“No worries if you do not have much time, energy, and patience to do the non-stop stirring motion longer enough to make your rice congee silhouette smooth almost like the machine does, I have this legendary old-folk’s method!” How to cook the rice porridge/ congee right to achieve silky smooth and soft texture and mouthfeel, as…
Author: PatriCa BB 雪冰
Lotus Root and Peanut Soup with Prime Ribs (莲藕花生排骨汤)
“The best home-taste Asian soup for the foreign home landers..” This traditional Chinese soup never fails to smother you with plenty of home feeling. Many of our mothers or even ourselves cook this soup so often that it has then become one of the staple food in our households (chuckling). If you are now landing…
Fragrant Fried Bee Hoon with Stewed Pork Chops
“Flavourful fried bee hoon for lunch over a lazy noon” You will feel hard-pressed to refuse seconds of this irresitible stir-fry. Chinese-style fried bee hoon (rice vermicelli or thin rice stick), with tender stewed meat mingle with its rich and flavourful stewed meat sauce coated on every strand. Crunchy bean sprouts add even more texture…
Apple Tarte Tatin
“This upside-down apple tatin will simply make a statement to your cooking history! Voilà!” French is back again! Hey! Remember my French cook out session where I learnt the making of this ever-famous apple tarte tatin? I finally made it at home again, and here I am sharing the recipe and my experience of making this…
Singapore Hawker-Style Fried Carrot Cake (Chai Tau Kway) Recipe
Fried carrot cake is also known as “Chai Tau Kway” (菜头粿, Chinese pronounced as: Cài Tóu Guǒ). Not the usual sweet dessert, but a kind of Chinese steamed carrot rice cake. This is one of the all-time favourite local delicacies in Singapore, and it is one of the Teowchew delicacies. That’s why we usually call…
Corn Egg Drop Soup (玉米蛋花羹)
“Super easy and quick soup to settle your dinner on a busy night.” Weekdays were always busy for many families. Dinner during weekdays was best to settle as simple and fast as possible. Having said that, we would not want to compromise our intake of nutrients as well as our health just to ease our…





