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!

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 :-)

Appam Breakfast

I got an invitation to enjoy Appam breakfast @ Aunty Sarah's place this morning. Hey, i can take tis as an learning opportunity to learn the skill of cooking Appam.

Delicious Appam served with brown suagr.

Here's aunty sarah's demostration:

Get ready the Appam's pan and heat it up. The rice mixture was grained earlier on and left to rise.

Greased the pan and pour 1 ladleful of mixture in, swirl the pan and cover.

Remove from heat when browned on the sides.

Scoop out and serve with brown sugar or coconut milk mixture.

Uncle David prefers it with coconut milk and he's demonstrating on how to eat.

Yes, demostrating on his preferred way. And he says out the procedures... tear appam into smaller pieces, dip into sweetened coconut milk, twirl 2 rounds or let it swim 2 laps and pop into the mouth. Wow...shiok ar.

Here's mine where i made myself. Looks great for a lst timer rite? And serve with with a cup of hot coffee. Taste great!

Mee Siam Breakfast

Singapore's Election will be held on 7th May and since the news of elections announced, the topic of voting has been an 'IN' topic for all.

As Dad suddenly requested for me to cook mee siam on Easter Sunday Morning, I decided to do so as Adam do has little bit craving for it. However, we held a home election on friday night as mum came in as the opposition party. Hence we were to vote for either
1. Dad, the mee siam party OR
2. Mum, the wanton mee party

Adam voted for mee siam as he too been craving for it. Whereas, Jesper gave up his chance to vote coz he dun eat mee siam therefore if we were to cook mee siam, i juz need to cook a fried rice for him will do.

This time round, i added more tamarind paste, rempah, chili and prawns for my mee siam. A spicy and sour mee siam for breakfast on Easter sunday.

Came across a giant 虾米 while pounding the dried shrimps! See the difference.....

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!

Fatt Soon Kuah

I been craving for soon kueh recently the crave increased after Sammi told me she had it for breakfast the other day. I'm the kind who can't resist temptations especially when it comes to food. Thus, decided to try it out.

I can choose to have a mixture of the assorted kueh rather than onli soon kueh. Here's my assortment and the soon kuehs are relatively small, pathetic fillings but the texture of the skin is Q and smooth.

This is how Fatt Soon Kueh brand looks like, think i haven had enough of my soon kueh craze. :-P I will definately go in search for more...

Paper Thosai

Aunty Sarah prepared some paper thosai with ginjelly oil for me this morning. Wow... using ginjelly oil in indian cooking is a healthier option. It is something like our olive oil, other than that it also enhanced the fragrance of the food.

Hot and crispy paper thosai, serve with pepper mint chutney.

What is Chutney?
Well, it is a class of spicy preparations used as an accompaniment for a main dish and they usually contains an idiosyncratic but complementary spice and vegetable mix.

Simple Breakfast & My New Toy!

Was on my way home after i knock off the other, decided to drop by cold storage to enjoy the cool aircon b4 walking home. Happened to come across a guy promoting a new kit, thus decided to buy 1. My new toy is cool!
Prepared a simple American breakfast for a lazy Sunday morning. haha...
Breakfast consisting of my favourite scrambled eggs with baked beans, chicken frank, bacon & lettuce, cheezy bacon mantou sandwich.

My new toy, a chopper/dicer!

With this kit around, i dun have to shed tears for chopping shallots again. Yeah!

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!

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!

Toastie Sandwiches

The sandwich maker which was lying in a corner of my storeroom had been with us for more than 10 yrs & its still functioning well. On & off we will take it out, clean it thoroughly make toasted sandwiches.

I was thinking of ideas for breakfast when the it stuck mi "Sandwich Maker" yup...shall go ahead with the idea.
Not necessary gotto wake up early to prepare as its simple, quick & easy.
1) Lay a slice of bread on the maker, top with ingredients followed by another slice of bread on top
2) Cover & lock handle of sandwich maker, on the switch.
3) When its ready, cut squares into 1/2 to form 2 triangles & its ready!
4) Enjoy!
U can stuff with any kinda ingredients u like. Yes, anything u would like for a sandwich.
Here's the sandwich maker required for the toastie sandwiches.

Spicy grill chicken with egg & cheese.

Ham & cheese~oh gosh look at that, the cheese are oozing out!

Spicy luncheon meat with melted butter.

Stuffed Omelette Breakfast Set

I woke up as early as 6.35am to prepare breakfast for Adam & Jesper. Wat to do??? Cuz Adam specially requested for breakfast. Actually all thanks to my big mouth. haha....

Mum cooked some baked beans with luncheon meat & onions in tomato sauce for dinner last nite. When Adam was having his dinner, i juz briefly mentioned that if tis dish were for the stuffings in an omelette, prepare it in an american style breakfast & it will be so WOAH........
All i noe is that the next min Adam says "Thank You Hor JIE...." Better set aside tis dish for breakfast tomolo ba. haha....cham le lo. No choice le, i juz do accordingly.

