风味肉丁

When I've run out of ideas for any meat dish, I would always mix and match a special sauce, taste and add more seasonings, improvising till I get the unique taste of what I like. That's my style...and with the sauce, preferably to toss it with deep fried meat chunks and eat with some crispy garnishes.

Garnishes;
Deep fried shredded popiah skin
Spring onions

Sauce;
Oyster sauce
Tomato ketchup
Sambal
White vinegar
Brown sugar
Stock
-Mix well, bring to boil until thickens.
-Toss with favourite crispy meat and serve with garnishes.
-Enjoy! :-P

Smoked Duck Breast Salad With Mashed Potato

I've come to realize of the formula; Grapes + Red wine vinegar = MATCHED

Grapes are mostly sweet and their skin are usually tongue biting. However, after being coated / seasoned with red wine vinegar, it's sweet and slightly sour with a "sniff" of fragrance seasoning of red wine vinegar where I simply love to the max.

A combination of seared duck breast with hard-boiled egg slices, mashed potatoes with brown gravy, last but not least, iceberg lettuce and grapes drizzled with some red wine vinegar. That's it, a simple but satisfying lunch.
 

Egg Mayo Yu Zhar Kway

Dipping yu zhar kway in hot coffee before eating, serve with congee, serve with dessert, eat it on its own are the few local way of eating yu zhar kway and among all these, my favourite is still to go with the coffee. Imagine hot crispy yu zhar kway soak with hot fragrant coffee, pop into the mouth with coffee oozing out yet there's still crunch of the yu zhar kway.... Wow...simply fantastic. :-P

I have another innovative way of eating yu zhar kway. That is with my favourite egg mayo. I've always love egg mayo toast and this time round, instead of on toasted bread, i stuffed them into yu  zhar kway and topped with some shredded lettuce and tomato slices. Delicious!

Mushroom XO Sauce

Am in the mood to create my own XO sauce BUT using mushroom instead. Cuz I been wanting to get rid of the packs of dried mushroom in the fridge. I bough few packs without realizing that I have another 2 packs in the fridge. Yes, that's a very bad habit! I should have checked my stock, write down a shopping list b4 purchasing anything. Haiz... what done cannot be undone and the easiest way to use up these dried mushroom is to cook a sauce.

These sauces are so useful...Toss it with boiled noodles to enjoy simple lunch, pan fried with carrot cake to have a quick tea break, stir fry with fried tau kua as a dish for dinner... lots and lots more.

Simple ingredients;
Dried mushroom, soaked in hot water, squeeze dry and chopped into small bits 
Chopped garlic
Minced bean paste
Chili paste
Oyster sauce
Stock
Oil for frying
-Fry shallots in oil till golden brown, add garlic and continue frying for a min.
-Add mushroom, fry for a min. (adding more oil if necessary)
-Add bean paste, chili paste and oyster sauce.
-Stir in 1 tbsp stock, bring to boil and simmer until thickens.
-Remove from heat and let it cool.

Alfredo Shroomish Baked Rice

What's for lunch? A quick and easy baked rice reali made my day!

Having left very little bit of alfredo sauce in the fridge, i decided to whip a quick sauce out of it.
Simply prepare;
Fresh shitake mushroom, sliced
Fresh Oyster mushroom, sliced
Button mushroom, sliced
Frozen sweet corn
Butter
Onions, sliced
Pinches of salt
Milk
Alfredo sauce
-Melt butter in pan, fry onions till fragrant, add fresh mushrooms and fry for 1-2 min.
-Add button mushroom and sweet corn.
-Stir in alfredo sauce, milk and season to taste.
-Once sauce boils, remove from heat.

 Pour sauce over plain rice, topped with cheese and till till top browns. Sprinkle some crushed black pepper and enjoy! :-)

That's it! As easy as ABC....

Fried Beancurd Skin Roll with Yam

Preferably to use normal yam instead of mini yam for this dish as the texture of yam would affect the overall dish.Mini yam tends to be soggy after steaming and too soft as too much moisture in it. Unlike the normal yam, they tends to be flaky and firm, bringing a unique taste to the snacks after being deep fried.

