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A record of my kitchen adventures with its hits and misses. Every experimental outcome here was tried and tested by papa bear and baby bear.


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29 October 2012

Hawaiian Pizza

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Stringy cheese is a pizza lover's dreamThis pizza is as hawaiian as Sinchew fried noodles is as Singaporean. The origins of the pizza was said to be Canadian, (...)
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22 September 2013

Basic Cooked Millet

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Millet, another gluten-free optionMillet in the raw form looks like fat couscousI was first introduced to millet when I was working in Kaoshiung many years (...)
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26 August 2012

Potato bread for bread machine

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Giving old potatoes a new lease of lifeHow do you give leftover potatoes a new life? Let me count the ways : feed the birds, make shepherd pie, potato wedges (...)
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17 August 2012

Crispy Battered Fish

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Fish in ultimate crispy batterThis was a response to a crispy snack request . I had a nail biting moment , putting my air-flown salmon at risk trying this (...)
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20 October 2015

Achar

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Out of the world pickleI have a favorite stall at Bkt Batok where the queue is horrendous and price is heartwarming cheap. It is at the place where the old man (...)
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1 July 2013

Agar agar strips for dessert and food preparation

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Among the few desserts mum used to make, this has to be my favorite. Colorful, cold agar blocks cut with a wavy agar knife – it has always been a REAL treat (...)
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24 April 2010

Apple Pie

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This is my most successful apple pie and considering that I am hopeless at anything that calls for "baking" and "pastry crust", it is a personal (...)
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21 October 2011

Kuih Talam

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A lack of proper sized tray led to the extra wide kuih talamKuih Talam is one of my favorites. I never fail to order this whenever I gave myself a Bengawan (...)
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24 April 2010

Malai gou steamed malaysian cake

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Recently, my little girl has discovered the wonderful foods of my childhood, especially this humble snack. So I decided ma-lai gou for breakfast will help give (...)
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18 March 2014

Dinner rolls recipes for freshly baked bread in 3 hours

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From flour to rolls in 3 hours. Can't be any fresher than this.It has been a while that I have made bread of any kind. I was looking for culinary adventure and (...)
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24 April 2010

Korean Ginseng Chicken

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I have never been to Korea . But when I heard that Dae Jang Geum has finally married and left for the US, for the land of hamburgers and pasta ,I know the days (...)
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21 October 2011

Kuih tutu - traditional steamed rice cake recipe

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'Deep dish' Tutu gives me more of the good stuffMy girl loves this, but I have boycotted all the kuih tutu sellers since the exorbitant price increase a year (...)
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8 October 2011

Salmon Pakora

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A cluster of leftover fish and vegetables bound together by pancake powerCrispy pakora is my family's favoriteWhen we were small, my parents often had to rack (...)
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7 December 2013

Yam gnocchi and hakka abacus seeds

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Tiny abacus seeds justifies for a second bowlNo fry Hakka abacus seedsAbacus seed gnocchi is an iconic Hakka dish which every bonafide Hakka cook knows how to (...)
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1 October 2010

Condensed Milk Cake

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My dad never likes the senior citizens giveaways, especially those with condensed milk. He is a health nut and rejects anything with sugar. I am the unhappy (...)
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24 April 2010

Pound Cake

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Carpe Diem! After much consideration, I decided that I should get a hand mixer to take the sweat out of baking. Maybe the gadget will persuade me to (...)
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14 October 2010

Vinegar pork knuckle chinese confinement food

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Almost everything inside can be consumed, from the meat to the ginger Recently , I have become the kitchen lady at the activity center in Bukit Merah. I am on (...)
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18 March 2015

Steamed Yam Cake

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So good even without garnishI have made many steam yam cakes but this recipe beats all ! The first batch was a trial run for a cookout and I could not stop (...)
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4 July 2010

Pork ribs with plum sauce

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As the oven is used for other tasks for the evening, I have to resort to the stove for the 'baking' of the ribs. Sounds tacky but it turns out surprisingly (...)
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17 March 2011

Sourdough starter naan

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Sourdough Naans without the spotty burnt marks. Sear them on a hot pan for effect.There are a few problems when making sourdough bread. In the process of (...)
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9 March 2013

Fish head soup in chrysanthemum tea

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This dish was meant as an experiment and so I was so surprised at the outcome. Everyone at the table could not have enough of it. The soup was robust, complex (...)
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20 November 2014

Soon kueh turnip dumplings in crystal skin

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Amplify the flavor with killer sambal chilli. Sedap !Garnish with baked garlic bits for crunch.It is a misnomer to call this snack soon kueh when there isn’t a (...)
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12 July 2011

Matcha red bean cake roll

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Strange bedferollsToday, I came face to face with another baking demon. After all, I have psychological barriers as regards to making cake rolls, with their (...)
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1 May 2010

Vegetable pizza

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I sense an impending mutiny arising from 5 continuous days of Asian food ,rice meals specifically. Having gone through a complete week with Basmatic , Japanese (...)
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24 April 2010

English Christmas fruit cake

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My hubby simply loves any form of fruit cake : those that are chock a block with nuts, or those without , or fruit cake drenched in rum or brandy or the ones (...)