February 2010

Chocolate Brownies

February 25, 2010

I am probably going to get alot of flak for this but I have to say this anyway. I have never liked brownies. Facing trays of chocolatey brownies on many occassions, I have never had the impulse to help myself to them. I am trying to rationalise my reaction, struggling to find the right words to [...]

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Staying Healthy With Beetroot Juice

February 22, 2010

Beetroot is seldom featured in Asian cooking…at least I don’t remember seeing this in any Chinese dishes.I do vaguely remember trying to use this in a salad once but, I didn’t quite like the way it bled like an open wound making the dish look like someone just had a bloody fight over it… This is [...]

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Fish Maw Soup – More CNY Leftovers

February 20, 2010

There is a conflict of interest, trying to go on a diet and clearing out the refrigerator…. It is sinful to waste but the digits on the weighing scale has to, has to go down! Keeping the carbs at bay, a simple option is to make a soup that is easy on the digestive system. Trying my [...]

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Dried Scallops, Crab Meat Fried Rice – Working With Left Overs From CNY 2…..

February 18, 2010

I am cooking my way through my refrigerator… Left with a copious amount of white rice, the easiest way is to fry them and for this New Year, in an effort to eat more healthy, we have decided to cook basmati rice instead of Thai Fragrant Rice. Basmati Rice, for those who are unfamiliar, is [...]

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Chicken Congee – Working With CNY Left Overs…

February 17, 2010

Now that the 3 day holidays is over, it’s back to work again, though I believe there are a few lucky ones who are either taking leave or are still waiting for that auspicious date to start the first working day of the New Year. While there are some people who are starving in some [...]

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Detox, Detox – Ginger Tea & Cardomom Chamomile Tea

February 16, 2010

I don’t want to see another pineapple tart, another peanut cookie or another slice of Kueh Lapis. I have sinfully, shamelessly over eaten. My digestive tract has been so overstuffed that the sight of even the most delectable food begins to irk me. I can feel a constant bloatedness. It has only been 2 days and [...]

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Good Luck , Good Wealth With Huat Kuey – Steamed Rice Cake

February 14, 2010

Happy Chinese New Year and may the year of Tiger bring lots of good wealth, good health, good food to one and all! A quick one before I scuttle off for New Year Lunch. I choose to make a traditional steamed rice cake today. Known as Huat Kueh (发糕), these dense little cake are more [...]

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Do You Have Pink Champagne? – Taking Inspiration From An Affair To Remember

February 11, 2010

We are counting down to Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year, both of which fall on the same day this year and for the February month of Romance, Singapore Airlines has, aptly, compiled a list of Romantic Classics for their in-flight movie screening. One which I have watched twice within this month, is the old [...]

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Citrusy Almond Cookies – Chinese New Year Treat

February 7, 2010

It is exactly a week away from Chinese New Year. The air is bustling with anticipation.The market place, is packed with housewives trying to stock up meat, seafood etc. As I walked past the fishmonger stall, eyeing at the offer of fresh shrimps, scallops and shark’s fins, I thought of my [...]

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Bamboo Charcoal Swiss Roll – 竹炭ロール

February 5, 2010

Black is chic, black is classic and black is super elegant. No respectable girl, fashionista or prude, would be caught without a trusted LBD (little black dress) in her closet. Such is the universal appeal of this colour that in recent years, the colour has started creeping into pastries and cakes. Lauderee has a pitch [...]