Tanjong Rhu Pau

Dad brought home some paus from the famous Tanjong Rhu Pau & Confectionery. And the best thing I like is.... it's all meat paus. lolz.... I been wanting to try their meat paus as so far in my memories, I've onlu tried their red bean paus and its yummy.

Their paus are usually smaller in sizes as compared to other brands or places. Well, can say it's small & unique, probably to cater to 一口包.

Here's their bid meat paus. So "big" right? They are actually the size of normal char siew paus.

And here are their char siew paus, my Favourite!

Look at the juicy and moist fillings inside! I'm loving it :-)

Cake History

These cute little chiffons caught my attention when I passed by Cake History in TPY the other day. Can't resist temptation, i decided to give it a try!

Chocolate chip bread with green tea chiffon cake.

I simply love the combi of sweet fluffy red bean with the not so sweet matcha chiffon. Hmm... yummy~licious.

Cake Making Workshop ~Almond Butter Loaf

The Almond Butter Loaf seems more like a bread as the base is a rolled out bread dough. Initially I tot this is supposed to be a butter cake recipe. The finished product turns out well and when the bread is being eaten the next day, it's still soft.

A beautiful tray of almond butter loaf freshly from the oven.

Poke some holes on the nicely rolled out dough...

Pipe some butter cream on top...

Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and almond flakes and hope till brown.

Dust with icing sugar and enjoy!

Onion Burger

I was watching a food program on TLC this afternoon and it featured some unique food from the states. I was fascinated by the introduction on onion beef burger and the story of how it became popular in the state. I was tempted by how they describe the sweetness of the onions and decided to try out my version with chicken patties.

Ingredients;
Hotdog buns, halved
1 beaten egg
Melted butter
100g minced chicken
1 large onion, shredded
BBQ sauce
Dashes of pepper
Dashes of coriander powder
Spicy thai sauce

Method;
-Marinate minced meat with seasonings, add onions and divide mixture into 2 portion.
-Melt butter in a non-stick frying pan.
-Dip 1 side of bread with beaten egg, pan fry till golden brown.
-Pan fry onion patties on both sides till cooked.
-Sandwiched bread with patties, drizzle with spicy sauce and serve.
-Enjoy!

Chio's Culinary Session

Chio's Culinary Session~This is the title where the gals insist i've to use for our album on facebook. Hence i decided to use it as the titile here as well. Chio's refers to us as chio bu'. Interesting name ya?!

We scheduled to spend a day at Tabby's place to bake and book and it was reali fun. We start off with baking, so that we can have cakes for tea-break and light snacks for dinner.

Making of Pandan Chiffon:

Beat egg white to....

Stiff peak like this. Fold egg white into the mixture which we prepared earlier on and....

Ta ra........... ready for baking.

While baking.

To let cool

Finally our product.

Due to error of adding too much flour for our 2nd chiffon, we decided to add more butter to bake a butter cake.

Here it is! after it cool, we will cut it into 3 rectangles, spread with kaya on layers and top the final layer with snow powder. Yeah....

Something which seems alien to me. An antique oven which looks like a pot! Lolz... Tab's grandma used to bake with this oven.

Our peach muffins waiting to bake in the antique oven.

Am wondering does it work?

Phew... luckily they turned out well.

Next, Bread Making:

Mixing the necessary ingredients for basic sweet dough bread and let dough rise. Our pretty dough.

Tabby's waiting for Angelize to weigh the dough.

Quick roll by Tabby.

Here's the cute silicon pig mould which we will be using for some of our bread. Wow... the moulds are from Japan! Erm... no fear, Tabby bought them last yr and not after the earthquake. Lolz...

Various designs of our tuna bread.

And some comes with cream cheese toppings.

Time for dinner! YEah... was feeling so hungry after the hard day baking.
Our pumpkin soup using........

Frozen soup! Juz need to ass little bit of water and boil over low flame till melted. So convenient rite?

Angelize is delighted with the fruit salad.

Not forgetting our main course~Ee fu mee with shredded egg omelete.

Cheezy Omelet Little Bun

Rise & shine, it's a beautiful Saturday morning and since it's been ages since i last prepared breakfast, i decided to make some little omelet bread to go with coffee.

