Chicken, leeks and carrots in blackbean sauce Today I dismembered a cornfed chicken and used half of it to stir fry blackbeans. The hubby and daughter are big fans of blackbeans. I, myself can either take it or leave it. However we all love leeks and carrots. As such this dish was born. Just a … Continue reading Chicken, leeks and carrots in blackbean sauce – Signatory mine
Just recently I noticed this recipe is missing from my ‘new’ blog. As I am making it today I decided to take some photos and blog it. I really have to invest in a camera stand. My hands are getting more and more shakier by the years and sadly I can see a difference in … Continue reading Pork Liver Soup
It has been a very long time since I last made spring rolls. I had a gathering the other day and a friend made some and brought over. Ever since then I had spring rolls in my brain. No choice then, I had to make my own today. Luckily I have got a packet of … Continue reading Spring rolls – Signatory mine
Last night while watching MasterChef UK I suddenly decided we are having Mee Hoon Kueh today. So I quickly make the dough and let it sleep in the fridge. I normally make Mee Hoon Kueh soup and a friend always make me curry ones. However recently she decided to go on a diet and eat … Continue reading Curry Mee Hoon Kueh Soup 面粉粿汤
Today I wanted to do an update with explanation on how I get my egg yolks without that green sulphuric ring. A few people have asked me for TIPs and I will blog it here so I do not have to explain so many times. I will just direct them here. If you want my … Continue reading Braised Pork Rice Bowl – Lu Rou Fan (滷肉饭) – Update
Today I have decided to cook Claypot waxed meat Rice (Lap Mei Fun) – 腊味饭 but with claypot and do it much simply. I did not fry my rice first like I normally do and I did not add any other seasoning. I planned to start using up all the purchases I have brought back … Continue reading Claypot waxed meat Rice (Lap Mei Fun) 腊味饭 – made simple
When I was young, one of my favourite breakfast is this fried glutinous rice. I decided to make some for today and tried to find my recipe last night but I could not find it this blog. Sadly it must heave been lost with my old blog. So today I decided to blog this and … Continue reading Stir-fried Glutinous Rice (生炒糯米飯)
I have been hankering to eat crab fried rice for awhile. A friend had cooked it twice and each time I saw hers, I was absolutely dribbling. To cook this in the UK is not that easy, more so for me as I have to gather the ingredients and plan like a military execution. I … Continue reading House Special Devon crabs fried rice
I finally found a very good looking bittergourd with no blemishes. Was so difficult to find good ones nowadays and the shops are very clever or sneaky, depending on how you look at it. They will pair a not so good one with a good one and sometimes they turn the rotten bits to the … Continue reading Bittergourd – Lap lap bittergourd (Signatory mine)
When I was doing my shopping at the Chinese supermarket, the butchery section had a huge stack of piggy trotters and I was tempted. Luckily I stopped myself from buying more than 1 packet. It has 3 trotters inside. We Chinese do not like the number 4 you know. I was thinking hard of what … Continue reading Pig Trotters with fermented red bean (腐乳)
