Category Archives: Types of Food

A Simple Dish Of Hokkien Mee To Tempt The Taste Bud

It was an accidental dish – both in the literal and literary sense. Literally – I chopped my thumb while cutting the thick spring onions… no, it was my thumb that was cut and the onions that were chopped… but … Read more

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Lo Mai Fun (Glutinous Rice) – An Amazing Cantonese Dish

Dim Sums are never easy to make. Healthy dim sums are even harder to create, if they ever exist. Seriously… why bother?

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Orange Sponge Cake – Arise, Let It Rise!

This is definitely a cake that screams ‘HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!‘

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Plätzchen Baken! Freshly-Baked Cookies To celebrate Christmas

This was something that I’ve learnt to bake in Dresden, Germany – a course that was held for $6 per student for those studying German at the Goethe-Institut. Another purpose of this course was to have students bake enough cookies … Read more

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Baked Rice with Pesto Sauce (& Spinach & Cheese & Basil & Herbs & Hot Dogs)

I finally know why baked dishes have such extensive names in recipe books. It is simply impossible to decide which ingredient is king.

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