All My Recipes

Call me “Sua Gu”! Seriously! I have not ate Paella (pronounce as  pah/EH/yah)  before until like a month ago. I am not a seafood lover. I don’t mind having them but I will not purposely order them. So every time I see a sizzling pan of yellowish rice topped with tons of seafood, I will just give that a miss. Until once fine day, my friend brought me to House @ Dempsey and tried their Squid Ink Paella, my virgin paella. And that marked the beginning of my love affair with Pael

Bird’s Nest Snow Skin Mooncakes with Salted Egg Yolks Custard When sweet & salty collide, they explode! These mooncakes really well represent the heavenly marriage of sweet and salty! and with the essence of beauty in the middle of the mooncakes~ WOW! Do I need to say more? My family was a fan of Shangri-La Bird Nest Mooncakes. It is sold in box of 8 for $88- hmm not big 8 oh.. very tiny 8 mooncakes but it’s really delicious – Our all time favourite mooncakes. However, it was

Lusciously Creamy Butter Chicken Butter Chicken or Chicken Makhani, is a popular dish in Indian Restaurant. This dish with succulent Tandoori Spiced Chicken soaked in this creamy, butter tomato base spiced gravy – slightly sweet, tangy, spicy~ its super delicious. This is one of my favourite Indian dish and the best I’ve tried is in Zaffron – an indian restaurant in Singapore, opened by Chinese! To ensure that my recipe is a keeper, I want my butter chicken to be as good as t

Chicken Curry Rendang Rendang is a spiced coconut dish originated from Indonesia. There are many different recipes around – some with spices such as nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon etc added; some have kaffir lime, some looks brown, some looks yellowish. There are just tons of variation and I love mine with the taste of freshness from the Kaffir Lime Leaves. Fresh Chili Padi are used in this recipe. I used 8 pieces of them and its REAL HOT! Do adjust accordingly to your preference.

Garlic & Chili Edamame When I was in Taipei, Taiwan, although with tons of snacks and street food to select from, my favourite will still be the edamame from the famous 老天禄 located at Xi Men Ding. 老天禄 is actually famous for the braised items and the queue are pretty long. This stall is also Andy Lau’s must go stall whenever he is in Taiwan for their duck tongue. I didn’t really like their duck tongue but since I was in Xi Men Ding, I must get something from this stall. I pick

ichard Blais’ (Top Chef) Newer England Clam Chowder Clam Chowder is an all time favourite when I am seeking for a bowl of piping hot comfort food ~ Creamy, flavourful and comforting. Dip with crusty hot bread ~ omg its heaven! This recipe is adapted from Richard Blais’ “Try this at home: Recipes from my head to your plate” with some modification. This is not the typical thick, stodgy Clam Chowder you get from the fast food joints or some restaurants. It is creamy yet light. N

Penang Dang Gui (Angelica Root) Duck Kway Teow Soup Penang Kway Teow Soup, though looks very plain, are very flavourful. In Penang, they have the chicken and the duck version. The duck version have angelica root (dang gui) added to it for some herbal taste. If you are not able to get hold of duck carcass, substitute with the same amount of pork bone. For chicken version, use chicken carcass and chicken meat instead of duck carcass and duck meat. Also, omit the dang gui. The b

Andong Style Jjimdak (Korean Braised Chicken) If you have been to Seoul, Korea, Andong Jjimdak will definitely be on your must eat list. Jjimdak is a korean dish, originated from the city of Andong. This dish is made with chicken with lots of vegetables and Korean sweet potato noodle, simmered in thick, rich umami, slightly spicy sauce. And this sauce really goes very very well with rice! Boneless chicken legs are used in this dish as they have the more chicken flavor with sm

Pork Belly Claypot Rice with Salted Egg Yolk (鹹蛋豬肉臘味沙鍋飯） Suddenly have craving for flavoured rice these few days. Usually I will cook such “claypot” rice either in rice cooker or a saucepan, which you still can if you follow this recipe. However, I felt that there are still some missing elements, visually and in taste wise, even though it was still yummy. So I decided to grab a claypot from the mall and try. Indeed! That’s the taste I want! Actually the smell from the burnt r

Tomato and Spinach Tart We love tarts! But the process of making them at home seems to be very inconvenient dues to the mess and techniques required. This recipe does not require much technique. Any stand mixer or hand held mixer will do the trick. This recipe is enough to make 2 x 4.5 inches Tart. Double the recipe to make a standard 9 inches tart. Preheat the oven at 220 degree celsius. Cut the cold butter (very cold butter) into cubes. Together with the flour and salt, add

Salted egg yolks dishes are now in trend. Almost any dish with salted egg yolks will be very well received and highly sought for. There’s a lot eateries and cafes adding salted egg yolk to their dishes, winning tons of positive comments and attentions. There are salted egg fries, salted egg waffles, salted egg cupcakes and recently, there’s also salted egg fried carrot cake on the list. The list goes on and on and I believe it will continue to get longer. This combination of

Sambalicious~ Smelly Prawn Paste with Smelly Belachan Sambal Chili! Yummy!~ The first time I had Har Cheong Kai Burger was @ Everything with Fries on my Birthday this year. The pungent, umami juice from the well marinated chicken just burst in my mouth the moment i sunk my teeth into the burger. So flavourful, so crispy, so succulent, so yummy! I so wanna have this anytime I crave for it. Furthermore, with the help of air fryer, I can easily get a crispy and succulent Har Che

Wagyu-Foie Don with Onsen Egg and Homemade Light Teriyaki Sauce What can be more comforting than a bowl of piping hot rice with fats on fats! And these are really yummy fats that worth the calories ~ well marbled Wagyu Beef and super creamy foie gras. And these fats shall NOT be wasted, the liquid fats will then be cooked together with the teriyaki sauce and drizzled over rice! Super flavourful Don’t like foie gras? A perfect steak on rice, drizzled with a lightly sweetened t

Chocolate Fondant Cake (Confirmed Lava-ish!) – Foolproof Method Who can resist a warm lava~ish chocolate cake after dessert? This chocolate lava cake is perfect for dinner with friends as it can be made ahead so you do not need to be stuck in the kitchen while your guests are alone in the dining room. And it’s very easy too! It is also a very impressive and comforting dessert to serve after dinner. Furthermore, this recipe is fail-proof! Confirm, guarantee plus chop! Sure flo

Air Fried Prawn with Wasabi Mayo Mr Ong came up with a challenge for me! Wasabi Mayo Prawn! My first reply was.. “but… i don’t like to fry food in my kitchen! hmm ok.. i can try with air-fryer”. I seriously don’t like to fry food in my kitchen. 1st, the kitchen will get very sticky and greasy.. 2nd, I hate the splattering oil when deep frying.. 3rd, the kitchen gets real hot and I will get very agitated and my food won’t have the taste of love hehe.. anyway the reasons or exc

While I was browsing my collection of recipes on my iPad, my hubby suddenly commented that I have not been cooking curry for quite sometimes. Thai Red Curry with Duck & Lychee Indeed, I am not a fan of curry because of the coconut milk and if I were to cook curry, I will substitute evaporated milk with coconut milk. Hmmm since hubby requested for curry, I obliged and started browsing my recipe books for CURRY.. I remembered the last time I cooked curry, which was like 4 to 5