“Happy Valentine’s Day” I would be happy for those who received flowers and gifts from your loved ones. If you haven’t prepared or bought anything in return, I guess there are always places and gifts available for last minutes purchase. However, if you wish to do something handmade, you better start preparing it soon, or…
Category: Dessert
Desserts
Ondeh-ondeh Recipe (椰糖椰丝糯米球)
“Healthy coconut coating sweet potato poppers with its oozing sweet sensation in your palate, it’s my homemade Peranakan kueh!” [Updates: Recipe in both English & Chinese, also with cooking demo video now] This popular Peranakan sweet treat, its traditional kueh (in Malay), looks deceptively complex to make, but in fact, it is easier than you thought….
Honey Dew Sago Recipe
“Chilled honey dew sago dessert. Refreshing and yummy dessert to save your bucks, yet, surely to impress the crowd in your party, or your very loved ones!” Requested by reader, Serene, I made this dessert, and am posting my recipe of this dessert, the Honey Dew Sago dessert for her today. :) I made this…
Low Fat Mango Sago Pomelo Dessert Recipe (低脂杨枝甘露)
“My low-fat version of this ‘all-time favorite’ delicious Hong Kong sweet treat, the mango pomelo sago dessert. No need coconut milk, no need cream, no need complicated steps. Just simple, and with a cut-down in fat, but never in taste. Serve it chilled!” We had it to satisfy my craving for this popular Hong Kong…
8-Treasure Sweet Soup (八宝甜汤)
“An auspicious savory to sweeten up the Chinese Lunar New Year or any day of the year” The ‘Eight-Treasure‘ porridge, in Chinese, 八宝粥 ‘Ba Bao Zhou’, wouldn’t sound strange to many of you in Asian countries. This is an auspicious Chinese food for many Asians, symbolizing eight kinds of good treasure including wealth and health…
Honey Grass Jelly Dessert
“It’s the super low-fat Honey Peachie Grass Jelly!” This is the best cooling dessert to be served in a BBQ party, as a refreshment after a feast of heaty char-grilled. Grass jelly, we called it ‘Cincau’ in Malay, or 仙草 (pronounced as ‘Xian Cao’ in Chinese). Grass jelly has very high cooling properties that makes…