“Bringing homemade lunch to work on regular basis benefited much on your time and pocket.” Changing office location to town area was a hassle by far. It was a more hectic work as new, and for one who would be swearing for having to fight through a hubbub over peak lunch hour, I might end up skipping lunch…
Category: Notes & Ingredients Value
Cooking Tips and value of ingredients used
Iced Chrysanthemum and Ginseng Herbal Tea (洋参菊花茶)
“Warm aromatic Chrysanthemum tea to warm your hands and heart in the cold days, or a chilled glass to quench your thirst in the summer. Either way, this herbal tea is always the best drink to be enjoyed, anytime.” Light, aromatic, and very simple, this herbal beverage makes a great accompaniment to any food, e.g….
Oatmeal & Walnut Marble Cake
“Healthier Low Sugar Cake Choice with Oats. Check out my easy homemade recipe.” Healthier cake as it is an oatmeal cake with low sugar added. Delicious with interesting bites and mouthfeel, and it was even fuller bites as walnut bits were an addition to it. [Ingredients Value] Oatmeal: Oatmeal usually refers to coarsely ground oat…
Vegetarian Sambal Chilli Mock Squids
“Low-caloric vegetarian Konjac-squids cooked with vegetarian Sambal Chili, delicious taste and interesting biting from this nutritious vegetarian health food.” Yesterday was Chu Yi (初一), the 1st day of Lunar month of May. Of course, we had vegetarian meal for dinner for the whole family. I bought the vegetarian squid slices which packaged into a nice…
Fragrant Soy Sauce and Condiments from Kowloon Soy Co, the Traditional Soy Shop in Central, Hong Kong Island (九龍醬油)
“A traditional soy sauce and condiments shop in Hong Kong” Many recommended Hong Kong soy sauce for its superior taste, and my mom urged me to bring back a large bottle. However, my quest led me to Kowloon Soy Co (九龍醬園), and I ended up with arms full of various sauces when returning to Singapore. This…
Homebaked Mango Cake for Birthday Celebration
“Making of round-shaped Fresh Mango Cake as birthday cake.” I first baked this mango cake (in square shape) as ‘tea cake’ for meeting at the office. And now, I have readers who like to bake this the birthday celebration. I am sure this will be a good choice, for an easy baking, and yet, impressive enough…