Ingredients;
Yam slices, steamed and mashed with coriander & spice powder
Minced pork
Light soy sauce
Chicken power
Rectangular beancurd sheet
-Oil for deep frying
-Marinade pork with light soy sauce and chicken powder
-Mix in yam
-Coat mixture onto beancurd sheet, cut into long strip
-Deep fried till golden brown.
-Serve with chili dips
-Enjoy!

Crispy Pork

A dish suddenly flashed across my mind and I remembered I tried that dish in Malaysia many many years ago and it somehow reminds me on the taste.
I decided to recap the taste and venture out the dish on my own and share the dish with my family.

Ingredients A:
Pork Belly, thinly sliced
Cornflour + Rice flour
Oil for deep frying
-Dust flour lightly into pork belly
-Deep fried until crispy and golden brown
-Drained and set aside

Ingredients B:
1 onion, wedged
3 dried chili, cut into sections
Oyster sauce
Hoison sauce
Tomato keychup
Sugar
Dark soy sauce
-Fry onions for 2 mins, add dried chili
-Bring sauce to boil, thicken
-Toss in crispy pork
-Enjoy!

Ice Blended Yakult with Aloe Vera

I love playing around with drinks....mixing, matching, blending and come up with the taste & feel I love. This is my newly invented unique way of drinking yakult~ with toppings and additional taste.

Ingredients,
Original flavour yakult
Some apple juice
Sugar syrup
Ice cubes
Aloe vera cubes
Honey
-Blend ice cubes, sugar syrup, apple juice and yakult till fine
-Pour into glass jug, topped with aloe vera cubes
-Drizzle with honey
-Enjoy!

I need it...especially on a super hot afternoon in a place like Singapore! Can't stand the heat!!!

Fish Cake Chips

Dun think anyone has yet to come across this unique way of eating fish cake, try it as it reali addictive! The crucial part is in selecting the type of fish cake to use.
Not those kinds usually found in fish ball noodles as those has too much flour as compared fish paste. Best used will be those gigantic fish cake which as big as a size of fist.

 Ingredients;
Giant fish cake, halved it and cut into slices
Oil for deep frying
Seasoning to taste ( I used nori and chili flakes)
-When oil is 80% hot, add fish cake slices and deep fried till golden brown
-Drained and toss with seasoning
-Serve while hot
-Enjoy!

Curry Veggie

A different curry for diner tonight?! Yes, meatless! lolz.... Always the usual classic chicken curry is nothing new and as I have crave for cabbage, decided to cook curry veggie instead.

 Ingredients A:
Oil for frying
Shallots slices
1 glove garlic, chopped
2 tsp chili paste
40g curry powder
1/2 tsp tumeric powder
1/2 tsp corriander power
-Fry shallots and garlic with oil till brown.
-Add chili paste, fry for a min
-Add rest of the ingredients and fry.
-Add more oil if necessary
-Set aside for later use

Ingredients B:
Cabbage, break into small pcs
Carrots, cut into thick slices
Tau pok, cut into pcs
Potatoes, large cubes, steamed
Evaporated milk
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
Water
-Boil cabbage and carrots with water till slightly soft
-Add ingredient A, potatoes & tau pok
-Bring to full boil and simmer
-Season to taste
-Enjoy!

2 more plate of rice please! lolz... best serve with plain rice or blanched noodles, top with an egg. :-)

香蔥肉醬芋餃

Hey readers, I'm finally back! Being away for a year isn't that great and so many unpleasant things happened throughout and being away doesn't mean that I'm no longer cooking. My daily or weekend cooking is as usual, it's only that I dun have the time to bake, prepare dessert and spend times hogging onto PC to post photos, write recipes.

Here's what I have for today! I'm not in the mood to cook seafood dish or pure meat dish hence, I came up with the yam dumplings dish.

Ingredients A:
Baby yam, steamed and mashed
-Add pinch of salt, spice powder, pepper and coriander power to taste.
-Sprinkle in 1 tbsp rice flour, plain flour and cornflour.
-Mixed well and shaped into oval shape, deep fried till golden brown.
-Set aside for later use.

Ingredients B:
1 onion,  wedged
1 stalk spring onion, cut into 3 cm length
Minced pork
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
Some stock stock
1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp spicy chili paste
-Fry minced pork with oil till meat change color.
-Add onions and spring onion, fry for 2 mins.
-Add all the sauces and stock, bring to boil.
-Toss in fried yam balls and serve.
-Enjoy!