Ingredients;
Soft butter rolls
1 egg, beaten
20ml skimmed milk
Some butter
1 slice low fat cheese

Method;
-Cut bun into half, set aside for later use.
-On a non-stick frying pan, melt some butter.
-Beat egg with milk and pour onto the pan.
-When egg was about to set, place 1/2 slice of cheese onto egg and foldover.
-Cut omelet into 1/2, lay onto bread, top with cheese and serve.
-Enjoy!

Sausage Roll Breakfast Set

A wonderful breakfast to start the day for Adam and mum!

Ingredients;
Hotdog roll
Egg, beaten
Skimmed milk
Butter
Chili sauce/Tomato ketchup
Chicken franks
Harshbrown
Black pepper
Pinch of salt

Method;
-Place harshbrown on a baking paper, bake till golden brown.
-While harshbrown are baking, beaten egg with milk.
-Cut bread rolls into halved, dip into beaten milk.
-Melt butter on a frying pan, and fry bread over low heat.
-Continue until complete. Fry suasages till cook.
-Assemble the breakfast set by stuffing sausages into the bread, drizzle sauce over.
-Sprinkle black pepper and salt over the harshbown & serve with bread.
-Enjoy!

Roasted Chicken Sandwich Roll

I made a roasted chicken sandwich roll with spicy sauce for Adam's lunch. He being someone who wanna have a complete meal for his lunch, definitely i will serve the bread with mushroom soup and a side salad for him.

Ingredients;
Hotdog roll bun
BBQ Chicken fillet
Spicy sauce
Roasted sesame seeds
Butter
Lettuce

Spicy sauce ingredients & method;
-Use the same pan for cooking the chicken fillet.
-Add water, chili paste, little bit of tomato ketchup, sugar and cornflour.
-Cook till gravy thicken, drizzle over chicken & serve.

Assemble;
-Cut bun into half, spread butter and place the butter side down on a hot non-stick pan.
-Light brown the butter side of bread, sandwich with chicken fillet and lettuce.
-Drizzle sauce over, sprinkle with roasted sesame seeds and serve.
-Enjoy!

Club Sandwich

This after lunch was a all bread feast. I decided to make club sandwiches & spicy BBQ chicken roll and since Jesper can't stand hunger, decided to proceed with his lunch 1st. Making sandwich is quick and easy but the time for marinating the chicken takes a while.

Ingredients,
3 slices of white bread
Butter
Salad dressing
Cheese
Ham
Roasted Chicken fillet
Lettuce
Egg

Method;
-Spread butter on bread and toast till lightly brown on both sides.
-Spread salad dressing on 1 slice of bread, top with ham, cheese & lettuce.
-Top with another layer of bread which was spread with salad dressing.
-Top with roasted chicken and egg, followed by the last layer of bread.
-Cut sandwich into 4 triangles, serve with crackers.
-Enjoy!

Giant Meat Pau

While i was bz preparing snacks for teabreak, Dad came home with surprises for us. I was told to open the box which he place on the table. Dad says that Uncle Hye purposely went all the way to Bedok this morning juz to purchase it.

Out of curiousity & kpo~ness, i opened the box and...................

My 1st reaction: WOW........

2nd reaction: even bigger than my fist!

3rd reaction: almost the length of a chopstick!

Golden Sambal Mantou

Fried mantou can be eaten with savoury fillings or as a dessert for those with a sweet tooth. I've prepare sweet mantou with condensed milk ages ago, savoury ones to be serve with chili crab dips. This time round, sandwiched style as a great Sunday afternoon snack for Dad!

Ingredients;
Giant plain mantou
Oil for frying

Fillings;
Dried shrimp, pounded
Chili padi, chopped
Grind chili paste
Minced garlic
Pinch of salt
Some sugar
Oil for frying

Method;
-Fry garlic with oil till fragrant, add chili padi and fry for 5 mins.
-Stir in chili paste and dried shrimp.
-Fry till well mixed, season to taste.
-Continue to fry for 8 -10 mins over low heat till done.
-For the buns, cut mantou into half, run a slit along the center.
-Deep fried buns in boil till golden brown, sandwich with sambal.
-Serve & enjoy!

These sambal mantou taste much more better than sambal being sandwich with plain bread. Well, i guess it's due to the crispy fried layer on the mantou. :-)

Spicy Mayo Pizza Bread

There's always a promotion on "Sundays. Free hotdog rolls with every purchase of soft white bread. The problem with my family is that they dun reali fancy hotdog rolls. I've to comes up with creative ideas to prepare the bread so they will eat. Especially for Jesper, its either roti john or chicken nuggets sandwich rolls. Tis time round, i made some spicy mayo pizza bread for breakfast.

