Sarawak Red Kolo (Kolok) Mee 哥罗面 Today I treated my family to a special noodle dish from Sarawak. It’s been awhile since I made this and although it is called Red Kolok Mee, no colouring was used. Well at least not me. As for the steps of cooking please have a read here – https://www.julieolive.co.uk/2019/08/22/kampua-mee-kolok-mee-pok/ … Continue reading Sarawak Red Kolo (Kolok) Mee 哥罗面
Over the last year, after much ‘encouragements’ from friends I researched and finally bought 2 Air-Fryers; fundamentally one for my son who has moved away and one for me to learn so I can teach him easy recipes to feed himself. However I have since fallen in love with it! I use it as a … Continue reading Traditional Cantonese Crispy Roast pork – Siu Yuk, 脆皮烧肉 Air- Fryer version!
I decided we are having chicken this week but I have no idea what to cook with it. There is no point in asking the hubby as he will always say “curry!” I wanted to do something different and finally decided late last night I am going to cook it stuffed with glutinous rice. Roast … Continue reading Roast chicken stuffed with glutinous rice
Those who know me well know that I do NOT like Katsu curry at all. However my boy loves it as he is not a spicy fan. He doesn’t mind Katsu styled curry though as the ‘heat’ is all right for him. Recently he has been buying Katsu ready meals as mummy has been poorly. … Continue reading Chicken Katsu Curry
This Jiangxi triple cooked pork belly dish is a very traditional and popular dish I learned from my ex mother-in-law. She cooked this dish a few times a year and as the youngest daughter-in-law I was terrified not only of this matriarch but of the oil spits! She came to ‘Nanyang’ aka the old thermology … Continue reading Jiangxi Triple Cooked Pork
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
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
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
Once in a while I have a hankering to boil this soup. It brings me down memory lane when my father would take us to this restaurant in the middle of Pandungan Roak, Kuching, Sarawak. No matter what dishes the parents ordered, there will always be this soup. I guess it is because we, the … Continue reading Sweetcorn kennels, meat balls and liver soup
On a day like today where the weather is teetering between 13C & 16C you get to feel a bit bored. It has just been cloudy all day and I really feel like cooking something comforting. At the top of my comfort food list is steamed minced pork with Tung Choy. I still remember the … Continue reading Steamed Minced Pork with Tung Choy (冬菜蒸猪肉)
