Recipes & Cooking : Fruit

Taiwanese Shaved Ice with Fruits

Taiwanese Shaved Ice with Fruits

It’s scorching hot in the United States now and the weather map is seeing RED and ORANGE all across the continent! In hot weather like this, I turn to shaved ice to cool down my body and quench my thirst. Here is the Taiwanese shaved ice with fresh fruits recipe in my cookbook “Easy Chinese Recipes.” In recent years, shaved…

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Moist Christmas Fruit Cake

Moist Christmas Fruit Cake

Want a moist fruit cake recipe? Check out this moist Christmas fruit cake recipe as the method calls for boiling the ingredients first before baking. A new method to try that guarantees a flavorful fruit cake that is sure to please, recipe by Siew Loon Ho. It’s the time of year again…Christmas!!! Christmas has always been my favorite time of…

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Thai Pomelo Salad (Yam Som-O)

Thai Pomelo Salad (Yam Som-O)

I adore Thai cuisine and am always in search of great Thai cooking blogs. She Simmers is a fabulous resource for Thai cooking with many Thai recipes, including Thai pantry. Authored by the talented Leela, She Simmers is a gem—authentic and easy-to-follow Thai recipes, gorgeous food photography, and beautiful food writing and story-telling. I am a big fan of She…

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Mango Lassi Recipe

Mango Lassi Recipe

I got a box of mangoes when I hosted my recent Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24 Summer White Party. I used half to make lobster and mango salad and the other half for mango lassi–my favorite Indian beverage. Even though I grew up in Malaysia where Indians are the third largest ethnic group, I’d never had mango lassi until I came…

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Fruit Tart

Fruit Tart

There are probably a thousand reasons why I love Paris, but here is the sweet one…(more picture after the jump)

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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…

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