Thai Basil Chicken Recipe (泰式打抛/薄荷鸡 Pad Kra Pao Gai ผัดกระเพราไก่)

INTRODUCTION

When you have kids around, there are not much things you can order at Thai restaurant. They do not take spicy food, they do not fancy seafood and they do not like tangy food as well.. Therefore, one of

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Not All Hokkien Noodles Are The Same : Kuala Lumpur Hokkien Noodles Aka Dai Luk Min (吉隆玻福建大碌面)

INTRODUCTION

If you can procure any thick noodles that look like the picture below, by all means, use it for this special recipe. This noodle have a special name dai luk min (大碌面)which means thick noodles and is specially required

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Classic Cantonese Dessert : Ginger Milk Curd (姜汁撞奶)

INTRODUCTION

This is an iconic Cantonese dessert that are commonly found in Hong Kong. It is not my intention to issue this recipe but when I posted my steamed eggs as in the pictures below, members are asking if it

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Salted Fish Beansprouts (咸鱼豆芽)

INTRODUCTION

I was having dinner in a soya sauce chicken rice restaurant and we ordered a plate of salted fish bean sprouts. If my memories do not failed me, it cost us more than S$10 for a plate shared by

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Crispy Deep Fried Shallots, Shallots Garlic Oil and Minced Garlic Shallots (油葱酥, 葱蒜香油,葱蒜蓉)

INTRODUCTION

It was almost 2 weeks since I prepared this batch of crispy fried shallots and it is still crispy in air tight container.. What is so big deal about these crispy fried shallots? Is it not just shallots fried

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Leek Stir Fried With Roast Pork (大蒜烧肉)

INTRODUCTION

This dish looks like a Chinese New Year dish since both leek and roast pork only commonly appeared during Chinese New Year seasons.. It may be the case traditionally but since now we can get leeks and roast pork

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Classic Indian Flatbread Recipe: Chapati & Phulka ( சப்பாத்தி & புல்கா 印度烙饼: 恰巴提)

INTRODUCTION

Usually when i frequented Indian Mamak stores or Indian restaurants, I have never order chapatti though I have heard so much about it.. I usually ordered roti canai as in this post: Roti Prata, Roti Canai, Roti Paratha ,

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Chinese Char Siu and Prawn Omelette aka Egg Fu Rong or Egg Fooyoong (芙蓉蛋)

INTRODUCTION

This is a very common old-fashioned Chinese restaurant egg dish and I am sure that many readers should know about this dish. It is a cheaper dish  when compare to meat dish and usually the price is almost the

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Classic Chinese Comfort Food–Sichuan Vegetable Minced Meat (榨菜肉丝)

INTRODUCTION

This is another dish that I grew up eating..In addition to the salted vegetables minced pork dish, this is another favourite dish that I always looked forward to eating when I came back from school .. I ate it

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Classic Chinese Comfort Food – Anchovies Onion (古早味江鱼仔炒大葱)

INTRODUCTION

When I was a kid, my daily breakfast was rice porridge without fail. I had this porridge breakfast until the day I left my house for university in Kuala Lumpur. No cakes, no breads or even steamed buns like

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