Festive Goodies

Easy Buddha Jump Over the Wall 佛跳墙
This is definitely restaurant quality and this sticky-lipped soup is so collagen-ful that when I store the leftover soup in the fridge, it just jelly-up. I prefer to use pressure cooker to cook as it will be faster. However, I will use stove top to cook for bigger parties. So […]

Easy Buddha Jump Over the Wall 佛跳墙

Crunchy Meaty Soup Dumpling Shui Jiao 水饺
To be frank, I am not a big fan of soup dumpling last time. Call me dump or fussy, I just never find one that I fancy. 1 fine day, my husband told me that he is bringing back soup dumpling from Penang. We even had a small argument on […]

Crunchy Meaty Soup Dumpling (Shui Jiao) 水饺

{Collaberation} One of my favourite dish that I must order whenever it is on the menu. Spicy, slightly vinegrette with juicy meat and prawn. So appetizing and satisfying. This dish taste even better with CP Jumbo Shrimp Wanton where the prawn in each dumpling is so fat and succulent. I […]

Spicy Sze Chuan Chili Wanton 红油抄手

Let’s welcome the year of Rat! It is a year we should be well fed in both our wallet and tummy too~ . Let our feasting begin again…… Beside eating together, it is also a period that family members get together to make CNY goodies. So I have consolidated a […]

101 Chinese New Year Guide

  Poon Choi Aka Pen Cai (盆菜) is an Auspicious one-pot dish served in a very big pot (traditionally served in wooden and metal basin) during festive peiods, especially Chinese New Year. Poon Choi (盆菜) is usually crowded with overflowing of ingredients to signify abundance of wealth and prospertity. The choice […]

Abundance & Prosperity Poon Choi (盆菜) with Heavenly Rich Broth

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Woohoo! My favourite Festive Period is just around the corner and I am super excited! Beside being able to gather with relatives we don’t meet up very often, having great fun and laughter over steamboat, mahjong and a few games of poker, one of my favourite part is savouring all […]

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pineapple Tarts

Taiwanese Style Pineapple Tarts 凤梨酥 is a must buy local product of Taiwan. Beside having a different shape as compare to Singapore version one, this tart is moulded in rectangular or square shape, have wintermelon added to the pineapple fillings. Some will prefer the Taiwanese version because of the generous […]

Taiwanese Style Pineapple Tarts 凤梨酥

This is one of my favourite childhood dish! Ah ma always cooked it during Birthdays of our family members or when I pulled her sleeve and requested for it. I will just stand beside the stove while she was making it a and enjoying every single steps. My Taiwanese friend […]

Grandma’s Hokkien Glutinous Rice 阿嬷的古早味福建油饭 

Chinese New Year is around the corner and Reunion Dinner is definitely one of the most looking forward day of the season! With a table spread with dishes of delectable food and the aroma from these dishes wafted past your nose the moment you open the door! Here are some […]

Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner Ideas

Ho Ho Ho! It’s our favourite period of the year! With lots of parties, gathering and of course not forgetting the delactable spread during this festive period. With the invites on hand and yet scratching your head on what to prepare and bring along for the parties and gathering? Not to […]

Christmas Party Ideas & Food Recipes

Yes! It’s super Succulent and flavorful. The brine ensure that every part of the chicken is perfectly flavored. Brining also helps to introduce more juice into the chicken, making the chicken ultra juicy and tender, even the chicken breast. This recipe also requires you to air dry the chicken in […]

Super Tender, Juicy & Tasty Roast Chicken with Crispy Skin ...

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I have been waiting for this recipe for 3 years and it’s definitely worth the wait! Crispiness from the bean skin, juiciness from the pork belly, crunchiness from the prawns and sweetness from the water chestnuts.. these Ngoh Hiang are packed with bursting flavours. Tell me which stall/restaurant is selling the the […]

Ngoh Hiang 香脆五香 (Crispy Meat Roll)

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Woohoo! We are officially ushering into the Year of Chicken in less than 2 weeks time. We have been smelling and tasting tons of buttery goodies almost everywhere we go. Family outing include going to supermarket and came back home with bags of food, drinks and goodies. Everyone is just busy […]

Hotpot Soup Base Ideas (for the upcoming STEAMBOAT FESTIVAL)

Creamy Broth with elegant flavour and a dash of rice vinegar adds a refreshing accents to the sweet white miso. It is a soup base from Kyoto and it tastes very different from the usual miso we have tasted. This soup base goes very well with the usual hotpot ingredients […]

Kyoto Style Saikyo Miso Hotpot

Who says fish head steamboat needs a lot of preparation and long time of boiling to bring out the deep flavour of the fish bones? Here is a shortcut recipe and it just taste as good or even better than some of the fish head steamboat you had ~ Less […]

Easy Fish Head Steamboat Style Hotpot 鱼”头”炉

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This is really a boiling pot of goodness! You will need at least 10 hour of boiling over medium low fire. Your hard work will definitely be paid off and your guests will be totally impressed. Plus…… its super good for our skin! Do I need to sell more on […]

Collagen Chicken Broth

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Chinese New Year is one of the most important and probably the most looking forward festival Chinese celebrate. Chinese New Year is just less than a month away and almost everyone is busy with stocking up food, drinks and snacks for CNY. Festive goodies’ price also surge during this period […]

Easy Air Fried Chinese New Year Goodies (& variations)

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  Yes indeed unhealthy but once a year, we gotta pamper our guests and ourselves. Luncheon meat has always been on everyone favourite easy snacks for breakfast or a side to our simple fried bee hoon. Shave it to paper thin and air fried for the lightest, crunchiest and yummiest […]

Air Fried Luncheon Meat Crisp

These are my favourite among all the goodies! Easy to make and even easier to eat! Drizzle with truffle oil and sprinkle with a bit of truffle salt for a more robust taste. Otherwise, just sprinkle with salt for original flavor To make these, slice the Yam into very thin slice […]

Shoestring Yam Fries (Air Fried)

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Without the fats, these Crispy Pork Skin is addictively good for our skin. Esp when air fried, most of the excess oil are dripped into the bottom of the bottom, leaving only the goodness of the skin – Crunchy, yummy and ……unstoppable when eating! The process of making this snack […]

Collagen~ful Crispy Pork Skin