It’s been a really interesting year. Looking back on my roller coaster year I am grateful for the times I’ve been able to retreat to the kitchen and create food and moments that remain significant memories. I’m grateful for Year 4 of low carb lifestyle. I’m grateful that I wake up everyday alive and kicking! … More Recipe Roundup 2017
December is a wonderful time of the year. Work doesn’t quite grind to a halt but lets up gently for a while and allows one to take a deep breath before the next big thing. 2017 has been an eventful year for me – lots of interesting new experiences like trying to balance work and … More Wafu Miso Steak and Cauliflower Purée
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
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
Is it possible to survive in Asia if you really want to be strict with a low carb diet? To be honest after going low carb for the past 4 years, I still have some difficulty eating out. My family knows that I never go into Thai or Vietnamese restaurants willingly and I will only … More Low Carb Korean Bibimbap
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
It’s sheer indulgence to have a cooking vacation but I did need a break. With cheap tickets with Scoot, kid#1 and I flew to an airbnb in Perth to have some time away from the hurry and bustle of life in Singapore. Kid#1 is an ideal travelling companion. He is eating low carb at the … More Kale Chips
When my kids were little, there was a story book they loved, called Pizza Pat. It was one of those audibly appealing books where the story rolled off the tongue – “this is Pat…This is the tray that Pat bought…This is the dough all stretchy and floppy that lay in the tray that Pat bought…this … More Low Carb Chicken Crust Pizza
I really love Korean food. Part of it was due to living in a town that was heavily populated by Koreans when I was in the US – people on the streets or in the shops didn’t necessarily speak English! Part of it is also the reinforcement from Korean movies that seemed to feature gorgeous … More Low Carb Kimchi Cauliflower Fried “Rice”
Still Feeling Peckish 