Meat Stir fry Yakiniku (JP) sauces with White Rice

Simple stir fry meat is always a favorite for kids. Today, I am going to show you how to do a simple yet delicious meal on a lazy weekend. It is 100% fool proof. By the way, you can also sneak in some vegetables in this stir fry dish. This is my "Rachael 30 mins Meals". 1st thing 1st, cook the rice using rice cooker. It is more authentic by cooking short & round Japanese rice which is more sticky compared to the Jasmine rice (Thailand). The...

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Steam Fish with Tofu & Salted Vegetables

White Pomfret by itself is very delicious. Well, today I am going to show you how to make a 2 in 1 dish. On a busy weekday night, this is a quick meal to serve. Please defrost the White Pomfret in the chiller over night. After a day work & back to home in the evening, the fish is almost done defrosted. You can steam it straight away. You can also prepare the sliced gingers, pickled shallots & salted vegetables the night before. Please soak...

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Easy Stir Fry Prawns with Soy Sauces

This is a simple recipes to for stir fry prawns. It is good if the size of the prawn is big, this mean less peeling during eating. I know it is quite messy to peel the skin off but you must keep the skin in tact when come to stir fry prawn. It will make sure that the flesh is still juicy. The outcome is the stir fry prawn is much more delicious. Ingredients: Fresh Big Prawn ( about 8ea-10ea) Sliced Garlic Sliced Ginger Pinch of Salt Oil for frying Premix...

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Tofu with Dried Shrimp

This is one of my favorite recipes for weekday cooking night. You can whip a meal in less than 30mins with simple ingredients. This is an extremely kid friendly recipes. Ingrediants: 1 pkt of soft Tofu 1 tbsp of dried shrimp (soak in water for 15 mins & drained) 3ea shallot (peeled & sliced thinly) 2tbsp Chinese dried sweet radish (cubed, optional) Soy sauces Oil for frying Method: 1) Remove the tofu packaging & pop it on a plate. Soft...

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My Bread Journey - Basic Baguette Recipies

It is an amazing journey for me to learn about bread - the real bread. Finally, I have discovered the correct way to bake real breads. In my personal point of view, I always believe in one thing - if there is a will, there is a way to do it. Honestly, I have learned from others professional baker's experience by reading their books....etc.  Frankly, I must thank them for sharing their successful bread making technique. Of course, I cannot stop...

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Begger's Chicken - How to eating guide?

Begger's Chicken - why is it called a Begger chicken? According to the China legend, there was a begger who was desperate for food but do not have the stove to prepare the chicken. So what he did was...covered up the chicken with mud & burned it in fire. There are a few stories behind the begger's chicken but this make the most sense the me. In today China in big cities like Beijing, they called the "Begger's Chicken" = "Emperor Chicken" = "Rich...

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Flower Crab - How to prepare ?

My friend bought us some flower crabs. These are local caught flower crab. You can only harvest 30% meat from these crab. They had less meat proportion to their body weight. But the plus point is the flavor of the flesh is more intense.  By the way, this is the first time we process the crab. Got to use some brain juices to crack the puzzle.How to "gut" the crab?? Hm....... First thing first, wash the crab with brush & water. You can see...

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Thai Wun Sen Salad with lots of corianders

I am craving of Thai food recently. I am so into Thai style salad. Honestly, we just can't get enough of it. Therefore, I had decided to make myself some salad. You need about 20 mins to wipe up this dish. Ingrediants: 180g bean thread noodles (Wun Sen or mung bean noodle) 2 clove of garlic, diced 2 tbsp fish sauce 1 tbsp lime juice  (lemon juice) 2 tbsp peanut oil 40g chopped roasted peanuts 2 spring onion, sliced thinly half cup of fresh...

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Penang Streets Foods- Char Koay Teow

Almost anyone staying in Malaysia love streets foods. Last holidays, we had decided to visit the infamous Penang Sister Char Koay Teow @Lam Heng Cafe, 185 Macalister Road, Penang. It is so easy to miss the Lam Heng Cafe because it is just at the corner & it is quite difficult to get a parking. We have been circling the same street for at least 5 times just to get a parking. It was almost 2pm, I guessed whatever we ate must tasted so good because...

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