Teochew La Ko (潮汕朥糕)

INTRODUCTION

I vouched that I never liked this traditional moon cake when I was a kid. It bound to appear every year in my house and I never touched it. It is usually very oily and full of gao fen

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Sour Vegetable Minced Meat (酸菜炒肉燥)

INTRODUCTION

We were having lunch at a hawker centre and my wife ordered this dish, the stewed sour vegetable.

She told me she has not eaten this vegetable for years and I have also forgotten about this vegetable.. She said

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The Smiling Mantou–Sarawak Chawan Piko (必糕) aka West Malaysian Hokkien Moho Kuih (摩诃粿)

Updated post on 16-2-2017

As promised, I have updated a recipe with sweet potatoes and since this is not for praying, I have added cranberries to enhance the taste.

The recipe is actually the same by just adding sweet potatoes

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Malay Soya Sauce Chicken – Ayam Masak Hitam aka Ayam Masak Kicap (马来酱油黑鸡)

INTRODUCTION

I think readers who like to eat Malay or Padang food will know there is a dish name “Ayam Masak Merah”, the red coloured chicken which in essence using lots of tomato sauce to cook the chicken. It is

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Chinese Scallion Pancake (葱油饼)

INTRODUCTION

If a cuisine is not famous, Wiki will not have a detail write up and Wiki have some interesting write up on the Chinese scallion pancake. Since Wiki uses the word scallion, I have also use the name scallion

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Putu Mayam aka Putu Mayang aka Idiyappam (இடியாப்ப‌ம்)

INTRODUCTION

“Putu mayam in Malay or Idiyappam (இடியாப்ப‌ம்) in Tamil is a Tamil dish from southern India. It is popular in southern India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. The process for making putu mayam

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Taiwanese Minced Meat Steamed Rice Cake (台湾肉燥碗粿)

INTRODUCTION

This is another recipe that i had wanted to share earlier but did not take an effort to issue the recipe.

I remembered when I issued the chwee kuih recipe (Chwee Kueh or Steamed Rice Cake With Preserved

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Chinese Tricolour Steamed Eggs (三色蛋)

INTRODUCTION

It has been long that I wanted to blog this dish but I always forget to buy all the eggs.. I am attracted to the colourful combination of the eggs and black in this recipe make the dish stands

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Korean Street Snack – Hotteok (韩国爆浆糖饼, 호떡)

INTRODUCTION

I have prepared this Koean street snack for a long time but did not have a chance to issue the recipe and today shall be the day.

I have been to Korea for holiday many years ago, but I

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Chinese Peppery Hog Maw Soup (白胡椒猪肚汤)

UPDATED POST ON 29-11-2016

Many readers have been asking me about how to wash the pig maw or pig stomach. Prior to this, I have no confidence how to wash the stomach at all but I can vividly remember what

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