I love how the fragrance of the mushrooms and dried shrimps fills the air whenever my mum cooks this dish. Ironically, since this is an easy dish to cook, it’s something that she makes when only a few of us … Read more
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Pickled Green Chillies To Go Back To The Basics
This is the first recipe to welcome myself back home in Singapore! And because my kitchen is currently at its most barren state (with dust being the main occupant), I’ll have to make do with the simplest recipe I could … Read more
Chinese Baked Pork Bun (烘烤肉包子)
In my personal opinion, this was probably the most challenging dish I’ve done so far. Not only was it time-consuming; it was also physically and mentally draining, given the amount of preparations required beforehand as well as the amount of … Read more
Shui Jian Bao (水煎包)
Shui Jian Bao literally means ‘buns fried/cooked/steamed in water. It came to me as a sudden realisation. I didn’t know that the name was so literally translated! One really has to get down and cook a dish in order to … Read more
Egg Drop Soup (蛋花湯)
I wonder why, but the meaning of this dish has become lost in translation. ‘蛋花湯’, literally ‘egg flower soup’, describes the appearance of the egg ‘exploding’ when it cooks quickly in heat; ‘Egg Drop Soup’ on the other hand describes … Read more