I baked this cake from a very old recipe that was on my-to-do list for a long, long time. Using very basic ingredients, this cake is moist and the brandy blended very well with the chocolate and orange flavours.Read on for the Rec...
5 Recipes to celebrate Easter
Happy Easter : I have been invited by Elin of Elinluv's Tidbits Corner to place a menu tagging game for the Easter party. Rule of the game is to suggest 5 to 10 recipes and upload the photos with their respective links. After that, I've to tag 10 bloggers to do the same.Here's my Easter menu from my past recipes. Click on the titles to go to the recipes.Bok Choy and Mushroom...
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miscellaneous
Dinner at Pakeeza restaurant
Pakeeza, a restaurant serving Northern Indian cuisine has been in existence in Ipoh for many years. It's one of our family's favourite place for dining. I did try to blog about the food in this restaurant before, but unfortunately the pictures taken then didn't turn out well even after editing, as the ambience, at that time was quite gloomy with blue coloured dining tables...
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Chicken,
Fish,
Restaurant food,
Veggie
Dongpo Pork
Dongpo Pork is a porky dish accidentally created by one of China's famed poets,Su Dong-Po in the Song dynasty. It was believed that the poet stewed the pork and when one of his friends came by for a visit, they engaged in a game of chess. They were so engrossed in the game that the dish was left unattended until a fragrant smell wafted from his kitchen. Thus, this...
BBQ pork Roll
I was pondering what to do with some leftover homemade 'Char Siew' and then it dawned on me, why not roll it up into a bun, a big bun in this case ....... BBQ Pork Roll.Read on for the Rec...
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Bread and Buns,
Nuts and Seeds,
Pork
Chicken Salad
Whipped up this simple salad for dinner recently, something light and refreshing after having a heavy lunch. I enjoyed it tremendously and look forward to concocting more of such one-dish meal in future.Read on for the Rec...
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Chicken,
Nuts and Seeds,
Salad,
Veggie
Stir-fry Udon
This is a simple straightforward noodle dish which can be done in a jiffy. Quick and easy to prepare, yet double up as a one-dish tasty and hearty meal!Read on for the Rec...
Nanfeng Kiln and lunch at Foshan, Guangdong, China
Another place of interest that we visited when we were in Foshan was the Nanfeng Kiln located in Shiwan town. It's the oldest surviving furnace in the world and dates back to 500 years during the Ming dynasty. There were some stalls there selling souvenirs of pottery like wine cups, teapots and cups, also some very fine and articulately done ceramic figurines.Read on for...
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Holiday trips,
miscellaneous,
Restaurant food,
Travel
Foshan, Guangdong China
I had a short holiday in Guangzhou, China recently and visited Foshan which is about 28 km from Guangzhou. It was a free and easy trip as our main objective, my siblings and I, was to trace our roots and take a peek at our grandpa's village which is in Nanhai, one of the five districts that made up Foshan. The above picture is of a couple in marriage, right at the entrance to the 'Zumiao',...
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Holiday trips,
miscellaneous,
Travel
Red bean lotus root soup
It's the norm that we always associate red beans with desserts, mooncakes, sweet pastries or 'tong sui. Wellit didn't occur to me that they also make a good soup ingredient, savoury that is, until I had my first taste of red bean in a soup when I was dining out in Melbourne. Now, here's my version of adding red beans in this 'Red bean, lotus root and pig tail soup'.Read on for the Rec...
Green Chilli Chicken
I have tasted this dish many, many years ago but somehow it had never crossed my mind to cook this. But then this morning I saw quite a lot of fresh green chillies in the market place going for a fairly cheap price and it struck me to replicate this dish ............. yummy!Read on for the Rec...
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