Category Archives: Food & Recipes

A Golden Pot Of Chicken & Potatoes

A nice meal to have on a really busy weekend – one full of carbo and energy to freshen up and prepare for a new, busy week ahead. 🙂

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An Experimental Mango Yogurt Cheesecake

I had wanted to bake a cake for the guy’s birthday, but due to time constraints, I thought a cake that does not need baking would be a great idea. Hence the decision to make a cheesecake, and a mango … Read more

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家常便饭 - 鲅鱼炒芹菜 (Stir-fried Threadfin With Celery)

Given the many varieties of vegetables  (celery, cabbage, spinach etc) and fish (threadfin, mackerel, batam fish etc), it is actually not difficult to cook up a dish of stir-fry with fish and vegetables, given the many combinations available. What one … Read more

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A Brazilian Fish Stew Called Moqueca

Moqueca is a dish originating from the states of Bahia in the North- and Southeast of Brazil, one that has been cooked for more than three hundred years. This stew is traditionally cooked in a clay pan using ingredients like … Read more

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A Lovely Pot Of Home-Cooked Chicken Congee

I have always wondered how long congee hawkers take every morning to cook their pots of rice porridge. It must take a lot of time and patience to cook it – which means they would have to wake up in … Read more

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