One of the top few dishes that comes to your mind when think of Taiwanese food has to be Lu Rou Fan 滷肉飯， that nice, savoury sweet, braised pork over rice. It looks so simple yet it’s so comforting! My version is gonna be so simple and you can have this leftover for next day’s… Read More Pork Recipe: Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice 滷肉飯
Food: Taiwanese braised pork belly rice (sweet, savoury and rich) I was making this Taiwanese classic – Braised pork belly rice 卤肉饭. Recipe here. It was a comfort dish cooked for 1.5 hours on the stove. Succulent pork belly cooked with Chinese five spice, shiitake mushrooms, soy sauce, caramelised onions, and rootbeer (yes, root beer)!… Read More Wine blog: Which wine pairs well with Taiwanese braised pork rice?什么酒配卤肉饭
Tonkatsu is a common Japanese dish made from pork loin coated with crispy breadcrumbs. It is delicious but most recipes required deep frying hence it could be less desired for people who like something less fattening but healthier version. I learnt this oven baked pork cutlet technique from Justonecookbook.com and I serve it with Japanese… Read More Pork Recipe : Oven baked pork cutlet (Tonkatsu) with curry rice, without deep frying
I love Korean meals, they use so many vegetables in the recipes and Korean meals are always healthy! I learnt some of the tricks from Maangchi.com. She has very good traditional Korean recipes and it’s super fun to watch her video online. In this post, I’ll just make an easy bibimbap by using some common… Read More Vegetarian recipe: Rainbow Bibimbap 🌈
Since Cameron Highlands is famous for its tea plantations, and the cool England-like weather, afternoon tea in a relaxing English garden definitely sounds wonderful. After reading some good reviews about this hotel, we took a short walk from our hotel at Cameron Highlands Resort to The Smokehouse Hotel, which is just 500 metres/ 6 minutes… Read More Travel blog: Afternoon Tea at The Smokehouse Hotel, Cameron Highlands
Cameron Highlands Situated in West Malaysia, Cameron Highlands is about the same size as Singapore, it is also the highest point in Malaysia accessible by road. Day temperature is about 25C and night time can fall to below 12 C. Due to the colonial history in Malaysia, there are also some old English style resorts located… Read More Travel Blog: Places we visited in Cameron Highlands
Weekend getaway in Singapore is always good for whatever reasons. We planned a 3 night-trip to Cameron Highlands Malaysia last July. Accommodations is easy to book, but the transport was a nightmare. Lack of information online, and it’s not exactly an easy place to travel to without car. Hence I hope it will be useful… Read More Travel Blog: Bus ride from Singapore to Cameron Highlands (via Konsortium)
Last July we took a few days off and travelled to the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. A place I remembered since young as a highland with clean air, fresh produce like fruits, vegetables and flowers, a cool place that many Malaysians and tourists love to go. We took a bus from Singapore to Cameron Highlands, which… Read More Travel blog (Malaysia): Cameron Highlands Resort (A YTL Hotel) Review
Favourite recipe of the month. Even the fussy eater at home commented it’s very yummy. So I thought I should write and save this recipe down. Easy Portion: 2 person Time: Oven 1 hour Ingredients – 3-4 sprigs of fresh rosemary (finely chopped) – 1 lemon (1 tbsp juice, slice up the rest of… Read More Chicken recipe: Rosemary Chicken (1 Tray Dinner)
When you are wondering what to cook during a busy weekday, search no more! Just cook a pot of steamed rice, get a piece of chicken breast, eggs. You’re good to go! Healthy and simple lunch and dinner idea!