Bitter gourd, a “not so popular” gourd vegetable due to its distinctive bitter flavour. Like many peoples out there who don’t like bitter gourd, my hubby and daughter not a fan too but THIS bitter gourd soup that I boiled was successfully got them to eat (I think “drink” would be more appropriate v(T▽T) ) bitter gourd. Today’s Braised Chicken […]
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What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when mention about dried rose buds? Flower tea, I’m sure, right? What if I tell you dried rose buds can be used to boil soup? Yes, I’m as surprise as you when I stumbled upon this recipe in one of my cook books and it really ignited my interest to try […]
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This dish has been in my to-cook list for some time and I just didn’t have the urge to cook it until I saw my blogger friend KY shared his beautifully executed beef stew in his IG story. That prompted me to get all the ingredients needed and finally cooked this on last Sunday. Ingredients (Serve: 4-5) 700g beef brisket […]
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When dine-in was still allowed……… It’s been a while since my last makan gathering with my family due to the dine-in restrictions during CMCO. So when the SOPs were eased, I suggested a dinner gathering at this place which shared by a Youtuber that I followed. Located at a rather secluded place at Kepong (near Aeon Kepong/ Church of Jesus […]
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Choy Sum 菜心 in Cantonese or Cai Xin in Mandarin, literally translated as “heart of the vegetable” is a type of green leafy vegetable which can be characterized by the distinct yellow flowers which it bears. Stir fry and blanching Choy Sum (then tossed with oyster or soy sauce) are common ways to prepare this vegetable. Today I’m going to […]
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