During this festive season, one other thing I enjoyed apart from the food and kuih is the visit from relatives and friends. I like sitting around and listening to my parents conversation, as well as answering the few standard questions from all relatives; study or work and single or married. I also enjoy sitting …
Traditionally a symbol of prosperity, the Fa Gao is commonly a significant cake during festive celebration like the Chinese New Year or during prayer ceremony as offerings to Chinese deities. The name of the cake is a pun and literally translates to “prosperity raise”, meaning more prospered and higher in all aspects. I …
Happy Chinese New Year 2014 to all readers. I just had my reunion dinner and before that, I make it a point to bake some kuih for my family in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration. It is not a custom for my family but just for the sake of it, I thought …
There are many ways to call this other than the steamed sponge cake; some called it Kueh Neng Ko while others go with “Ji dan gao （鸡蛋糕）”.Anyway, they are commonly known amongst the Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore as traditional cakes prepared usually for prayers alongside the “huat geh aka prosperity cake (recipe coming …
Read MoreRecipe: Traditional Steamed Egg Cake (aka Kuey Neng Koh)
Making your own buns for starters is really not difficult if you have endurance to the long waiting time in the process of the bun/bread making. When deciding to make some bread, it is always useful to have in mind exactly what sort of bread or buns so you can prepare the ingredients. The …
Read MoreRecipe: Homemade buns for starters and cheese sticks
Remember the tortoise cake (ang ku kuih) recipe I posted some time ago? Those purple chewy textured skin is suitable in making Chinese steamed vegetable dumplings as well. These dumplings are also known as chai pau as well. That previous post has no recipe in it, so I decided to include the recipe in …
Read MoreRecipe: Chinese Vegetable Dumpling aka Chai Kuey/ Chai Pau
Pizza Hut is a chain franchise from America that offers many pizzas along with side dishes like the salad, pasta and garlic bread. In Malaysia, pizza hut comes in local flavours and the touch of local delight easily wins a place amongst the native foodies. Being one of the earliest pizza chains in Malaysia, …
Is coconut a fruit, nut or a seed? Botanically speaking, a coconut is a fibrous one seeded drupe, also known as a dry drupe. However, when using loose definitions, the coconut can be all three: a fruit, a nut and a seed. A drupe is fleshy fruit, such as a peach, plum, or cherry, usually …
Instant noodle isn’t the healthiest meal but we can’t deny that it is one of the simplest food available around us. It is something that is quick enough to satisfy your hunger and convenient enough for a quick snack time. On top of that, we have all sorts of instant noodles coming in forms …
Mamee Chef Instant Noodle Creamy Tom Yam Flavour is the latest addition to the Mamee family. With products like snacks, confectionery and instant noodles, the brand is no longer foreign to most Malaysian. Here is unpackaging the Mamee Chef Instant Noodle Creamy Tom Yam Flavour tomyam. There is the dried and compressed …