Quick & easy. All i have to do is to;
-Fry a very thin omelette, sprinkle with some cheese, spread fillings on 1 side of the omelette, top with some shredded lettuce.
-Fold over very gently, press down firmly with a spatula. Take note that all thses gotto be done using low flame.
-Serve with grilled tomatoes, breakfast ham & lettuce.
-Enjoy!

Oat Porridge with Triple Berry Whole grain Cereal Flakes

Wat's for breakfast? Something healthy for a change. I've always heard pple saying about wonders of oats. Judy loves eating rolled oats with grind black sesame powder, whereas mum always drink instant oats.

Well, i can't lose out man! keke....Nah la, i'm into eating whole grains recently, bought lots of whole grain cereals. I told Adam maybe 1 day i should make oat porridge with cereal.Sounds not bad ya? And so i did it for breakfast today. Its very filling & i can withstand hunger until 2pm, about 5 hrs after i ate oat porridge. Otherwise, i'm always hungry at 11plus when i took my normal plain bread with unsweetened coffee.

Ingredients;
Skim milk
Instant oats
Honey/sweetener
Whole grain cereal

Method;
-Double boil skim milk, pour over instant oats.
-Stir in honey or sweetner, let mixture stand for 10mins.
-Serve with cereal & fruits.
-Enjoy!

I'm falling in love with tis healthy whole grain cereal, especially when its with berries. I love cranberries.......

Garlic Sprouts Fried Carrot Cake with Spicy Beanpaste Sauce

Carrot cake with beansprouts originated fm malaysia( i think so ba, cuz i use to hear my jb fren telling mi bout how special their carrot cake is, but its fry in black sweet sauce)
Well, tt gave mi an inspiration, i wanted something with beansprouts but not the usual sweet stuff. I fixed up a quick breakfast using the ready made carrot cake which i bought fm the supermarket last evening.
Ingredients;
I roll radish cake
3 beaten eggs
A handful beansprouts
2 clove garlic, minced
Spring onions, chopped
Roasted sesame seeds
Oil for frying

Sauce;
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp hoisin sauce
½ tbsp spicy beanpaste
1½ tbsp rojak flower chili paste
1-2 drops of dark soy sauce
½ tsp sugar
½ tbsp hot water
Pinch of salt

Method;
-Fry garlic with 1 tsp oil till brown & fragrant.
-Add beansprouts & fry till 70% cook. Remove & set aside for later use.
-Cut radish cake into bite sizes, pan fry with oil till crispy & golden brown on the outside.
-Add in beaten eggs, fry for a min.
-Stir in sauce & beansprouts.
-Mix well & serve.
-Sprinkle chopped onions & roasted sesame seeds over.
-Enjoy!

Baked Roti John

I made a healthier version of roti john for breakfast this morning.
Normally those roti john where malay hawkers sell,uses baguette & are being pan fried till cooked. But by doing so, its calories & fats level are much higher.
To reduce calories & make them healthier choice,I used bread roll instead of baguette,have them baked insted of pan fried.The end product comes out great!

Ingredients;
4 bread roll
1 egg, beaten
1 small onion, chopped
½ green chili, slice thinly
1 fillet chicken breast, minced
Oil or melted butter
Shredded lettuce & cucumber slices
Tomato ketchup & mayonnaise

Meat marinade;
½ tsp light soy sauce
Pinch of salt & baking soda
¼ tsp coriander powder
½ tsp curry powder

Method,
-Marinate minced chicken with marinade, set aside in fridge for at least 30mins.
-Add in beaten egg, onions & green chili. Mixed well.
-Preheat oven to 220˚, greased a tray with melted butter.
-Cut open bread rolls, spread generously with egg fillings.
-Lay bread rolls onto tray with fillings side facing down.
-Brush top of bread with butter & place on lower rack of the oven.
-Bake for 10-15mins or until chicken is cooked.
-Sandwich roti john with cucumber, lettuce & sauce.
-Enjoy!

Our Breakfast Makan Trip

Its been ages since we last had breakfast & does some shopping at the market together. We used to does that every sunday when the market near our place is still around. But too bad, its been demolised last year.
In my early childhood days, dad would bring our whole family to Lorong Ah Soo market every sundays for breakfasts & drove us back b4 he goes to work.Erm..at that time dad has a car, but until Adam was born, the car was sold.

Since Jeaper & Adam was at home today & i need not work, all of us wake up early. So i suggested going to Lorong Ah Soo at hougang ave 1 for breakfast. As soon as Adam heard that, he immediately went back to sleep. He's juz being lazy as its quite inconvenient to travel from our place to there. Nvm, we still went ahead without him.

