Wonton Noodle
on Nov 20, 2009 in Soup Noodles Cantonese Chinese Making good wonton was a long process as i was not able to buy good thin wonton wrappers and had to Homemake from scratch but i have found it - the brand is Double Happiness and they are thinner than the ones i homemake.  I am glad tha...

Omelette Noodle
on Nov 17, 2009 in Breakfast Home Cooking Asian Alexander's Pre School teacher wanted to have the recipe of his favorite dish as she is making a recipe book of all the favorite food of her class.  When i asked him which is his favorite, i was glad that it was something that i cook for him and...

Banh Da Lon
on Nov 9, 2009 in Vietnamese Snacks Dessert Posting had been a chore the last few weeks as i was not able to copy and paste.  Only this morning did my friend Ted solved my problem.  What a relieve for me, i could not be happier and it was double happiness as i managed to make this de...

Fig Pound Cake
on Nov 6, 2009 in Western Cakes Dessert I really learned well about baking from Shirley O. Corriher's book - Bakewise. This pound cake was baked with all her tips in mind - like replacing some of the flour with potato starch which will add moisture as the large granules present in potato...

Snow Fungus Sweet Soup
on Nov 5, 2009 in Soup Herbal Asian Chinese Dessert Snow fungus, also known as white tree ear fungus, silver fungus and silver ear is quite similar to wood ear but it is white in color and almost transparent. Good-quality snow fungus has a pale and yellowish-white color. It is often used in soups and...

Black Bean Sauce
on Nov 1, 2009 in Home Cooking Sauce Asian Chinese vegetarian I love these make ahead sauces and black bean is one of my most favorite. It is build with a few fresh ingredients for preparing impressively quick and bright tasting meals. In Chinese black fermented beans is called Douchi/Dau see - read about it i...

Wan Pin Kou
on Oct 29, 2009 in Home Cooking Cookies Snacks Asian Chinese vegetarian Dessert It snowed so badly yesterday and today and i am snowed in. I made this as the whiteness of this snack sort of resembled the snow. This is a very traditional snack of yesteryears. It used to be in a rectangular cut shaped snack packed in pink paper a...

Teochew Mooncake
on Oct 13, 2009 in Festivals Dishes teochew Pastry Snacks Asian Chinese i know mid-autumn festival is over but these cakes can be enjoyed at any time of the year. They are easy to make and worth every ounce of effort put in. I made these intending to have a party during the festival but unfortunately had to cancell the p...

Mock Shark Fin's Omelette
on Oct 10, 2009 in Seafood Festivals Dishes Veggie Egg Asian Chinese It has been such a long time that i have attended a chinese wedding dinner - an eight course one. The most memorable will be this first dish which was supposed to be an appetizer - The Four Seasons. It was the most welcome platter cos, malaysian gu...

Cooling Herbal Tea
on Oct 7, 2009 in Herbal Asian Drink Chinese Chinese Wisdom..."When you are calm and stable, careful of attention, the celestial design is always clear,open awareness is unobscured;then you have autonomy in action and can deal with whatever arises."The Book of Balance and Harmony.Cleary, T. (tr...