Bibimbap - Mixed Rice with Vegetables

Whenever I travel, I always like to observe what is the eating culture of that particular country. I love to pick up a few cooking tricks or recipes from the locals.  In fact, I find that Korean are very pragmatic. Their regular food is so practical & easy to prepare. Though Korean food is not made with expensive raw material like the Chinese (especially Cantonese food- expensive fish,  abalone, crab, lobsters, expensive sea cucumber..etc)....

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Classic Butter Tea Cakes with Cherry

Last week, I craved for the Classic Butter Tea Cakes (with cherry). So I decided to make one for our Sunday afternoon tea break. It taste exceptionally good with coffee. This is a very simple & easy recipes, it can be made using electric hand mixer. It is very suitable for beginner in baking. Do give it a try. It is very nostalgic to to bake a butter cake in ring tin. In fact, it was quite popular in the 80s. Classic Butter Cakes Recipes: 125g...

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Stir Fry Spaghetti with Olive Oil

This is my another quick & fast recipes to cook up something in the kitchen to fill up three hungry tummies. Yeah~! Stir Fry Spaghetti  with Olive Oil to the rescue. You can consider this a vegan recipes too because it doesn't contain any meat. This is a very delicious stir fry pasta. Ingredients (2 serving): 200g Spaghetti 3 tbsp good quality Olive Oil 4 cloves of garlic 1 tsp chili flakes Season with Salt & Pepper Some Basil...

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Simple Oriental Pork Chop

If you prefer something light & easy for weekday dinner, this is a good recipes. It is so easy to prepare & my kid love this pork chop so much. It tastes exceptionally good with a bowl of white rice. You just need to marinate the pork chop one day ahead in the refrigerator. Then, pan fry it until it is thoroughly cooked. Normally, I will do the marinate & get my hubby to pan fry it. Marinates for 2 servings: 3 pcs of pork chop ( get...

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How to Gut a Markerel?

A lot of people think that gutting a fish is very difficult. Actually it is not as complicated as you think. Let us show you how to gut a Markerel. Markerel is quite an easy fish to handle if you want to make fish paste especially in oriental cooking. You can get quite a lot of flesh from this fish. It can be made into fish cakes or stuffing. 1st thing 1st, we got to prepare the tools & wash the fish clean with tap water. Use a paper towel...

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Tomato & Alfalfa Sprout Salad

  What to prepare on a busy weekend dinner? Occasionally, I don't feel like cooking too much. If I really on a rush, I will just prepare one main dish with white rice & a salad for dinner. The secret ingredient is the Japan Sesame Dressing. This is a a healthy & delicious salad combo that I would like to share - Tomato & Alfalfa Salad. Ingredients (2 servings): 2 big Tomatoes Handful of Alfalfa Sprout  Japanese...

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How to Make Noodles from Scratch?

As long as we have all purpose flour at home & a pasta machine. We can make fresh noodles any time. We just need a few simple ingredients & the whole family will have fun doing it. My kid just love to help & getting her hand dirty whenever we make noodles from scratch. You  can cook noodle soup or stir fry. Recipes for homemade fresh noodles: Oriental noodles: 500g all purpose flour 200-230ml water 40'C-50'C (use warm water...

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Stir Fry Roast Pork

I know this is such a simple dish & anyone knows how to do it. The reason why I would like to share my grandma recipes is to remember the good old food that we used to enjoy when I was a kid. Recently my kid ask me a very funny question, so next time when she grown up & want to cook the same thing again, where can she refer to? The 1st thing come across my mind is - my blog. I showed her my blog & she is OK with the idea. Ingredients: 3-4...

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Perfect Summer with Cold Noodles - Korean Style

This cold noodles is really pleasing especially during hot hot summer ( one of the K-pop popular song...). It is really appetizing & easy to make as long as you have the ingredient available. Even my 7 years old enjoy this as much as I do. It is good that she is not a picky eater & she love to explore different cuisine. The best things is it can be ready in 15 minutes. Simplicity make life easier. Ingredients for 2 servings: 200g thin...

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Moist Chocolate Cake

This is a humble moist chocolate cake. Simple & Easy to make. I just make a very simple ganache cream to decorate it & it taste super delicious. I am very sure anyone who love chocolate cake will love this recipes. Ingredients: 3 eggs 320g caster sugar 150g butter 175ml butter Sieved the below dry ingredients: 225g Flour 60g Cocoa powder 0.5 tsp Salt 1.5 tsp baking powder 1 tsp soda bicarbonate Chocolate ganache: 200ml whipping cream 200ml...

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Simple & Delicious Fried Tofu

Today I am going to show you how to make a simple meal with just tofu. Tofu is lean, it is great if you are on diet. Personally I enjoy tofu very much just like the Japanese do (hahaha....). Simple doesn't mean plain. It can be delicious, it depends how we cook it. Sometimes, I do feel very proud especially when my kid ask me to cook the same dishes again & again. I have a "nickname" my kid used to call me when she was 4 years old - mummy is...

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