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…
Tag: Noodles
Fried Kway Teow (炒粿条)
“Singapore-style Char Kway Teow (with yellow noodle) you may cook and taste from home!” Char kway teow, which means “fried flat rice noodles“, this is one of the popular hawker food in Singapore. It has also been termed as unhealthy food due to its excessive oil and/ or pork lard used in cooking this dish. It…
Abalone Beehoon Soup (鲍鱼米粉汤)
“Express & light, but luxury lunch deal at home!” Not sure what to have for lunch? I had plenty of Szechuan vegetable soup cooked in excessive portion for dinner on a weekend yesterweek. But the pork ribs in the soup were all finished up the same night, left only the vegetables with soup. Plenty of…
Milky Papaya Soup with Hor Fun Noodle (木瓜牛奶汤)
“Healthy and Tasty Papaya Noodle Soup” The inspiration of cooking papaya soup came from the famous payaya bee hoon soup served in Xin Wang Hong Kong café, when visited their café and ordered this papaya soup (chose instant noodles to go with it) for my late dinner, after the NDP preview on the 1st Aug….
Prawn Noodle Soup with Prime Ribs in Slow Cooker (排骨虾面汤)
“Prawn noodle soup with super tender pork ribs in slow cooker” It has been years since I first made prawn noodle soup (see my homemade Prawn Noodle Soup recipe). It is so simple to cook and devour on your very own “home-taste” prawn noodles. Moreover, prawn noodles are definitely healthier choice than having curry laksa…
Braised Seafood Mee Sua (焖海鲜面线)
“Get hooked on my seafood treats with crisped Mee Sua.” Mee Sua, or you call it vermicelli, a Chinese noodle dish which you eat it especially during birthday to symbolise longevity. Mee sua simply means long noodle thread (面线). Usually, mee sua is made into very thin strand, and it’s brittle when cooked. The apperance…





