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Soup with Preserved Green Mustard and Tofu 咸菜豆腐汤 / The love from my mom (Part 2)
There is no complete Chinese dinner without a soup, says me. :-D As mentioned before, a classic Chinese home dinner is a combination of 3 dishes plus 1 soup. No matter if it is for two, three or four...
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Mushroom Congee with Angelica Acutiloba & Goji Berries/ The mystery of...
I hope I didn’t freak you out with the title of this post. What the heck is angelica acutiloba??? Well, we Chinese don’t call it like that obviously. We call it ‘当归/Dang Gui’ or ‘Dong Quai'; and it...
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Nasi Lemak with Vegetarian Acar /Memoir of the 90 years old granny
It was year 1993, in an old village where I used to live in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. A 90 years old Malay granny walked by my grandparents’ house. ‘Naaa…si Lemaaak…’, ‘Naaa…si Lemaaak…’ she dragged the...
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Penang Char Kway Teow/ 素食炒粿条/ Fried flat rice noodle
Char Kway Teow is said to be a dish symbolizes the Chinese people who came to Malaysia in the very beginning from the South of China. It is a street dish tossed with high heat and it generates high...
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Golden Pumpkin Rice/ 金瓜饭/ Living in a busy life
Halloween is coming, pumpkins are everywhere to be seen. Is it the same in all countries? I love seeing pumpkins, not only that I wish to know how to carve them and put candles inside them, they also...
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Grandmother’s Prawns with Green Chili /回家过年咯/ Ready for Chinese New Year
It’s been awhile since I wrote last time. Guess what, I finally finished my thesis! 78 pages, I’ll be graduating and getting my Bachelor’s degree in March. :-D FINALLY! And right after I finished my...
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How to eat ‘meat’ without killing any animals / 自制面筋/ Homemade Seitan with...
I am not a vegetarian but I cook mostly vegetarian food at home nowadays. It’s definitely a healthier option for me. Especially when there is only vegetarian dish on the table, it is so easy to get...
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The Idea of Meatless Monday for Finns / Fried Long-life Noodles with Seitan
You may not know because I haven’t told you yet, I have turned from a waitress/host to a chef for a few weeks now for my sister’s hotel HUONE . It has been fascinating, thrilling and a little tiring....
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My beautiful, lovely Grandmother/ 外婆的咸肉粽/ Glutinous Rice Dumpling Wrapped in...
I only started to appreciate traditions and festival foods after I came to live in Finland, a place that has winter more than 6 months, celebrates to the midnight sun during the summer that lasts no...
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Somtam Salad / Spicy Thai Salad 凉拌泰式沙拉 & Birthday
It’s been a really hot summer. The weather doesn’t make me feel like eating or doing much. I’m not a big fan of salad, but lately I’ve been craving for something light, spicy, sweet and sour because...
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My first dish as a 13 year old/ Simple egg fried rice
I remember that I found a big bowl of leftover cooked rice in the rice cooker when I was home alone, hungry. Suddenly I felt so determined that I wanted to make food for myself. I was 13 and have...
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Soto Ayam / Yellow Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup
Soto ayam, a classic Indonesian dish that is spicy, sour, flavourful and infused in aromas. I have only tasted it when our Indonesian friend Nora made it for us a few weeks ago. I have been craving...
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Onigiri /My new favourite thing 饭团
Last Christmas my husband and I went travelling to Japan. We were visiting Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Tokyo and Nagoya. We also soaked in the onsen of Hakone and ate the legendary black egg that cooked in...
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Cheat Okonomiyaki / Japanese savoury vegetables pancake 简易大阪烧
Just that I haven’t emphasised enough, this is a cheating version of an okonomiyaki. Some Japanese people probably hate me right now for spoiling their recipe with one of the most popular foods in...
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Homemade Vegan Chinese Wonton 自制素饺子/ Tofu and vegetables dumplings
I have made many dumplings before but never a vegan one. And sometimes when the quality of meat was not good, the taste really does put off your appetite. And I wondered, why do we try so hard to...
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