I wanted to eat nasi lemak from my favourite stall, however most of the famous stall had long Q, and the nasi lemak Q was untill the escalator. I counted, needs to Q at least 1/2 an hour b4 i get to eat. By den i waould faint as i'm already starving. Looks like i'm not fated to eat the nasi lemak, the precvious time i went late, by time it reached my turn to order, the auntie told mi she ran out of rice. :-(
Oh come on, singapore is a food paradise, no nasi lemak for me, i can always eat other food! haha....

My favourite Lor Mee from Fu Yuan Cooked Food #02-36.

Mum had Laksa from Fu Yuan Cooked Food #02-36. I bought her a fried doughstick to dip the laksa gravy! yummy...tt's how i always eat & i insist mum to try this method out. haha....She loves the combination, but the gravy isn't as nice, if its much thicker, that would be wonderful!

Jesper had fried vegetarian bee hoon from Shan Yuan Vegetarian #02-03. Heard from Jesper that its 1 of the popular stall there.

Jesper bought this famous carrot cake from Hup Huat Carrot #02-35. As the Q is rather long, Jesper Q for more than 10mins juz to eat this plate of carrot cake. Hmm...somehow or rather i remembered having eaten from this stall when i was in my early childhood. haha....

Soy bean milk & chin chow soy bean milk drink. Oh i was too thirsty, onli wanna drink it as soon as possible, therefore i forgot to note down the stall name & unit number.

My favourite red bean ham chi peng, butterfly from Cheng Fu You Tian #02-34.Oh ya btw, the fried doughstick which i got for mum for her laksa was oso from this stall. Yummy...all these fried food especially you tian is best to be eaten while its hot.

As Adam didn't join us for breakfast, i bought some of his favourite butterfly home for him.

Wow...crystal pau!

There's this shop~Molly's which sells lots of nonya kuehs, buns, bread stall, otah, nasi lemak in banana leaves etc....everything there looks so delicious, and its crowded as well.I juz feel like trying everything but i'm too full.

I bought this white crystal pau for Adam. The fillings inside is juz like soon kush.

Normally for these kinda crystal pau, they are available in black & white. White cystals are the salty ones with soon kueh fillings, whereas the black crystals are the sweet ones with red bean paste fillings.

I saw some green colour dim sum paus which looks like jade, & its glutinous rice with dried shrimps, oso a salty fillings.

Overal comment for our makan breakfast trip; enjoyable but tired as we gotto walk quite a distance.There's no direct bus from our place & we gotto walk to kovan to take bus home & by time we reach home, its already pass noon. All the food are being digested. haha.... wat to do? eat again! :-P

Shrooms & Onions Cheesy Scrambled Eggs On Toast

I'm on leave today, but i still woke up early to prepare breakfast as Jesper needs to go off to work early.
Jesper was delighted as he gets to eat his favourite scrambled eggs for breakfast early this morning. He prefers those that i made as compared to outside cuz i add in other ingredients mah! haha....

Ingredients;
2 eggs, beaten
½ onion, slice thinly
3 button mushroom
2 tbsp skimmed milk
1 slice low fat cheese
½ tbsp soft butter
Toasted bread
Salt & pepper

Method;
-Melt butter in a pan, fry onions till fragrant, add in mushroom fry till cooked.
-Beat eggs with milk, add ½ slice cheese, mushrooms & onions.
-Pour egg mixture into non-stick pan, cook over low heat.
-Keep stirring mixture until set.
-Lay remaining ½ slice cheese on toasted bread, serve scrambled eggs over toast.
-Sprinkle salt & pepper.
-Enjoy!

Garlicy Sweet & Spicy Sausage Roll

I can hardly open my eyes...so sleepy, watched football match till dawn.No matter wat, i still gotto wake up early to prepare breakfast as i already bought all the ingredients.Oh...how i wish i could stay in bed longer.
I can only rely on coffee to perks mi up. I love to have sausages for breakfast! Put in some effort to prepare a different kinda sausage bread.

Whenever there was excursion during my primary school days, mum would prepare hotdog bread for mi. & its reali onli hotdog with bread. No sauces, no greens etc....so pathetic rite? haiz.....

Ingredients;
2 chicken sausages
2 sausage bread roll
2 clove garlic, minced
Dash of black pepper
1 tsp olive oil
2 cherry tomatoes
Shredded lettuce
2 tsp sweet & spicy thai chili sauce

Method;
-Add minced garlic & olive oil together, mix well.
-Cut slits on chicken sausages, stuff garlic into slits, brush remaining oil & garlic over sausages.
-Bake sausages in preheated toaster oven till cooked, bout 8-10mins.
-Brush sweet & spicy thai chili sauce onto sausages.
-Serve with bread roll, lettuce, cherry tomatoes & the remaining chili sauce.
-Enjoy!