This is one of my favourite food when I was young. I hated eating rice and I loved noodles and I also loved fresh fishballs so this naturally became my favourite dish! It is a very simple dish, but…
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This modified Singaporean recipe offers a new twist to an age-old tradition. One of the signature dishes that Singapore has to offer and is rarely known to outsiders is the prawn noodles soup. It is a typical Min-Nan tradition…
This dish is more of a know-how than a recipe, because it is that simple to make. It was an unusually hot spring day that reached 25 degrees outside. I decided to make cold soba noodles – a typical Japanese Summer…
Century eggs 皮蛋 Century eggs are disgusting cured eggs invented at a time when you needed to herd your sheep somewhere in the mountains and you wanted to bring along a supply of lightweight proteins. Nowadays, we do not need…
I like teriyaki chicken but lament the fact that you only use chicken breast without the skin when doing teriyaki. Hence I invented this recipe to satisfy my craving for chicken skin. Ingredients: 500g chicken thigh with skin 250ml teriyaki…
Meatballs made out of fish meat is a common food all along the coastal region of China, in Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand and because of the Chinese diaspora in the Malay Archipelago. However the best fishballs are said to come…
This is one of my favourite Malay dishes! Very simple yet addictive. The aroma of belachan when fried in oil merges into the sauce and that permeates throughout the kangkong vegetables. If you’ve never had this before, you should definitely…
Scientific name: Ipomoea aquatica English: Water Spinach, Water Morning Glory, Water Convolvulus Bahasa melayu/Tagalog: Kangkong, kangkung Tiếng Việt: Rau muống ภาษาไทย : phak bung ผักบุ้ง 中文: 空心菜 A very common vegetable in Southeast Asia. In Thailand, it is often translated…
Malay: Belachan This is considered by many to be the smelliest ingredient on earth. When heated, the smell is compared to fried human feces. So be warned!!! Belachan is a paste made from grounded sun-dried rotten shrimps. Widely used in Southeast…
I know. The name sounds like an oxymoron: XO brandy with milk?! Believe me, it’s a great combination. This is a Singaporean dish that appeared about 25 years ago. When it first appeared, they added XO in the soup to…
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