Of all the Chinese New Year cookies, Pineapple tarts would probably be the most popular. Who can resist these delicious morsels, with the flaky and buttery pastry and the sweet but tangy pineapple jam? Besides, the pronunciation of pineapple in Hokkien, “Ong Lai”, means “Prosperity Comes”, and the golden hue represents, well, gold or money. All very…
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Chinese New Year Yee Sang
Since Chinese New Year is just one week away, I’ll take the opportunity to feature some festive recipes. I don’t follow most of the traditions of Chinese New Year as for the past few years I’ve been living in a country that does not list Chinese New Year as public holiday. Go Figure. In fact…
Ukrainian Borscht (罗宋汤)
I’ve been re-reading a lot of 亦舒‘s (Yi Shu) books lately, thanks to the free download on iPad. Though she has published over 180 books including novels and short stories of different genres, she writes mainly romance novels, set in modern day Hong Kong, or Canada (she has migrated there). Most of the main characters under her…
Roasted Zucchini Pasta (and Happy Belated New Year)
A very belated New Years greeting for all you of out there. 2011 has been a pretty good year. May the 2012 bring you lots of happiness, good food, and good health. Hands up who has been feasting up a storm during the silly season? I know I’m guilty. Though with the ankle injury it…
A Pizza heaven
Prior to meeting me, Frank had a typical bachelor diet consisting of beer and pizzas, with Domino’s number on speed dial. Fortunately these days, although not yet a fine example of perfect diet, he has kicked the long term pizza habit but from time to time would request for it. And most of the time…
Jerk Chicken: Because it never calls!
Sometimes I cook dishes that I’ve never tried before. By that I mean in a restaurant or food outlet. I’m easily intrigued by interesting recipes and would just made the dishes without knowing what it SHOULD taste like. Nevertheless with cross checking of different recipes you’ll usually get a pretty good idea of what it…
Childhood Favourite: Fried Lao Shu Fen (Silver Needle Noodles)
My grandma is a super cook in all aspect. Growing up, we always have endless supply of food lovingly prepared by her, such as Ang Jiu (Red rice wine) Chicken Soup (she made her own rice wine), Chwee Kueh, Ang Gu Kueh, Kacangma (Chicken dish made with Kacangma herb and rice wine, also cognac sometimes….
Home away from home: Kampua Mee 干盘面
Most people who has heard of Sarawak dishes can think of a few: Sarawak Laksa, Tomato Kueh Tiaw and of course Kolok mee, often being referred as the signature noodle dish of Sarawak. Kampua mee is less well-known variety, but pretty much synonymous with the Foochows, just like Kolok mee is to the Kuchingnites, or Wanton…
Lazy Chicken Rice with Momofuku’s Ginger Scallion Sauce
Momofuku (literally translated as Lucky Peach in Japanese). What a name! I’ve heard of this David Chang‘s chain of restaurants but unfortunately can’t go all the way to the states to taste! Bless the food bloggers that has been sharing his recipes, people like me get to recreate the dishes and enjoy them. One of the…
Here’s the beef!
Last week I had a little pot luck get together with my friends David and his gf Siew Li. Yes. This was pre-detox and also mainly why we decided to go vegan. There was no specific theme but Frank requested for beef (about the only animal he would consume, really) and I wanted to make…
Kelly Siew Cooks 