Mashed Breadfruit Fritters (Jemput Sukun, Kodok Sukun, Cekodok Sukun 炸面包果球)

INTRODUCTION

Breadfruit (or buah Sukun 面包果)  is a rather common fruit tree planted by Malaysian households especially in Kampung area. The leaves are very distinctively big and have a smooth whitish tree trunk. It can be as tall as few

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Chinese Sesame Cold Noodles (芝麻酱凉拌面)

INTRODUCTION

Cold noodles are not uncommon to me. I have eaten a few times in Japanese restaurant and when I stayed at China. It is a very comforting, refreshing noodle dishes and especially common during summer time. The noodles are

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Classic Chinese Comfort Food– Onion Omelette (洋葱炒蛋)

INTRODUCTION

I think every house chef will know how to prepare this dish, be it experienced ah ma or new housewife. This is a very basic recipe when someone is learning to cook a meal for the family. But it

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Classic Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies (软巧克力片饼干)

INTRODUCTION

We went to the library and I borrowed a baking book. My kids flipped through the book and leave me a message that they wanted to eat  soft chocolate chips cookies. I did not know what attracted them, possibly

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Classic Chinese Sweet And Sour Pork (咕噜肉,咕咾肉、古老肉)

INTRODUCTION

This is a such a common dish that need no introduction as this Chinese traditional dish is a very popular dish worldwide. I have my fair share of travelling to many parts of the world and almost all the

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Chinese Style Deep Fried Prawn Fritters aka Cucur Udang (炸虾饼)

INTRODUCTION

Two years ago, I prepared cucur udang or prawn fritters but I have forgotten to issue the recipe. Now, I can’t locate the set of pictures. Since I bought one kilogram of prawns a few days ago, I have

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Salted Egg Bitter Gourd (金沙苦瓜)

INTRODUCTION

This is a common dish in my house and is not invented by me. I first knew that bitter gourd blends well with salted eggs when my brother in law invited us to his house for dinner at least

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Traditional Foochow/Fuzhou Ceremonial Cake aka Ley Pia (福州礼饼)

INTRODUCTION

If not because I bought a package of this cake and I am very impressed, I would not have issued this recipe. I was told that this Foochow ceremonial cake is a nice cake and common in Sibu and

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Famous Wuxi Spareribs (无锡排骨,无锡肉骨头,酱排骨)

INTRODUCTION

I have a weakness for this Chinese famous dish: Wuxi spareribs (无锡排骨,无锡肉骨头)。 I got to know the dish when I was stationed in Shanghai and Wuxi is very near to Shanghai, about a few hours train ride from Shanghai.

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Taiwanese Crispy Fried Chicken Nuggets aka Yan Su Ji (台湾盐酥鸡)

INTRODUCTION

I do not think I need to introduce this Taiwanese fried chicken, yan su ji (盐酥鸡)or literally translated as crispy salt chicken . If you have been to Taiwan, I am sure you bound to try this snack which

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