Category Archives: Food & Recipes

Pork & Tofu Dumpling (Wanton Style)

This dish is my to-go-to whenever I visit Chinese restaurants or eateries which serves up large plates and bowls of dishes. I love eating dumplings, especially those served with nice chilli oil to dip them with. My current favourite so … Read more

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Pasta With Eggplant & Tomato Sauce

This dish of pasta with eggplant and tomato sauce is for all eggplant lovers out there. It adds a lovely texture and bite to the pasta, and makes the dish a lot healthier, of course. If you are in a … Read more

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Eurasian Sotong (Squid) Black

This is the Eurasian take on squid stir-fried in onions, garlic, dark soy sauce and squid ink. This is adapted from the a similar dish in Portugal. My mum also stir-fries squid in dark soya sauce once in a while … Read more

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Easy Chicken Stew

I’ve cooked many different types of chicken stew before, and mostly with potatoes: Chicken & Potato Stew, Korean Andong Jjimdak etc. The former is easy to make as you will just need to dump all the ingredients into the slow … Read more

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A Simple Dish Of Indonesian Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice)

The Indonesian nasi goreng, or Indonesian fried rice, is a stir-fry using overnight cooked rice, some meat and some vegetables, all fried together with beaten egg and sweet soy sauce. It originates from Indonesia and is very popular in countries … Read more

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