Recipes & Cooking

Miso-Marinated Sea Bass Recipe

Miso-Marinated Sea Bass Recipe

I love Nobu’s black cod with miso, but it’s not easy to find fresh black cod in the market, at least not in my neighborhood. So I used Chilean sea bass instead. I love Chilean sea bass–the flesh is always so moist, tender, silky, and sweet. I also love the texture and the mouth feel of Chilean sea bass…it’s absolutely…

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Fruit Salad Recipe (with Baby Shrimps and Toasted Coconut)

Fruit Salad Recipe (with Baby Shrimps and Toasted Coconut)

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…

Spinach and Tofu Salad with Japanese Sesame Miso Dressing

Spinach and Tofu Salad with Japanese Sesame Miso Dressing

My cheekbones have gone missing. I have been looking for them in the mirror–during day time under natural sun light; indoor under soft tungsten light; in the office with bright fluorescent light–but they are nowhere to be found. They have indeed gone missing. What I see in the mirror–and most evidently from my travel pictures–are fats, or fat cells, as…

Crepe Sucre (Sweet Crepe)

Crepe Sucre (Sweet Crepe)

I have been eating this simple but fulfilling crepe sucre for days as my afternoon snack. I got it from a cozy little creperie at the corner of my hotel. Although not quite similar, crepe sucre reminds me of Malaysian roti canai with sugar…both are equally great snacks and perfect with coffee…

Steamed Fish Rolls Recipe

Steamed Fish Rolls Recipe

(Chinese recipes, prepare authentic Chinese food now!) Inspired by Chubby Hubby’s “Not Your Usual Egg Rolls” and “Steam Fish Rolls” by My Kithen Snippets, I made these fish rolls over the weekend. These fish rolls call for two of my favorite ingredients–fish paste and eggs; they are not sushi, but fish paste wrapped with plain egg omelet and then steamed…

Pandan Chicken Recipe

Pandan Chicken Recipe

Apologies for being so unresponsive to your comments and the lack of posting. I am on the road for two weeks and will be heading back soon. However, I wanted to share with you a new summer recipe–pandan chicken or fried chicken wrapped with screwpine leaves. Screwpine leaves or pandan leaves are commonly used in Malaysia to infuse the food…

Bacon-wrapped Cherry Tomatoes Recipe

Bacon-wrapped Cherry Tomatoes Recipe

I am writing this from Beijing (yes, Beijing again!). The local time is 10:30 AM and the sky is grey and very overcast (or is it pollution?). Back in the United States, summer is in full bloom now. The sun is scorching hot, all flowers blossom, young senoritas are strutting their stuff in short shorts, but most evidently, everywhere you…

Vietnamese Tau Hu Ky Recipe (Bean Curd Skin with Shrimp)

Vietnamese Tau Hu Ky Recipe (Bean Curd Skin with Shrimp)

Tau Hu Ky, or fried shrimp wrapped with bean curd skin is a must-have appetizer for me whenever I go to Vietnamese restaurants. The reasons are very obvious: 1) I love bean curd products, especially bean curd skins; 2) I live to eat shrimp (check my recipe index and you will know what I mean); 3) Bean curd skins +…

Chinese Porridge Recipe (Congee with Dried Oysters and Chicken Recipe)

Chinese Porridge Recipe (Congee with Dried Oysters and Chicken Recipe)

What do you eat when you have your teeth pulled out? A bowl of chew-friendly Chinese porridge/congee. (I had all four of my wisdom teeth extracted last Friday and this is what I have been eating.) For ingredients, Rasa Malaysia recommends dried oyster and chicken breast fillet. Top the porridge with fresh shredded ginger, chopped scallions, a few drops of…

Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits Recipe

Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits Recipe

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…

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