When I was a lot younger, decades ago during the durian season in Kuching, mother will have rest days. We, 5 siblings and parents will be eating durians a few days a week. In the evening my father would drive us to the central market, I forgot the name of this market. There lorries loaded … Continue reading Durian Ice Cream – Musang King
It had been a long time since I made Pea & Ham soup so I was very happy to see some freshly roasted ham hogs for sale from the supermarket. I quickly grabbed 2 last week but I was not able to make use of them until today. There were just too much food in … Continue reading Pea and Ham Hock soup
In the UK we too are under quarantine and have since moved to quite stringent quarantine, just short of a total lockdown due to this virus Covid 19. I have not left my house since Friday the 13th. As I am of the high risk group I decided to quarantine myself early on. In the … Continue reading Carbonara
This is a very easy leeks side dish. When I cook this I do not make a sauce for the steak as the leeks will be saucy enough. This makes for a quick satisfying dish and all can be ready in under an hour as the beef steak is just pan seared in a griddle … Continue reading White wine creamy cheesy leeks with pan seared beef steak
SousVide rack of lamb, puree and cube butternut squash, broccoli spears, sundries tomatoes, crispy bacon, all served with a mustard white wine sauce. I love using the SousVide and my favourite is rack of lamb followed very closely by the Ribeye of beef. Today’s SousVide rack of lamb is served with a mustard white wine … Continue reading SousVide Rack of lamb with a mustard white wine sauce
Daughter came home form work the other day with 2 huge loaves of brioches and I was wondering what to do with them. Today I decided to make bread and butter pudding AGAIN! However I have decided it is going to be a bread and butter pudding with a different – a Bailey bread and … Continue reading Bailey Bread and Butter Pudding
This creamy leeks vegetable side dish is a good accompaniment to any dishes and for cheese lovers you can of course add in more cheese. It goes very well with simple pan seared salmon, gammon ham, anything really. I know I moan about the British and their forever boiled vegetables but this is one of … Continue reading Creamy Leeks Sauce
Creamy Full Fat Mushroom Soup. Not with chicken stock and not with crème fraîche. My Creamy Full Fat Mushroom Soup is made from double cream and full fat milk. I make this maybe twice a year and when I do I like to make it full fat. No diet stuff and the family always laughingly … Continue reading Creamy Full Fat Mushroom Soup
