Stir fry rice vermicelli with dried shrimps. My comfort food. While away for the last 3 weeks this is the dish I wanted to eat most. A simple rice vermicelli stir fry. Woke up early today and could not get back to sleep. So I was already frying this at 7am this morning. Luckily my … Continue reading Stir fry rice vermicelli with dried shrimps
Hubby always order salmon fried rice if we go to a sushi restaurant. We have been eating out lately and he had ordered this twice. Today I have decided to cook this dish for his lunch as I have some salmon fillets in my freezer. Last night I took the fillets out and placed them … Continue reading Salmon Fried Rice
Cantonese Century Egg and Pork Congee – Pei Tan Chok ( 皮蛋瘦肉粥 ) is a very warming meal. I call this a meal, not a dish as it is a whole meal in a bowl. Warm and satisfying, nourishing and comforting. Once in a while I love to cook this as eating it is just … Continue reading Cantonese Century Egg and Pork Congee (皮蛋瘦肉粥)
This is a dish that grows on me. That is to say the older I get the more I appreciate this dish. However I am fussy and I like it only if it’s cook ‘fresh’ and not like my ex mother in law. I have not been happy with my chai buey for the past … Continue reading Spicy Kiam Chai Buey (Sour Mustard Greens) 酸辣菜尾
A good dish we all enjoy but I do not often make. This is because i only like this dish made with Cantonese Crispy Roast Pork Belly. The skin just have that taste non other cooking style of pork can replace! Coating the yam and frying don’t take that long and neither is it difficult … Continue reading Hakka Kau Yuk芋頭扣肉 with Cantonese Crispy Roast Pork Belly 脆皮烧肉
Traditional Cantonese Crispy Roast pork belly – Siu Yuk, 脆皮烧肉, is my daughter favourite of all Chinese roast dishes. She can never have enough of Cantonese Crispy Roast Pork Belly aka Siu Yuk and will eat it everyday if she could. However normally after marinating and roasting it all day, after the cleaning up I … Continue reading Traditional Cantonese Crispy Roast pork belly – Siu Yuk, 脆皮烧肉.
KamPua Mee, Mee Pok, Kolok Mee, Hakka Mee, Kon Loh Mee, Mi Kolok, by any other names, in any other dialects are all basically dry flavoured noodles. There is something about dried flavoured noodles that is so comforting to an Asian and especially to one who grew up in Kuching, Sarawak you just find it … Continue reading KamPua Mee & Kolok Mee Pok
A friend gave me a chunk of beef flank about 2kg in weight and I was thinking and thinking and thinking what best to cook with it. Finally I have decided on crispy beef. Beef flank is perfect for this dish and it’s not tough. It has also been a log time since I cook … Continue reading Crispy Chilli beef
Kiam Hue Bihun is a dish i cook a few times a year. The hubby and I both love it. Provided I have ready fried salt fish of course, it is an easy 30 minutes cook and perfect for a quick lunch. I always add extra beansprouts as I love the extra crunch and texture … Continue reading Kiam Hue Bihun (Salt fish rice vermicelli)
I have not cooked asam jawa aka tamarind fish for ages. Just last month I was talking with a friend about this dish. She had bought some amazingly fresh mackerels and I suggested to her this is one of the dish she can cook with her mackerels. This dish must be sour, sweet and spicy. … Continue reading Spicy tamarind (asam jawa) fish
