I was inspired to cook this dish after watching this video. It looked super easy and as it has been raining almost everyday, soup looked like something suitable to eat and it was also a great way to finish up the remainder sourdough bread. As I don’t have milk (no, I don’t drink it regularly)...
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Lazy Cooking: One-Pot Miso Soup Ramen Noodles
Ingredients: 1 serving of soba (oops…called it ramen in the video) 1 cup frozen spinach 100g of frozen shabu shabu beef (approx 4-5 slices) 1 tbsp miso (doesn’t matter if it’s red or white miso but get the one that has dashi inside) Method: Boil some water and add the noodles to cook. The water...
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The Salon @ Hotel Fort Canning – Fusion’s The Name Of The Game
A friend brought us out for lunch and he decided to bring us to Hotel Fort Canning because it’s always great to get out of the CBD and to the fringe of it during a work day. Also, he really likes the food at The Salon, so we 4 hopped into his car and went...
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Dumplings Cooked 2 Ways
As mentioned in my previous post with the recipe on Pork Dumplings, I finally cooked them in 2 ways – fried as pot stickers and boiled, served with a healthy cabbage soup. The top shows the pot sticker version while the bottom shows the boiled version. The parents preferred the fried ones while I enjoyed...
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Mentaiko Salmon Ochazuke
This dish is immensely satisfying. Especially to the Chinese in me. It is a bowl that has the perfect combination of protein, carbs, savouriness (if there’s such a word as this), omega-3 and creaminess. Ochazuke refers to a simple Japanese dish of rice that’s poured with tea, hot water or hot soup. In this case,...
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Easy Pea & Spinach Soup
Despite its appearance, this pea and spinach soup is really delicious! It is suitable for vegetarians and vegans as there is absolutely NO meat and animal product inside. That is why I too was so surprised that its tastiness. It’s not a regular pea soup because I didn’t use creme fraiche and I added spinach,...
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Kimchi ‘Sukiyaki’ with Beef and Shirataki
One of my favourite restaurants, Sho Teppan, has decided to take the Kimchi soup base off their menu and as such, I’m forced to recreate my favourite dish at home! What a girl needs to do in order to satisfy her cravings… Anyway, this is a lot cheaper than eating at a restaurant (obviously) and...
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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...