Category Archives: Food & Recipes

白糖糕 (White Sugar Sponge Cake)

This is a traditional Chinese sponge cake that is steamed instead of baked. It uses yeast as its leavening agent, sugar, hot water and rice flour. These are very simple ingredients and steps involved though the process of fermenting it … Read more

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Caprese Stuffed Avocado With Fresh Tomatoes & Mozzarella Balls

This is yet another of my favourite recipe – Caprese stuffed avocados with loads of vitamin Cs and freshness. There’s green, red, orange; there are fruits, vegetables and a sweet savoury dressing. Anyone who takes a mouthful of this will … Read more

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Roast Corn, Prawn, Pepper & Avocado Salad

I love avocados. I love roasted bell peppers. I love coriander. Mix them together and viola! They become a great salad. This recipe is really easy to make, and by itself actually makes for a great meal already. Yes, I … Read more

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Curry Triangles

This weekend is Easter Friday and Easter Sunday holidays. Finally a long-awaited break from work so that we can wind down a bit from work. It’s been very sunny and hot with flashes of sudden and heavy showers in the … Read more

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家常便饭 – 干炒银针粉 (Bee Tai Mak Stir-Fry)

I just came back from a work trip to China. I didn’t realise that people in China love noodles so much, they can eat them everyday. The noodles in Dunhuang are really smooth, and their broth strongly flavoured (I like!) … Read more

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