for people who do not like to consume glutinous...
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SPICY OKRA/ LADY’S FINGER STIR-FRY
Of course you know that every now and then I gotta throw in some vegetable stir-fry recipe Just bear with me please. It’s a pretty tasty one though. I like okra, or often...
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