You can find the recipe for my special tofu here. In light of the mentaiko that my bro bought, I added that to the top of my tofu to add in yet another dimension of flavours. The last time I made this, I added salmon roe. I love both versions and it does make a...
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Mentaiko Shirataki with Pumpkin and Wakame
As explained in my previous post, my brother bought mentaiko from Japan and this led me to cooking a 4-course dinner for my family. This is the 2nd course of Mentaiko Shirataki with Pumpkin and Wakame (seaweed). Shirataki is noodles made from Konjac and is almost calorie free. It is high in fibre and thus,...
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Easy Mentaiyaki Prawns, Aubergines (Eggplant) and Okra
My brother bought Mentaiko, which is cured spicy pollock roe, from Japan and as you can see from above, it comes in the sacs and there are 2 versions – the ‘colourless’ one and the super orange type. The one above is the ‘colourless’ version. As such, it does not give a vibrant pink when...
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First attempt at Char Siew Ramen
I amaze myself sometimes. Haha. I cooked Char Siew Ramen for the family tonight and I made almost everything from scratch. There are quite a few elements here and the pork and egg can be prepared the day before. Ramen Eggs 6 minutes. Set a timer. Take those eggs out after 6 minutes and dunk...
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Japanese Inspired Salad with Salmon Sashimi and Onsen Eggs
Trying to eat clean and increase my iron intake due to my condition plus general stress and exhaustion. So, I created this Japanese inspired salad which I’ve made for friends before but without the egg. I just wanted to perfect my onsen eggs so that when I’m good enough at it, I can make them...
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Wagashi (Japanese Traditional Sweets) Making
I learnt how to make traditional Japanese sweets (Wagashi) today! To read more about it, click here to jump over to my other blog.
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Omakase Dinner at my place
Had dinner with ML and Siew Mai to celebrate ML’s birthday and when we were flipping through the menu, I couldn’t help but comment that some of the dishes were doable in my kitchen! Then the 2 teased and said that I should cook and then they come over to eat. That inspired my “Omakase”...
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Special Gyudon For Dinner & Plum Vodka
That’s my special Gyudon. I decided not to put most of the beef into the egg mixture AND I used tenderloin instead of sukiyaki beef. The steps are similar to my recipe for oyakodon except that I now separated the soy sauce mixture (mirin and soy sauce) from the beaten eggs and used my new...
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Baked Miso Salmon with Baby Spinach Salad
I wasn’t very hungry and despite my truffle fries craving, I decided to be healthy. All fats in this dish are good ones! 🙂 No frying involved and everything was completed within 20 minutes!! I recently bought a bottle of white truffle oil so pardon if the next few dishes have truffle oil in all...
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Tempura don (Ten-don) and my special tofu
My aunt (who lives in the US) is in town so I decided to cook something special for her. Well…I was also craving to eat my special tofu but it requires a whole century egg, so she was my perfect excuse. Shh…don’t tell her that. Above is my special tofu which is light but makes...