#BeyondNormEats: 15 Days of Chinese New Year Feasting
Now, there is no doubt that you are familiar with the 12 days of Christmas, thanks to pop culture. However, the 15 days of Chinese New Year is a festive season that stretches from the new moon on the first day of the lunar new year until the first full moon on Yuanxiao Festival (元宵节—yuán xiāo […]
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Recipe: Black Chicken (Silkie) Soup (药炖乌骨鸡)
All these times, I have shunned away from silkie (more commonly known as black chicken) as it is not the prettiest thing to look at or to touch. What changed my mind? We were invited for a food tasting session and lo and behold, the double-boiled black chicken soup was on the menu. (Thinking to […]
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Recipe: Lu Rou Fan (Braised Pork Rice Bowl (滷肉饭))
In recent months, I have been finding ways to cook one-bowl dishes that are not just flavourful but also nutritional for my family. These are especially convenient on Mondays when the market is closed and Tuesdays when I am going for my bible study. This Lu Rou Fan is one of my latest findings. The […]
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Recipe: Curry Pig Skin with Chee Cheong Fun (咖哩猪皮猪腸粉)
Menglembu is a quiet and peaceful town in Perak, Malaysia. Interestingly, when you drive towards this town, you will see a few giant peanuts at the center of the roundabout. Once upon a time, there was a hidden food haven named Ma Chai “Twins” Chee Cheong Fun (CCF) which was one of the must eat […]
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Recipe: Cheng Tng (清汤)
When we were kids, my late dad would bring us to places to have this cold, sweet dessert. In those days, we did not have a refrigerator at home, so having this cold dessert was definitely a special treat for us. Missing Dad plus the extreme hot weather recently, Cheng Tng seems to be a […]
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Recipe: Black Sweet Vinegar Pork Trotter/Knuckle (猪脚醋)
Black Sweet Vinegar Pork Trotter is a classic, Cantonese heritage dish. It is a dish that has it all – sweet, sour, savoury and gingery. The pork trotter is stewed slowly over low fire in the tasty black sweet vinegar, and this makes the meat tender and succulent. This is a post-natal dish which is […]
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Recipe: Dry Rendang Chicken Noodles (aka Ipoh Dry Curry Noodles)
When you mention dry curry noodles, the famous Yee Fatt Ipoh Dry Curry Chicken Noodle will come to mind. This noodle has always been our family favourite and each time we visited Ipoh, we never failed to have it!! As I was going to prepare some Chicken Rendang with the Dancing Chef Padang Rendang Paste, […]
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Recipe: Puppy Duck (Kow Chai Ngap/狗仔鸭)
Is this dish cooked with dog or puppy meat? Be assured that no cute pets were being slaughtered in the process of cooking this dish. Hahaha. It is rumoured that this dish was named as such because it tasted like “dog meat”. Is it true? I’m not sure because I have not tasted dog meat […]
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Recipe: Braised Napa Cabbage with Dried Scallops
I had half of a Napa Cabbage left in my fridge and I thought that it will be nice to cook up a delicious dish instead of just using it in soup. Braised Napa Cabbage with Dried Scallops was indeed a thumbs-up dish for our taste buds and tummies, the sweetness of the Napa Cabbage […]
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Recipe: Vegan Sago Gula Melaka – Sago Pudding with Palm Sugar
Sago Gula Melaka is one of our family’s favourite desserts. The chewy texture of the pearl sago, drenched with the sweet and smoky flavoured gula melaka (palm sugar) syrup and the fragrant creamy coconut milk is always the perfect dessert to round up our meal. For those who loves bubble tea which is quite a […]
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