Recipes & Cooking : American Recipes
I love shellfish so it goes without saying that I love oysters. Oysters are plentiful and affordable in the United States. We’re blessed with fresh, live, big, fat, and succulent oysters all year long from the east coast and west coast. I would be sharing more oyster recipes if I don’t have to shuck them. To me, shucking oyster is…
I am not a big meat eater, in fact, I don’t even eat red meat. Elk backstrap is certainly a very exotic ingredient that I wouldn’t know how to prepare, and that’s why Matt of Wrightfood and I thought it would make a wonderful guest post on Rasa Malaysia. I first discovered Matt’s wonderful blog many months ago and was…
I am back to the normal posting cycle and most importantly, the comfort of my home. Let’s just say that I am just very happy to be home, so much so that I was practically lying there on my bed and couch for the whole weekend–doing nothing and consuming only Indomie instant noodles but still feeling utterly happy. Happiness lies…
Since my trip to Jamaice 5 years ago, I have fallen in love with Jamaican jerk chicken–the food that I ate in Jamaica every day during that vacation. So, as soon as I met up with Cynthia of Tastes Like Home in Barbados during my recent cruise vacation, I told her to take me to a local store to buy…
I will be honest with you…I didn’t make these flans. I wanted to, but paying $2.50 for both flans is definitely cheaper than buying all the specialty flan cook ware and ramekins–not mentioning the time I would spend pottering in my kitchen preparing flan and making sure they come out right. I have no doubt that making flans is a…
As Cynthia of Tastes Like Home puts it: “Separately (mango & lobster), they are heavenly. Combined? They are sinfully good.” She was spot on. This mango and lobster salad was refreshing, light, and mangolicious. For me, the ideal ratio is approximately 1.5 mango: 1 lobster to get that perfect and harmony balance. Plus, mangoes are just too good, so the…
Just think of this as an episode of Iron Chef…the chairman says “The secret ingredient is… LOBSTER. A la cuisine!” I rush out to the aquarium frantically, catch my prey, and off I run to the “Kitchen Stadium” and start cooking. I whip up dishes upon dishes of drool worthy lobster dishes to the judges and then the chairman announces…
Remember my Italian sweet basil plant that I told you weeks ago? Thanks to my nurturing hands, it’s blooming, growing, and abundant with leaves. Sometimes, I just pluck the leaves and straight away they go into my mouth. They are a quick pick-me-up and great as a palate-cleanser especially after some spice-laden Malaysian food. But the highlight has to be…
Truth be told, I am a food snob. I shun away from chain restaurants–Cheesecake Factory, nah; The Olive Garden, meh; Denny’s, are you kidding me?! So, you have it, I am a food snob. I avoid going to franchise or chain restaurants at all cost, well, unless I am starving to death or stuck in the middle of nowhere and…
Still searching for that perfect recipe to wow your special someone on New Year’s Eve? Find no more as I’ve got a sophisticated (and elegant) recipe which is very easy to prepare and take no more than 30 minutes of cooking time. These sweet and creamy fresh scallops are served on a bed of lightly sautéd Buna Shimeji mushrooms, and…