All My Recipes

Light, Fluffy & Soupy Korean Steamed Egg – Gyeran Jjim (계란찜) Gyeran Jjim, a Korean Style Steamed egg, that was cooked in a Korean Earthernware Pot and straight over the stove instead steaming in a steamer. This dish is usually served as a side dish (Banchan) in Korean Restaurant.  have eaten many version of this Korean Steamed Egg and the best I have eaten, which also inspired me to recreate it at home, is one that is piping hot, fluffy, and a little soupy. There are many vid

Char Siew (Chinese Barbeque Roast Pork) Char Siew (Chinese Barbeque Roast Pork) is a popular dish in Cantonese Cuisine, typically sweet, sticky and red (due to red food colouring). It’s a dish that is always well-received by everyone from kids and adults to our old folks. To achieve this plate of glistering, sticky, perfectly caramelized Char Siew is as easy as ABC – it took less than 15 mins to prep, at least 2 hours or overnight marination and 15 mins to roast! *the black s

The Best Beef Cheek Stew Ever Super love this Stew! This is another creation that was inspired by a Cafe – Populus Cafe. This is definitely not any Mediocre Beef Stew! The 1st time we had this stew, we were surprised by how flavorful and how my fork slipped through the ultra tender beef with literally no resistance. Accompanied with the melt-in-your-mouth gelatinised and riched flavored beef, this dish made us go back to the cafe many times in a month, irregardless of how lon

Japanese Beauty Hotpot BiJin Nabe (美人锅) – Collagen-rich Chicken Soup Bijin Nabe (美人锅) – is a pot of creamy collagen-rich chicken broth that is boiled under medium heat for more than 8 hours until the bone melted, the collagen has broken down and until every last bit of goodness is in the broth. It is a pot of soup that is good for bone health and superb for a wrinkle-free skin! Upon hearing Bijin Nabe, many will have Tsukada Nojo’s Bijin Nabe popping up in their head. Yes! Th

20 Minutes Authentic Vietnamese Beef Pho Pho (pronounced as Fuh) is a Vietnamese “Kway Teow” Soup with flat rice noodle, swimming in a bowl of rich and flavourful broth that is traditionally brewed for hours with spices and herbs. I’m a fan of Vietnamese Pho and will had it every week during my 4 years in Melbourne, Australia – a city flooded with Authentic Vietnamese Café. Back in Singapore, there are not much Authentic ones near me and cooking it is an hassle because tradit

Mutton Nasi Biryani A traditional Indian rice dish that is usually serve with meat (mutton, beef or chicken) and top with a generous amount of Indian spiced gravy, a.k.a curry on top of fluffy long grain basmati rice. I have been craving for this dish for a while. However, being someone who is not familiar with indian spices, I procrastinated a while in making it in my kitchen. However, the craving just couldn’t withhold any longer and here it is – Eckitchen’s Nasi Biryani. I

For those who have heard of Naughty Nuri would have known of their perfectly grilled Balinese Style BBQ Pork Ribs that are coated with some sweetly fragrant black sauce, resulting in ribs that are flavorful and tender. They had aggressively expanded their business and had branches over Malaysia and Singapore. I had my share a few weeks ago and my love affair with the ribs started from the very first bite. It’s intensely well-flavoured and the meat from the ribs that just fall

OyakoDon – The Authentic Japanese Way  Oyakodon(親子丼) ~ A comforting bowl of Soft, Fluffy, Egg that soaked up the intensely flavored Dashi-Shoyu Broth, with a well-charred Succulent Chicken Thigh, top over a bowl of warm, fluffy Japanese Rice. It also means Parent and Son Bowl in Japanese. The eggs are whipped and poured over the broth, allowing the bottom of the egg to absorb the flavor of the broth while the top of the egg is still runny. The broth is then thickened by the e

Slow Roast Pork Belly with Balsamic-Honey Figs This slow oven-roasted Pork Belly is sooooo good that I must share this recipe like almost immediately after testing it!  The fats literally melt-in-your mouth and the meat is fall-apart tender and moist! This is like the only dish you need to impress your loved ones and guests! I had this dish last week at Oso Ristorante during my birthday. It was a very memorable dish. The taste of the pork belly accompanied with the sweet, tar

Penang White Curry Noodle Want a  bowl of piping hot noodle swimming in a sweet prawny broth that is packed with loads of aromatic spices? Penang white Curry Noodle it is! This recipe is tested and verified by my husband who is born and grew up in Penang that it tasted Authentically Penang! The only taste this recipe lack of is the Pig’s blood and Cockles which the former is not possible to get it in Singapore and I had a hard time finding cockles in local supermarket too. sa

Kung Op Wun Sen (Thai Style Prawn & Pork Belly with Glass Noodles Baked in Claypot)  Thai Style Glass Noodles baked in Claypot one of my favourite Thai Dish and it’s a must order dish on the menu in a Thai Restaurant. It’s a umami-rich, peppery and super well-flavoured glass noodle (Cellophane noodle) baked with prawns & pork belly over a pot of aromatic Thai flavored herbs and onions. It’s a very yummy dish that you must definitely cook at home to wow your family and guest.