Ingredients;
Some hotdog buns, halved
Chicken franks, sliced
Seafood sticks, diced
Cherry tomatoes, diced
Cheddar cheese, diced

Dressing:
1 tsp fat free mayonnaise
2 tbsp sweet chili sauce

Method;
-Mix ingredients for dressing together.
-Spead onto bread.
-Top with ingredients followed by cheese.
-Bake in preheated oven toasted till cheese melted.
-Enjoy!

It's real quick and easy. Within half an hour, breakfast is ready for all!

Onion Tuna "Open" Sandwiches

Some "open" sandwiches serve with a cup of hot chocolate, wat a perfect supper for Adam. Open sandwiches are best serve during standing reception or by butlered hors d'oeuvres style.
The spread for the sandwiches depends on individual preferences, you can top with tomato salsa or egg mayo as well.

Simply;
-Spread some butter on cross cut french loaf slices
-Toast for 5 mins
-Spread with onion tune mixture
-Top with shredded lettuce and cherry tomatoes
-Enjoy!

Within few seconds, he's bout to finish off the 3rd piece.

Soooooo......... tempting. I 'm feeling hungry! :-P

Ramily Buger For Breakfast

Had a hearty breakfast tis morning since I had the ingredients for ramily burger. Ramily burger is a very popular pasar malam snack prepare by the muslims. Adam 's been mentioning bout his crave for ramily burger for the past few days/

I went to JB with Tabby for dinner and I bought some ramily chicken patties from the supermarket. Woke up very early in order to prepare breakfast for all as Adam needs to go for class early tis morning.

Ingredients;
Ramily chicken patties
Sesame burger buns
Eggs
Low fat cheese
Salad cream or mayonnaise
Chili sauce
Butter

Method;
-Cut burger into half, spread some butter and grill burger till brown with butter side face down.
-Remove and let cool.
-Pan fry chicken patties without oil 4 mins on each side till browned.
-Prepare omelette, place chicken patty in the centre, drizzle with sauces & wrap up.
-To assemble, place wrap chicken over cheese and buns.
-Enjoy!

Seafood Pizza Bread

I was suddenly in the mood to start cooking, preparing breakfast for my family b4 going to work, most importantly preparing my bento for work. haha... i been bringing bento for the past 2 days, erm...not a bad experience. keke....

Oh gosh, my house is overloading with bread. Bought a loaf of bread, comes with additional 4 loaf of small hotdog buns, means i gotto make something out of it rite? I decided on pizza bread, ah ha...seafood pizza.....
Ingredients;

Sausage roll or hotdog bun

Pasta sauce

Crabmeat sticks, shredded

Small shrimps, remove shells and veins

Squid, cut into rings

Olive oil

Italian herbs

Cheddar cheese and mozzarella cheese

Method;

-Fry squid and shrimps in olive oil, add pasta sauce and italian herbs.

-Slice hotdog bun into half, spread fillings onto buns.

-Mix shredded crabmeat sticks with cheese, sprinkle on top of bread.

-Toast in oven toaster for 10-15 mins.

-Enjoy!

炸猪扒包

Somehow or rather, I was being reminded of macau 猪扒包when i was flipping through my stacks of holidays directory juz now.
Thought i haven had a chance to visit macau, the food is more or less in similiar to what we can find in hongkong, except that macau was once under portuguese's influence, therefore they have the famous portuguese egg tarts, portuguese chicken, pork chop bun, souffle etc.... I wanna satisfy my crave for pork chop bun & decided to do a unhealthy version of fried bun =P

Ingredients;
Lotus leaf shape bun
Pork loin, sliced
Oil for frying
Chili sauce
Mayonnaise light
Iceberg lettuce

Marinate;
Light soy sauce
Sesame oil
Pinch of salt
Some ground corriandar
Dash of ground white pepper
Some cornflour (to be added b4 coating)

Coating;
1 beaten egg
Some breadcrumbs

Method;
-Marinade pork loin for at least an hour.
-Dip into egg wash, den into breadcrumbs.
-Deep fried in hot oil till brown & crispy.
-Shallow fried bun till brown. For a healthier choice, brush with egg wash & baked for 15mins till brown.
-Sandwich pork cutlets in fried buns, serve with lettuce & sauce.
-Enjoy!