Snack

Ondeh Ondeh (Onde Onde) – Sweet Potato Glutinous Rice Balls

October 29, 2011

South East Asian sweets and desserts are most strongly defined by the bite sized snacks known as Kuehs/ Kuihs. Ondeh Ondeh has always been one of my favourite kuehs. I have never been able to resist these sweet chewy coconut coated balls ever since I was young. Soft and chewy in texture, this is probably [...]

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French Fries Balls – Pommes Noisettes

July 24, 2011

We have eaten French Fries often enough… it was the first item I ordered from Mac Donalds when they opened shop here some 30 years ago and it is one of the most popular accompaniment with everything from Fish to Burgers to Steak… We can rationalise all we want about how oily and calorie loaded [...]

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Radish Cake with Seafood and XO Sauce

June 22, 2011

It took my 2 weeks’ business travel to pry me away from my cookies. Taking a break sometimes, opens up the mind for new stimulation. The stimuli for this post came in the form of an amazing XO Sauce I found in Taiwan. Unlike the supermarket versions that we get here, this is chock full [...]

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Chickpeas, Garbanzo Beans… Kacang Puteh

May 9, 2011

This is an extremely lazy and easy post. There is really no recipe involved but you would wonder why we don’t make this more often since it is such a delicious and healthy snack… I couldn’t stop gobbling them up as I was watched The Mentalist last night. (Love the twinkle in Simon Baker’s eyes every time [...]

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Tauhu Goreng – Deep Fried Tofu With Peanut Sauce

April 27, 2011

If I ever have to pick a favourite food, I would choose Tofu (bean curd) without even the slightest momentary hesitation. My colleagues have all come to know that whenever we choose to eat at an Asian restaurant during our travels, I have to have a Tofu dish. It is fortunate that Tofu is a common and popular [...]

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Crabcakes with Lemon-Dill Mayonnaise

January 1, 2011

During the 2 weeks that I was ‘trapped’ in New Jersey, I had the worst meals of the trip at the company cafeteria. However, one of the highlights of the trip also happened amidst the meetings and debates… For team building exercise, the whole group of us went to Viking Cooking School for a cooking-bonding [...]

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Char Grilled Calamari – Inspiration From F.I.S.H

October 4, 2010

This is a long overdue post… a restuarant review post which I should have posted weeks ago before I had to go to Korea,India and Sydney…In fact, 3 hours before my departure for Sydney last week, I was still taking photos of the grilled calamari which I had been inspired to cook from my lunch [...]

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Chrysanthemum Shumai – 菊花烧卖

September 5, 2010

Rushing through another minced meat dish before I leave again. I believe, this will be a recipe most will appreciate- simply because it’s preparation is so simple and yet it looks like it belongs to a high end Dim Sum restuarant. Even the name sounds a tad more refined and beautiful than the usual fare [...]

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Juicy Meat Balls

August 30, 2010

You’ve probably noticed that I love to work with minced meat. The pack of minced pork is possibly the most versatile ingredient I have in my fridge… after the trusted eggs, of course. After the last successful attempt at braised minced meat sauce, I decided to make more and stock them in the freezer. After [...]

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Sesame Ball – More Snacks To Watch The Ball Goes By….

June 13, 2010

Watching the World Cup Matches on TV in Singapore has become ridiculously expensive this year. The only one smiling is FIFA. For the information of those who do not reside in Singapore, until 2 months ago, the 2 main cable TV providers in Singapore were still tussling over the screening rights of the World Cup 2010. I am [...]