What you see here, my lovelies, is one of my Osmanthus Jellies. What is Osmanthus? In Chinese, it is called Gui Hua (桂花) and it gives off a very light but distinct floral taste. I fell in love with the taste when Yeo’s came up with their Osmanthus White Tea drink. Anyway, I made these...
Category: Recipes
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My ‘new’ Kitchen Aid mixer!
I’m so excited! I finally got myself a Kitchen Aid mixer to help me bake up a storm! I got them 2nd hand via this wonderful app named Carousell, which I am currently addicted to. So, the above video and photo were taken by the former owners. My kitchen doesn’t contain mouthwash 😛 As I’ve...
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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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Salted Caramel Banana Chia Seed Cupcakes with Caramel Centres
Tadah! I’ve been wanting to bake salted caramel cupcakes ever since my bro’s friend’s friend baked the most awesome batch of those. So, I tried my hand at them but I made a few variations from traditional recipes. My recipe doesn’t have eggs and I added Chia seeds to make it a little less guilty...
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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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Lobster Bisque Risotto
It was a nice quiet afternoon where mum and bro were overseas so there were no lunch plans for dad and I. Thus, I decided to do what I’m good at – 1 pot meals. I went a little lazy and used a can of lobster bisque soup for this dish. Really good for the...
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Seafood Risotto perfumed with Truffle Oil
Being Asian, I love rice – white/ brown/ sticky/ short-grained/ long-grained…just rice. So, we had a pack of risotto rice sitting in our cupboards for ages (don’t worry…it hasn’t expired and was vacuumed packed), so we decided to cook seafood risotto. The recipe below cooks for 4. Ingredients1.5 cups of rice (using a standard cup...
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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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Pan Seared Salmon Belly with Mushrooms & Mashed Peas infused with Bacon
I know, the photo isn’t the most appetising but it was really quite yummy. This is my idea of a healthy dinner which is full of Omega-3 fatty acids, iron and vitamins. Quite quick to prepare too! You’ll need: Slices of Salmon Belly (substitute with fillet if you must) Half a packet of shimeiji mushrooms...
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Spaghetti Aglio Olio with Beef Tenderloin
I’ve cooked beef several times. Same with spaghetti so I don’t think I need to repeat the method. Simply said, beef was cooked the Heston Blumenthal manner where I used a searing hot pan and flipped the steak every 15 seconds till it became medium rare. As for the spag, aglio olio means lots of...