If you happened to live in the UK you have to plan your cook. The other day when it was so sunny I fried the salt fish (kiam hue, in Hokkien) I brought back all the way from Kuching. I do this in my garden which I have a cooking stove set up. This is … Continue reading Salt fish toufo (Kiam Hue Bean Curd)
Twice or trice a year when I need to go into London I always order this dish but each time I am disappointed with the 3 to 5 mini oysters in it. Hence once in a while I will cook my own with a full bowl of oysters. My husband however does not like to … Continue reading Fried Oyster Omelette (Orh Jian 蚵仔煎)
Salted fish fried rice is one of them comfort food dish that if you had grew up eating you will love it. For most it is an acquired taste but my husband loves it from first bite. However one cannot judge whether any typical Englishman or westerner would like salt fish by my husband’s taste … Continue reading Kiam Hue Kay Char Pu’ng – Salted fish chicken fried rice
My family loves yellow bean sauce and recently I am able to get the brand that my mother has been using since I was a child. I only remember her using this brand and Yeo’s brand and not any other. She also always used the whole beans and she insisted that it is not actually … Continue reading Cod cheeks in yellow beans sauce
Last week I bought a packet of yam, yes frozen as I have been bitten many a times before buying fresh yam and when peeled only to find half was bad aka shades of brownish, which I dare not eat. These frozen ones are quite good and most times very floury denoting good yam taste. … Continue reading Fragrant Yam Rice, Taro Rice (芋头饭)
There is always that one special dish that reminds you of your childhood and this is one of mine. I was so tempted to add additional ingredients to it but then decided I want it to be true to THAT nostalgic taste of my youth. So today we have this simple stir-fry Mi-Hoon, Bi-Hoon or … Continue reading Stewed Pork Bi-Hoon stir-fry (rice vermicelli)
Sometimes, actually most times I like to do a one dish. Often, we skipped breakfast, have early lunch and late dinner. Lucky for me hubby is one who do not mind eating the same dish for both meals and if it is Malaysian curry he can eat it for few days – kekekekeke Today I … Continue reading Braised trio of soyabean products – toufo, dried beancurd (fu chok) and fried toufo – Special
When I was young, a long, long time ago my mother used to cook this dish for us five siblings. Sometimes she cooks with prawns and sometimes with lobsters which growing up in Kuching, Sarawak used to be very fresh from a friend of my father’s. We all loved this sauce a lot although our … Continue reading Sweet Chilli Crab claws – Special
My hubby has a love affair with black-beans but he only appreciate the whole black-beans that I marinated overnight with rice wine/sherry and fresh chillies, not the commercial packets or jarred mushy ones. He knows how to enjoy his black-beans! He is a connoisseur of black-beans – kekekekeke Today I made his favourite sauce but … Continue reading Braised tofu pop with pork belly in black-beans sauce
Kiam Hue steamed pork belly or minced pork is one of those dish that makes you go for that extra bowl of rice. On a cold raining day like today it is fabulous. This is such an easy dish to cook. I literally start by frying the salt fish on low heat and start slicing … Continue reading Kiam Hue steamed pui bak (Salt fish pork belly)
