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This butter pound cake has a strong aroma of butter. Mind you, it's so addictively delicious. Its simplicity, without any fancy decoration, with the golden (...)
My family loves curry dishes very much. This prawn and tomato curry dish tastes divine. Tomato goes so well with curry. Its natural acidity just balances the (...)
In Australia, we can easily get best quality of lamb. The meat is so tender that you can’t resist to eat more after having one. I tried the lamb leg steak this (...)
23 January, Monday is a big day for Chinese people all over the world. Only two more days to go, then we’ll start the year of Dragon. Yay! Our family (...)
Egg custard pastries - cheating version of egg tarts
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Egg tart is a very popular dessert in Hong Kong. People like to have a cup of milk tea (奶茶) along with one or two egg tarts for tea, feeling energy boosted up (...)
The taste of this satay chicken is so authentic and wonderfully delicious. The recipe was from a friend who was a chef in Malaysia. How could it be?We held a (...)
I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful and joyful Christmas with your loved ones. Wrapping up this warm holiday season down under, we’re preparing to say hello to (...)
These lemon tarts are so elegant and especially delightful for afternoon tea. The fragrance of lemon is so tempting and its sourness just balances the (...)
This pandan chiffon cake recipe has been sitting in my draft folder way long ago. This soft and fluffy chiffon cake is my family’s all time favourite dessert. (...)
Pandan leaves are often used in Thai, Indonesian and Malaysian cooking. I particularly love the green colour as well as its refreshing and pleasant (...)
Matcha (or maccha) is a well-known Japanese green tea that is traditionally used in tea ceremony. Nowadays, the finely-powdered form is widely used in all (...)
Beef ribs in black pepper sauce for pressure cooker or stovetop
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Last black Friday, my instant pot was on big sale on Amazon. Did you manage to grab one to make some fast and delicious foods? This recipe is a super-quick one (...)
This Italian Meatball Minestrone Soup is one of my all-time favourite autumn or winter dishes. This one-pot soup dish is packed with flavours and easy to whip (...)
Pumpkin is a super food that can be used to make savoury or sweet dishes. You might like to surf and find some yummy pumpkin recipes on this blog. Here come my (...)
Chocolate pear pudding with red wine poached pears
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Having cooked the poached pear in red wine, I still got several beautiful pears in my fridge. While wondering how I could use up the in-season lovely pears, (...)
I can’t wait to share this chicken fillets recipe with all my readers because the taste of them is very unique and sensational. My lovely daughter asked me to (...)
Roasted almonds as snack? Yes, I like munching a handful of almonds while writing posts, or using some to whip up dessert after dinner, or grounding some to (...)
Omurice chicken and tomato rice wrapped in fried eggs
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Omurice, is a contemporary Japanese dish. I guess it’s invented not long ago, yet it quickly becomes a very popular dish around the world.Omurice is a kind of (...)
Borscht (or Borshch) is a hearty beetroot vegetable soup considered to originate from Ukraine or Eastern Russia. Can’t you believe it? It’s very popular in (...)
Baked coconut sticky rice cake for chinese new year
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As Chinese New Year is coming around the corner, my daughter begins to ask me what I’m going to cook to celebrate. The first thing came up in my mind was this (...)
I’ve been quite into swirl marble cake recently. Previously, I’ve made a matcha marble chiffon cake. The swirling process is the fun part. Each time I slice a (...)
This classic Szechuan dish - boiled dumplings in red oil (紅油抄手) is very easy to make. The silky smooth wonton skin is so adorable.If you’re into something hot, (...)
Creme caramel classic french dessert for valentine's day
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My husband loves eggs. He loves every egg dish, no matter whether it’s savoury or sweet. For Valentine’s Day, it’s quite natural to make something simple and (...)
My daughter requested me to cook miso soup for her one night. So it triggered me to think of the yummy miso soup that we tried at Itamae Sushi (板前壽司) in Hong (...)
I wouldn’t know how good this tangzhong recipe is until I tasted the fluffy buns that made from it. My friend, SK told me she nearly makes fresh bread everyday (...)
