I married into a non-pork eating family. When people find out, they often wonder aloud if we are keeping kosher or halal, but it is simply because hub’s family was strongly influenced for many years by a close friend who was a Messianic Jew. He singlehandedly wiped out pork from their food repertoire (and eggplant … More Low Carb Taiwanese Lu Rou Fan (braised pork rice)
So is it “Chilli” or “Chili” or “Chile”? I was a little confused when writing this post. It turns out that “Chilli” is the British label for this spicy vegetable (genus capsicum, from nightshade family), “Chili” is the American variant in spelling and “Chile” is the Spanish spelling version. In usage however, most people use … More Somewhat Low Carb Ground Beef Chili
“It is said that hobbits have a passion for mushrooms, surpassing even the greediest likings of big people.” – JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring. I have always had an affinity for mushrooms and I remember as a child that I was well known to pick out the mushrooms from Chinese stir fries, … More Low Carb Mushroom Soup
It has been a rather harrowing couple of days on service, having to break bad news to several families and not just having to manage the kids’ illnesses but the roller coaster of their parents’ emotions. Days like this I feel like I’ve been through an emotional wringer and it does take time to get … More Ribeye Roast with Chimichurri Sauce
I have shared before that I am not terribly fond of Malay noodles like mee rebus and mee siam. However, I make an exception for dry mee siam, which I believe has Nonya or Peranakan roots. The Peranakans were Chinese immigrants who settled in the Malay archipelago in the 15th – 17th centuries, intermarrying with local Malays, … More Low Carb Dry “Mee Siam” Recipe
I know that this is an Asian food blog but the secret is that I’ve always been much more comfortable cooking Western dishes. Asian cooking for me is like being the one-armed swordsman who had to relearn his whole martial arts fighting style. Or like learning to write with my non-dominant hand. I remember … More Low Carb Chicken Pot Pie
Growing up in Asia I think I didn’t really eat that much cake. Firstly, our typical Chinese home dinners would usually end with fresh cut fruits, and Chinese dinners in the 70s (oops, that dates me) would typically end off with a sweet dessert like almond jelly or at best a kind of Chinese … More Low Carb New York Cheesecake
Why is it so difficult to get kids to eat their greens? For the longest time the only vegetable kid #2 would eat was broccoli. And it’s not like hubs and I don’t set an example of eating our veggies! In fact being on a low carb diet, one tends to take more vegetables as … More Low Carb Creamed Spinach
This is a really quick recipe today. Yesterday when I went to the market the fishmonger looked really surprised that I was only getting 500g of clams, which was actually all I needed for my Low Carb Hokkien Prawn Mee recipe. Sucker that I was I ended up buying 1 kg of clams which left … More Sake Steamed Clams
I grew up with food allergies. I remember distinctly breaking out in hives as a small child after eating prawns. Not unsurprisingly, both my kids developed food allergies as well in infancy. Kid#1 started out with massive hives with a tiny exposure to cow’s milk in a teeny bite of baby biscuit. Later testing … More Low Carb Hokkien Prawn Mee (Noodles)
Still Feeling Peckish 