Have extra sardines tins sitting around ? Fret not, simply incorporate them into an egg fried rice and a whopping plate of sardine & egg fried rice is set to keep you bellies satisfied. This serving for one recipe uses only 1/2 a bowl of cooked rice but incorporates 3 whole eggs to cook it, so you can imagine how eggy and fragrant this fried rice will be. Quick, effortless and pretty brainless that makes a good home-cooked meal especially when you are tired and yet not desiring to consume take-outs. On a side note, I’m working pretty hard here to update as much of the backlog recipes as ..read more

Literally all that you can find in this one-plate meal. If I were to re-create a dish for Chinese New Year, I think this homely dish is sure to bring joy as the pumpkin sauce accompanied with the fresh shrimps and spinach are commonly found ingredients that most of us will stock up during the Lunar New Year. In addition, the colour of the dish is bright and delicious looking enough to make one salivate. A little more than usual steps to create this dish as the pumpkin and tofu has to be managed separately before they can be used in the cooking, but otherwise all is smooth as breeze once the ..read more

Happy New Year 2024 ! Time flies during Covid and times flies even faster after Covid. Felt pretty unproductive in cooking and baking in 2023 as was too occupied in checking off my bucket list during the year. Nevertheless this year shall be better as I have decided to just take things slow and focus more on what I love to do most, and this is one of it. Glass noodles, our so-called Tang Hoon in Hokkien dialect or 冬粉. It has a chewy and smooth texture after cooking and I would address this dish as a hybrid version of the Thai Style Glass Noodles with the Korean Japchae because it comes with ..read more

Always love a good Hor Fun but it can be quite challenging to cook this at home because of the lack of “wok hei” or 锅气, the typical charred-ness required of Hor Fun to be considered it tasty as the flame of heat from our stove at home is weaker than the one at the commercial stores. However this San Lou Hor Fun is slightly different as it does not necessary need the Hor Fun to be “charred” to be tasty. The gist of this dish comes from the “San Lou” which I believe it involves the cooking of the 3 ingredients separately – the Hor Fun, the beansprouts, the fish cum the gravy of the dish before ..read more

Although Christmas is not here yet but I am sure many of us, especially the old folks have started to stock up for Chinese New Year. That said, meatballs that are purchased off the shelves are a common sight in many of the Asian households as I would say they are quite an essential when we have hotpot during the festive. And every year without fail, excess stock up tends to happen as the older generation feels that the fridge need to be pack to the brim in order to enjoy a “prosperous” Lunar New Year. My favourite brand of meatballs, without the exception of homemade from scratch ones are of ..read more

This is a little twist from the usual Eggplant dish which similar ingredients are used except for the core vegetable that’s being replaced by cabbage which is more commonly acceptable. I do know of some people who absolutely hate eggplants to the core liked how I used to feel, but having know how to cook eggplants now, I actually quite fell in love with this vegetable. Incorporating the 鱼香茄子 idea into this cabbage dish eliminates the need for blanching the eggplants in hot oil, instead this step is replaced by braising the cabbage till tenderness in the sauce till it’s fragrant and soft. A v ..read more

Adding to my Modori Goodle Cookware is this all new Knife Set that presents itself as a sleek and functional display piece on the kitchen tabletop. What I so liked about this knife set is the 180-degree rotating knife holder that allows the knife set to be “concealed” as a beautiful display in the kitchen when not in use. For safety reasons and more especially so when there are kids at home, sharp objects liked kitchen knives may not be ideal to be displayed openly in the kitchen space. However with this “conceal” feature, kitchen knives can now be accessible within reach and yet at the same t ..read more

My typical kind of meal when I feel lazy and just needed something brainless. LOL. And whilst I thought the turnaround time for this will be quick, which is still the case but it wasn’t as fast as I had expected it to be because the “perfectionist” me decide to cook each and individual item of the noodles separately so that I can plate it better, I ended up taking a good 30 minutes for a 3-minute instant noodles. Hahaha ! Not to mention I had more plates to wash as well because the individual ingredients have to be placed separately too. But I do love the combination of the dark soya sauce a ..read more

Came up with this special sauce that pairs on deliciously with beansprouts and rice and made complete with a sunny side egg as a one-dish meal for one. The sauce was a mild spicy as it is cooked with dried chilies and spicy bean paste. And realized that I did not thicken the sauce this time with any starch solution as the chicken was marinated with corn flour already and hence after cooking the chicken in the sauce, the texture of the sauce was just nice to spread on with rice. It’s quite a trial and error process that I manage to get the right amount of savories for this special sauce and so ..read more

When I ran out of ideas on what to cook, I will serve up my favourite stir fry vermicelli. I added some homemade chili and glass noodles to the usual vermicelli to give it a little twist today. And for this particular recipe, no oyster sauce has been used and the main seasoning came from the fish sauce and light soya which explains for the whiter colors of the vermicelli as compared to the usual darker ones. The spice was pretty moderate and I added a good amount of vegetables to this recipe which make it more appetizing and delicious. Pin Print Stir-fry Spicy & Fragrant Vermicelli w ..read more