All right I give in. After I had posted about the bergedil recipe and had a couple of friends raving about Soto Ayam (apparently Bergedil should be eaten with Soto Ayam) I kept thinking about it and finally decided to make it! So my deep dark confession is that I am not that fond of … More Indonesian Soto Ayam
I’m feeling awfully pleased with myself. Today somebody shared a post on FB by Ieatishootipost on Bergedil and I immediately had a craving. Bergedil is a Malay potato patty that is made from mashed potatoes, fried shallots, coriander and/or spring onions, dipped in egg and fried. It is often eaten as an accompaniment to other … More Low Carb Bergedil (Malay “Potato” Patties)
I love hawker food. Singapore’s street food culture is truly amazing and there are places one can find a great meal for less than USD$5. Any time of the day. Of course, the problem comes when trying to navigate food options when you are on a strict low carb diet. How low carb? Well, I … More SG50 Celebrating Hawker Food the Low Carb Way
Coconut is no longer the bad guy. Growing up in a home with doctor parents I remember as a kid i was taught that one of the deadly dietary sins was to use coconut milk in curry. Of course, years down the line we now know that the big bad guy is actually sugar and … More Low Carb Coconut Ice Cream Popsicles
Home again. It always happens after being away for a couple of days; no matter how well I have eaten (or how badly), there is nothing like coming back home and having a hot bowl of porridge or soup. There is something terribly Chinese and comforting about hot soup. It has to be scaldingly hot before … More Chicken and Prawn Meatballs in Bamboo Shoot Soup
Home alone. One of those odd days where kid #1 is on an overseas school trip, kid #2 is at school camp and hubs is at work. I’d been making inroads in a book by John Ortberg that described how an online magazine had put up a challenge for readers to summarize their lives in 6 … More Cold Tofu and Century Egg
Flavour bombs. Growing up in Asia I have always taken for granted the richness of flavours in our food. When I was doing my fellowship in Columbia Uni, I had a fellow lab rat who was Dutch and I was always taken aback that his lunch would comprise a cheese sandwich and a carton of … More Lemongrass Pork Meatballs
It’s Vesak Day and in my usual overscheduled way I decided to pack my day full to the brim (hey I work a full-time job – even time off is scheduled! Got up at the crack of dawn to go to do ward rounds, discovered that my good AC had already done them (thanks JL!) … More Low Carb Hong Kong Egg Tarts
I’m feeling a little proud of myself today. Who would have thought that this quintessentially carb-laden sour-starchy-noodly dish could be made low carb? Truth to tell I haven’t eaten Lor Mee for about 2 years already. This attempt is a valiant one and I like to think it was pretty successful. I think there is … More Low Carb Lor Mee (Chinese Braised Pork Noodles)
There are two things that most Asians can’t do without. One is rice and the other is noodles. Happily, there is a low carb alternative to noodles called “shirataki noodle” which can be found in Japanese supermarkets, or in Singapore is available in selected Cold Storage and NTUC Finest supermarkets. Shirataki is made from konjac … More About Shirataki Noodles
Still Feeling Peckish 