It’s not the most visually appealing dish that I’ve cooked so far but this is one of the most delicious that I’ve cooked. This is NOT a stir-fry so for this dish, please use sirloin/tenderloin/rib-eye steaks. In my case, I used tenderloin. What else would you need? Ingredients:3 steaks3 shitake mushrooms, sliced1 clove of garlic, minced1/2 cup mirin1 dessert spoon oyster sauce1 squirt of Okonomiyaki sauce (or plum sauce)drizzle of truffle oil (optional) I cooked my steaks the Heston Blumenthal way, which is to have a searing hot pan and then cooking your steaks by constantly flipping them every 10-15...
13/07/201311/12/2020
Amazing Variation on a Croque Monsieur/ Madame
Above is a wonderful variation on a croque monsieur/madame which essentially is a ham and cheese toast. However, the traditional french sandwich is flat and if you add an egg on top of it, it’s a croque madame. Croque just means ‘crunch’ and this variation that I did had crunch, eggy goodness AND bacon. Check out the oozing eggy goodness! This was my first attempt and I’m so proud of myself. So…what do you need? Ingredients 1 slice of white bread per person 1 egg yolk per person 1 slice of bacon per person 1 dessert spoon of white sauce...
02/07/201311/12/2020
Fusion meal – Prawn Risotto with Japanese rice
I didn’t want to open up my new bag of risotto rice so I went with a short grain rice to cook this dish although I reckon you could do this with Thai rice as well. This dish is gluten free and low in fat – perfect for us single ladies. The cooking time is relatively long mainly because of the rice. If you want a speedy meal, I suggest cooking the rice first but then it wouldn’t be as flavourful as it would be if you follow the recipe. So, the ingredients are: 5-6 prawns per person (my dog...
29/06/201311/12/2020
Gluten & Wheat-free Baked Seafood Pasta with Mentaiko sauce and Spinach
Doesn’t that look gorgeous? Best of all, it’s gluten and wheat-free, which is good for those with endometriosis or those who are gluten/wheat intolerant. I found an organic food shop which also carries rice penne so I bought that and used this recipe to cover up that very granular taste of the pasta. So, what do you need for this very simple dish? Do note that my recipe only serves 1 pax. half a cup of penne (you can use macaroni or shell pasta too) 1 packet of spicy mentaiko sauce 1 cup of baby spinach leaves 2-4 prawns (you...
27/06/201311/12/2020
Less fattening Truffle Fries with Parmesan
I had a craving. Cravings MUST be fulfilled. 🙂 Yup, any excuse to have fries. Especially Truffle Fries!! My version is slightly less fattening because I didn’t deep fry my fries. I baked them. This recipe is really easy because I didn’t make my chips from scratch, which I’ve done before when I was a child and mind you, it was and still will be a hassle. For this recipe, you’ll need: frozen fries (above, I used crinkle cut but you can choose shoestring fries) 1 dessert spoon of white truffle oil for every 2 handfuls of fries 1 tablespoon...
22/06/201311/12/2020
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 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...