Fried Oyster Omelette (Orh Jian 蚵仔煎) – Crispy or Gooey Or Both? Fried Oyster Omelette (Orh Jian) is a hawker favourite dish in Singapore. It’s cooked with simple ingredients such as eggs and starch, topped with ocean-fresh, juicy oysters. Definitely a sinfully yummy indulgence. Some people prefer to have a plate of Crispy Orh Jian while some prefer the gooey, starchy ones. Personally, I prefer to have the best of both world. After several month of testing on the type of starc

Croque Madame – The Yummiest Ham & Cheese Sandwich Ever! This scrumptious sandwich is one of my favourite breakfast/brunch item. The rich and creamy mouthfeel from the melted cheese and mornay sauce (Béchamel Sauce with Cheese) is heavenly. When topped with a perfectly fried sunny side up or onsen egg, the creaminess from the runny yolk makes this a perfect meal that is even fit for the king! To make this sandwich, you have to prepare the béchamel sauce first. Béchamel Sauce

Steamed XO Carrot Cake This carrot cake is soooo easy – 5 mins preparation, 15 mins boiling and 15 mins steaming, plus it’s just so yummy! It’s creamy smooth, soft and so tummy-warming. Topped with scallopy XO sauce and sesame infused savoury-sweet black sauce, it really enhance the sweetness of the white radish and the Umami-rich rice flour mixture! Yummz This carrot cake is a replication of one of the famous dim sum stall in Singapore – Victor’s Kitchen. It used to be my fa

Dong Po Rou (東坡肉) is a dish where the pork belly was braised in a pot of aromatic wine with sweet black sauce until the fats melt in your mouth and the meat becomes easily fall apart tender. The taste profile of this dish is sweet and salty, with bursting aroma of the yellow wine with every bite. A bit of history on this dish~ well.. I am not much of a historian but I get to know the history of this dish while I was watching a Hong Kong drama – 東坡家事 and after that a bit of re

Thai Beef Salad Woohoo!!! I’m finally back after a very dreadful 1 month break 🙁 The days just passed so slowly when I’m am not able to cook. And I gotta eat takeaway food and instant noodles for the past 1 mth But the wait is worth it. I renovated my near 8 years old kitchen. Hacked away the wall and it’s now an open concept kitchen! I will have a detailed blog post on the makeover of my new kitchen real soon! Do follow us closely for update! Thai Isaan Beef Salad came from

Not long ago, I ended my search for a perfect butter chicken recipe  and that is also when I started my search on a perfect naan recipe. A bad or so-so naan with a perfect butter chicken is like having a crispy yummy prate without any curry dipping sauce.  It just seems so incomplete. Store-bought naan can be substitute if you have no time to make one but it will not be a perfectly complete dish. I have tried many different naan recipes – from the so call best naan recipe on

Crunchy Nam Yu Sio Bak (Roasted Pork Belly) 南乳烧肉 There are tons of sio bak recipes around and why do I want to come up with another one? This recipe promises a Super Yummy Sio Bak with Exploding Crunch & Bursting Juiciness. Moreover, no tedious poking required. #notexaggerating Actually I’m not a fan of sio bak. I mean last time. That’s because I have not eaten one that has a wow factor until last year in penang. Even the so call famous sio bak was like a piece of salty meat

Ngoh Hiang 香脆五香 (Crispy Meat Roll) I have been waiting for this recipe for 3 years and it’s definitely worth the wait! Crispiness from the bean skin, juiciness from the pork belly, crunchiness from the prawns and sweetness from the water chestnuts.. these Ngoh Hiang are packed with bursting flavours. Tell me which stall/restaurant is selling the the best Ngoh Hiang.. always not the best to me cause the best I had is the one made by my late Daddy! Sadly, my dad and I were like

Marinated Herbal Drunken Prawns (花雕当归醉虾)  This dish is a must try! This dish is so nice that on the same day I first tried this dish, I immediately asked for recipe from my friend’s mum and went home to cook on the same day! I must share this recipe! The prawns are cooked and marinated in a bowl of herbal brine made with Hua Diao Wine, wolfberries, Dang Gui (angelica roots), rock sugar and some fish sauce. It’s so simple yet the taste is beyond simplicity. The sweetness of th