Whenever I go to Kuala Lumpur for business, I will try my best to go to my favourite stall to have a nice bowl of steaming hot fish head noodles. Why you ask? Because this dish is one of my favourite noodle dishes when I want something soupy. Since, I cannot always go to Kuala […]
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When I first introduced Singapore Hokkien Prawn Mee to my family, they were expecting a bowl of soupy prawn mee but were shocked to see a plate of fried prawn mee served in opeh leaf. I must say this is truly a unique Singapore dish which I am proud of. Our Singapore Hokkien mee seems […]
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When I think of Vietnamese cuisine, one of the dishes that automatically comes to my mind is of course this classic garlicky morsels wrapped around a stick of sugarcane, Chạo Tôm. Most of the ingredients are readily available but to get fresh sugar cane is a real challenge. It has never occurred to me that […]
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Tom Yam Goong is definitely the most popular and familiar Thai soup. This soup has an interesting mixture of taste; hot, spicy and sour. Goong is the Thai word for prawns so you can guess that the main ingredient for this soup is prawns. If you do not fancy prawns, you may replace prawns with […]
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Fish is a must for Chinese New Year as the Chinese word for fish (鱼 Yú/yoo) sounds like the word for surplus/abundance (余). That is why during Chinese New Year, we will always wish each other “年年有余” (Niánnián yǒu yú /nyen-nyen yo yoo/) which means having abundance every year. Families who are particular with culinary symbolism […]
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In one of my previous Chinese New Year dish, I suggested a fish dish as fish sounds like abundance in Chinese. We all want 2016 to be a year of abundance so that we’re happy and there will be plenty of laughter in the home. This brings me to my next dish which is a […]
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By now, you should know that I am a great fan of Thai cuisine and I am sure there are many of you who are too from the response we received since I started sharing this Thai Steamed Squid with Lime Garlic and Chili Sauce (Pla-meuk neung prik ma-nao) recipe. I have seen a lot […]
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Thai cooking emphasises on lightly prepared dishes with strong aromatic ingredients and a spicy edge. In Thai dishes, we can usually taste at least three and if not all these sensation in our mouth; sour, sweet, salty, bitter, and spicy. I guess this is most probably why we all love Thai cuisine: because they tease our taste […]
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