The kids have moved back home! Kid#1 has finally finished university and Kid#2 is on term break and is back from hostel. All of a sudden the grocery bill has bounced up and leftovers in the fridge disappear rapidly. Usually most days I either skip breakfast (when I pretend I’m doing intermittent fasting) or just … More Okonomiyaki Waffles
Spice is what we live for in South East Asia. Even when I go on family holidays I am equipped with curry or chilli powder/pastes. And someone will end up buying a large bottle of chilli crisp or hard core sambal along the way. It is gratifying now that the kids are older and they … More Spicy Korean Mushrooms
Happy Chinese New Year everybody! It’s the Spring Festival – in Singapore it’s vacillating between bright sunshine and heavy downpours…making it a slightly cooler Chinese New Year because I’ve always associated this season with scorching heat and sweating under scratchy new clothes. This year there’s a sense of energy and optimism, a long departure from … More Fish Jelly Recipe
It’s rolled around to that time of the year again…Chinese New Year! Unlike last year, the lunar calendar has designated the holiday to fall in February which fortunately gives us a good breather after Christmas. I must say that I had a very busy but satisfying January and after finishing several new work and church … More The “Perfect” Pineapple Tart
I haven’t been writing for a while. It’s been a truly busy season – no excuses – but gone are the days that I could post a recipe a week. But this month was a month I wanted to put down a milestone marker to celebrate my 10th diaversary…or diabetic anniversary. It was 10 years … More Asian Beef Mince Bowl
It’s been a while. No excuses but it’s been so crazy that posting recipes has really fallen by the wayside. We’ve been travelling lots and the last flight home we caught Covid and so I haven’t quite got past the sense of always being behind the curve. So what pushed me to write this recipe … More Faux Japanese Potato Salad
I think I’m done with eating! It’s the 3rd day of the Lunar New Year celebrations and because day 1 fell on a Sunday we have an extra day off. So we’ve literally been having massive meals for the past 4 days (we start off the reunion dinner on the eve of Chinese New Year). … More Braised Sea Cucumber and Mushrooms With Broccoli
The word for the season…breathless! Christmas is not even a month over and Chinese New Year is upon us already. Because Chinese New Year dates depend on the lunar calendar, once in a while CNY lands a little too early in January. It’s even more exciting if Hari Raya also ends up around the same … More Furikake Cheese Crackers
I’ve been traveling. And one thing about getting older and more confident is that I’ve become more articulate about what I prefer to do on holiday and how we get to travel. I always thought that hubs was a thwarted secret tour guide and he used to take control of all our holidays and bookings, … More Everything But The Kitchen Sink Japanese Curry
Still Feeling Peckish 