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 of them…it’s my current obsession. Mmm…love it to bits!! Back to my dinner of baked miso salmon. This is inspired by Nobu’s famous black cod miso but I ate up my piece of cod so I used salmon instead. My recipe is (as usual) super...
02/06/201311/12/2020
Sunday Brunch – Scrambled eggs with pan fried/grilled vegetables and toasted baguette
Sunday = brunch 🙂 I’ve already blogged about scrambled eggs and I don’t think you’ll need to know about toasted baguette (so yum when it’s cripsy and hot) so I’ll be blogging about the vegetables. We had cheese fondue on Saturday (ripped Nigella Lawson’s recipe) so we had a bit of leftover vegetables so for brunch, I chose the peppers, brown mushrooms and cherry tomatoes. This is so simple that you’ll want to quickly whip this up in your kitchen than buy those oil ladden grilled vegetables from the store. Here’s what you’ll need: handful of cherry tomatoes red and...
25/05/201311/12/2020
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 a perfect appetiser or amuse bouche. To make this particular dish, you’ll need: 1 box of silken tofu (I bought organic tofu) 1 century egg dash of mirin dash of light soy sauce 1 tablespoon of sesame sauce 1 tsp of vinegar dash of maple...
28/04/201311/12/2020
Okonomiyaki for a picnic dinner
Bro, a friend and I went to watch ‘Othello’ last night at Fort Canning. As it’s part of the ‘Shakespeare in the Park’ series, it meant bringing your own mat and picnic dinner. Tired of the usual potato salads and sandwiches, plus my friend and I just came back from Japan, we went with a Japanese themed picnic! I made okonomiyaki, which some people call the Japanese pancake but I think that this is a bit of a misnomer since it’s more of a savoury-sweet-mayo dish that’s just fun to eat. What you’ll need for 4 saucer-sized okonomiyakis: 120g of...
01/04/201311/12/2020
Asian Stir Fried Green Mussels
Who likes clams and mussels? You will love this super simple recipe and it’s the prep work that’s more of a hassle than the actual cooking. This recipe works for clams and any shell fish. For 300g of green lipped mussels, you’ll need: 3-5 cloves of garlic, minced 1 small nob of ginger, julianed 2 shallots, sliced (or 1 large shallot) half a chilli, sliced and seeds removed salt to taste 6 tbsp of shao xing wine or white wine 1/3 cup of water or stock about 6 tbsp of oil, or enough to cover all the ginger, garlic and...
13/03/201311/12/2020
Vanilla Coconut Cupcakes with Ferrero Rocher centre
I baked vanilla coconut cupcakes with Ferrero Rocher centres and topped with pink icing and a raspberry. I cheated. Everything came out from a pre-mix so I have no recipe except to follow the instructions on the box. However, I used it as a simple base that I can be creative with. Use a butter sponge or vanilla sponge cake mix. To that, I added dessicated coconut and vanilla essence for more oomph. As the coconut will take out some of the moisture, I added a tablespoon (not dessert spoon) more milk into the mixture. Fill half of the muffin...
28/01/201311/12/2020
Potato Salad
I love potato salad and I love making it! I tend to poo-poo most potato salads made outside because potato + mayo does not make a good potato salad!! I made this potato salad to go with my brown rice salad for my Sunday picnic by the beach so its simple and a picnic staple in my opinion. To make a good potato salad, you’ll need: 4-6 small Fingerling or local (ie. Singapore or Malaysian) potatoes 1 egg cracked black pepper (must be black. White pepper does not cut it) salt Mayonnaise (I prefer to use the Japanese Cupie brand)...
28/01/201311/12/2020
Brown Rice Salad
Had a picnic on Sunday so I prepared some simple food that could be packed into lunchboxes and carried to the beach! First up is my brown rice salad. You’ll need: 1/2 cup brown rice half a tomato, diced 1 cup shredded roast chicken 2-3 tablespoon pesto sauce 1 roasted red pepper, diced salt & pepper Cook the rice as per normal and when done, toss in all the other ingredients and you’re done! This recipe serves 2-3 people, depending on what other foods you have. Total cook time = 20 min and this is mainly due to the rice....
25/01/201311/12/2020
Baked Salmon & Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with paprika
I love brunch. It’s perfect for people like me who like to laze around in bed before getting up to the humdrum of the world. Who ever said that brunch had to have eggs? I decided to go with salmon and potatoes but in a lighter way. I coated the top of my salmon steak with pesto sauce and this is a perfect balance of garlic, saltiness and even a slight tinge of sour to cut back on the richness of salmon. Bake this for about 6-7 min (depending on the thickness of your salmon steak). Boil some fingerling potatoes...
06/01/201311/12/2020
Sambal Fried Rice
I love home-cooked fried rice because it is a lot healthier but still has the bursting flavours. In my fried rice, I used diced carrots, broccoli, cubed chicken and sliced fish. Another healthier option that I used was olive oil instead of vegetable oil. But of course, me being Singaporean, I must add a dose of sambal to add the heat and wonderful taste of dried shrimp. I don’t think you need my recipe for fried rice, do you?