So I recently had some friends over and baked a spaghetti squash for them. Pretty soon after my friend C told me that her mother found a kind of local version of the spaghetti squash, which is the sharksfin melon. I was really intrigued because the spaghetti squash is great for baking but usually the … More Baked Sharksfin Melon
I’m seldom not hungry. The very name of this blog should give you a hint of that…most parts of the day I do think of what has been lined up for the next meal, much like most Singaporeans who literally live to eat. So I knew something was wrong when I was at hub’s medical … More Cold Tofu in Sesame Sauce
I’m a really simple person and I’m easily pleased. Nothing fills my emotional tank more than the opportunity to potter around a kitchen (any kitchen!) and prepare hot meals. I’ve been travelling quite a bit and I do get a kick cooking in under-equipped kitchens in different countries. I do come extremely prepared however, with … More Pork Ball Porridge
The simplest things in life are the best. When hubs and I were dating I remember one of the “get to know you” questions was what kind of noodle we liked best. I guess as noodle-loving Asians we each had strong views on this. Hubs loves yellow noodles, especially a fettuccine-like flat yellow noodle called … More Low Carb Ipoh Hor Fun Soup
I’m a confirmed potterer. Nothing makes me happier than pottering round the house…recently I reorganized my entire repertoire of scrapbooking stuff – washi tape, ink stamps, and miscellaneous stickers and the like. All this in the middle of some deadlines! But the pottering helped me to think and to relax a little in between major … More Instant Pot Frittata
Today was a day of introspection. A medical school classmate passed on; we knew he had been ill for a while and our hearts ached with his family’s in these couple of years of the nearing inevitable. He is the first of our class to pass on and his passing was a salutary reminder of … More Instant Pot Bak Kut Teh
The first time I stepped into an American supermarket I was gobsmacked. Firstly the trolleys were almost twice the size of our trolleys back home and similarly the aisles were wide and uncluttered (which is why shows like Guy’s Grocery Games don’t have contestants getting jammed into little corners or knocking down displays). And the … More Instant Pot Corned Beef
There are some really ugly dishes. And they look ugly because the ingredients look pretty gross. Yesterday I was in the wet market and snooping around a dried food stall when I spied some preserved vegetables and the craving for Hakka Mui Choy and Pork Belly came on me. I am a Hokkien Chinese but … More Instant Pot Mui Choy Pork Belly
There are some foods that evoke memories. Meatloaf is one dish that immediately brings me back to memories of the kitchen in Fort Lee, New Jersey. I was on a 2 year postgraduate fellowship in Columbia University and had dragged my 3 year old son and infant daughter to the US. With 2 young children … More Instant Pot Low Carb Meatloaf
One of the biggest disservices to health has been the fast food movement. Or perhaps the instant food culture we live in. The memory of instant noodles has somewhat dimmed for me – I can’t believe I used to eat that for breakfast or for quick meals. I always knew that the high salt content … More Instant Pot Curry Chicken Noodles
