Momofuku Milk Bar's Banana Cream Pie
I admit that I've always turned my nose up at the notion of cream pies. It's mostly cream, whipped with lots of sugar, flavored only with a small amount of whatever cream pie it's supposed to be. Why...
View ArticleKolo Mee and a Small Cookbook News
Pretty often you hear people say "All things happen for a reason...". I'd like to dismiss this as yet another cliché but events in the past few years have put my (premature) scepticism in its rightful...
View ArticleMonday Pick-Me-Up
The past weeks have been a lot of learning, re-learning, observing, practicing and digging up those past experiences from the back of my mind. Hours were spent over minute details, trying to improve,...
View ArticleLemon Meringue Cupcakes
I'm back! (Urghh... *groans* what now? Why's she suddenly so chirpy?) I hear some of you go. To tell you the truth, I just survived an hour long of knuckle press massage yesterday evening. After just...
View ArticleTiramisu Cake (Encore)
Change, uncertainties, challenges. What is life without these? Falling into a prolonged period of complacency only makes one forget, weak and lazy. Tests in practical experiences are to be expected,...
View Article(A Better) Chocolate Chiffon Cake
Some things in life are just worth the trouble. Things like chiffon cakes, for example. In reality, they are no trouble at all. There's no need to grease and flour the tin, no butter to soften and...
View ArticleMeyer Lemon Bars
If you've forgotten about me I don't blame you. I wish I could tell you the reason this space was neglected for over 2 months was because of my cookbook. But now I'm writing to remind all of us...
View ArticleRose Levy Beranbaum's Basic Brioche
Yesterday I took leave from the day job, my first rest after a long, long time. Instead of kicking back with a book or a copy from that growing pile of unread food magazines to take it easy, I decided...
View ArticleChocolate Peanut Butter Cake
It seems like it was only yesterday we shared the Generra cake with lovely friends and the family from a cafe which is no longer. Alas, it has been a year since and the man's birthday again demanded...
View ArticleBlood Orange Chiffon Cake
Taking things slow. Recently this seems to require more effort and thought than what I have in my reserve. The constant gaze at the clock, rushed deadlines at work, lack of quality sleep, downing...
View ArticleBest Egg Salad
This morning one of my like-minded friend went on about how easy it is to make your own mayonnaise for an egg mayo sandwich. Said sandwich was so tempting he ate his packed lunch way before brunch...
View ArticleHakka Salted Egg Steamed Pork (咸蛋蒸猪肉)
It's that time of the (new) year again where I would start losing sleep in mild panic. Just three weeks before the Lunar New Year and not long before my mother descends over the straits on me and my...
View ArticleBak Chor Mee (肉脞面 - Minced Pork Noodle)
I have been cooking, quite a fair bit. The weeklong Lunar New Year break was filled with my mother's hearty simplicities, a batch of compulsory pineapple tarts, my new favorite Japanese rice spread...
View ArticleOne Pot Chicken Rice
Comfort food, it provides a nostalgic or sentimental feeling to the person eating it. Wiki says many are flavorful. It doesn't solve problems but for that short moment while savoring its warmth, the...
View ArticleStrawberry Pie
I'm here to admit that I am a pie crust stealer. Especially if the crust is awesome. I know you may now think less of me but hey, that's the bit of the pie with all the 'bad' things in it; so how can...
View ArticleNecessary Provisions, Happy First!
How do I talk about this place? For a start, I thought I would write about it way much earlier. But as fate would have it, many reasons came to be, putting stop signs to those moments whenever I felt...
View ArticleTamago Kake Gohan (卵かけご飯)
Growing up my mother used to tell me stories on how she grew up with raw eggs cracked over hot rice with just a dash of good soy sauce and a meal like that was awesome. Of course, the eggs were...
View ArticleSimplicity
These days I find myself relearning the basics. Using fewer ingredients, keeping things simple. As the world goes on to demand much and more, I try not to forget how to choose fresh fish at the...
View ArticleCrispy Fried Egg
I have been frying eggs crispy since the day I was tall enough to reach the stove and all of a sudden it's currently a revolution. It's so hip it requires defence. It's so much talked about some find...
View ArticlePandan Chiffon Cake (Improved)
Although I am never a follower of any food blogs in particular (contrary to popular belief), I read with interest this piece at Lottie and Doof and its ensuing comments. It made me wonder if I'm...
View ArticleKong Bak Pau (扣肉包)
For the past two weekends, I've been mostly home bound due to a knee injury. Just as well, as this gave me more than enough time to experiment with two things very Chinese - the pau and pork belly....
View ArticleHappy Two
We recently turned two. As another chapter will soon come to a close, this place, for which I gave up most of my kitchen time and energy, will tell a new story. It seems like it wasn't too long ago...
View ArticleABC Soup (罗宋汤)
"Why is the soup called ABC?" I asked on Instagram and got all sorts of (some rather weird) answers. I don't remember asking my mother. I just know it remains as my all time favorite Chinese...
View ArticleChinese Crispy Roast Pork Belly (Siu Yuk 烧肉)
Recently I've been asked, "Are you a chef?""No, I'm just a cook. So what did you do in your previous place?""Oh, I started in the cold section then moved to meat and the other sections. Soon after I...
View ArticleGooey Cinnamon Cake
This cake is a touchy subject for those lucky enough to have been introduced to it. Some like it literally flooding, some like it just slightly oozing in the center. Others are easily happy with the...
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