It’s about every food I’ve cooked with heart and loves
A guide to common Asian cooking ingredients – what they are, what they taste like, and how to use them. Helpful for beginners learning to cook Asian food at home.
“The must-have food products in my kitchen/ refrigerator” 3 Jan 09 Genie: “Hi, really love your blog.. please keep on updating! can i request for a post on the “necessity” ingredients/things you will always buy and store in your kitchen/fridge?” The above was a message from my reader, Genie. Her request of having a post…
“My Favourite Breakfast Cereal” I love breakfast cereals! All kinds of breakfast cereal, from cold whole grain cereal to hot porridge oat. Breakfast cereal is usually eaten cold mixed with milk. Of all kinds and brands, I prefer Post Selects brand, particularly Banana Nut Crunch Cereal. I loved the generous amount of real banana and…
Huai Shan Soup Recipe or Fresh Chinese Yam Root (Huai Shan) Soup with Corn “Soup that benefits you and your family, for health and vitality” In the midst of sharing my food experiences in Hong Kong, I did not forget my house recipes. Today, I would like to share this clear soup recipe which involves…
“Just a brief on ways of cooking” Blanching – usually used for vegetables or fruits, but nowadays, we used this term to describe on meat, too. Blanching refers to plunge the raw food into boiling salted water, for a quick boil. Then, place the hot food under running water or in cold/ icy water to…
“Worried about having too much delicious local food? Here’re some facts, just for your information.” Tasty and popular local food has always been related with unhealthiness and/ or ‘diet killing’ due to its oily cooking method, unhealthy food and/ or artificial ingredients mixes. My site visitor, Eve was concerned about eating “fattening” steamed carrot cake,…
“Healthy Sweet Potato” $, about $3 – $3.50 per regular-size potato I tried their sweet potatoes, finally! Yes, the sweet potatoes were sold by weight. I couldn’t remember how much per gram, but one regular-sized (length less than 5” while diameter less than 2”) sweet potato cost me $3.20. I bought one piece each of…