Salad Prawn Balls (色拉虾球)

INTRODUCTION

Many other families enjoy eating big sea prawns, the bigger the better and that  also explains why the pricing of big prawn is very expensive. However, big prawns are “enemies” in my house as nobody really like to eat

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Thai Steamed Fish with Lime (Pla Neung Manao or ปลากะพงนึ่งมะนาว 泰式柠檬蒸鱼 )

INTRODUCTION

Before we have kids, me and my wife used to dine in Thai restaurants for its delicious spicy and tangy food. One of the commonly ordered fish dish is this Thai steamed fish.

This dish is very refreshing, tangy

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Steamed Scallops with Luffa (干贝丝瓜)

INTRODUCTION

We used to eat braised luffa or sponge gourd and granny usually braised the luffa until very soft that melts in the mouth. That is why, most of us think that luffa cooking time will need to be very

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Double Abalone Happiness Dish (双鲍争辉)

INTRODUCTION

Eating abalone is definitely not common when I was young. We hardly or have no chance to eat abalone and we only knew about the term abalone from various literatures. It was always written that it is precious and

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Braised Sea Cucumber With Minced Meat (海参酿肉)

INTRODUCTION

“Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea. They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad. Sea cucumbers are found on the sea floor worldwide. The number of holothurian

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Chinese Preserved Radish Steamed Fish (菜脯蒸鱼)

INTRODUCTION

I have already issued more than 500 recipes and I am rather brain dead on what to share on certain household dishes especially those dishes that are simple restaurant dishes or home cooked dishes. I do not think I

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Sambal Stingray (烧烤魔鬼鱼) 36
Sambal Stingray (烧烤魔鬼鱼)

INTRODUCTION

i do not know when this dish become popular in Singapore and Malaysia.. At least it was not popular when I was a kid. I only get to know this dish after my graduation 30 years ago.

When friends

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Chinese Fried Tofu Shrimp Balls–Pipa Tofu (琵琶豆腐) 34
Chinese Fried Tofu Shrimp Balls–Pipa Tofu (琵琶豆腐)

INTRODUCTION

As per Wikipedia,

“The pipa (Chinese: 琵琶; pinyin: pípa, [pʰǐpʰǎ]) is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying

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Miso Braised Saba (味增鲭鱼) 46
Miso Braised Saba (味增鲭鱼)

INTRODUCTION

I have been cooking my fish using miso paste for at least a few years..

There is once when I am running out of Chinese fermented soya beans or tau cheo in my kitchen, it suddenly cropped out from

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Stewed Halibut With Fermented Soya Beans (豆瓣酱半煎煮比目鱼) 57
Stewed Halibut With Fermented Soya Beans (豆瓣酱半煎煮比目鱼)

INTRODUCTION

I have to be frank when I was young, there are not many cooking methods for fishes in my house. Beside pan frying, braised fish with soya sauce, assam fish, fish steaming and another one is this old classic

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