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How to deep fry Fish Maw 怎样油炸鱼鳔
Fish Maw 花膠/鱼鳔 is commonly used in Chinese cooking especially served during Chinese New Year as Chinese people consider fish maw to be a luxury item. It is an excellent source of collagen. Fish maw...
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Spicy and Sour Fish Maw Soup (Foochow style) 酸辣鱼鳔
After I deep fry the fish maw, then I used it to cook this spicy and sour fish maw soup, love this version too ! very appetizing indeed.. Fish maw itself taste is bland, so you need other ingredients...
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Hup Tou Sou Cookies ( 没有核桃的合桃酥)~~欢喜过马年
When I saw Lite Home Bake mentioned about the traditional Hup Tou Sou cookies (Hup Tou=walnut) some actually has no walnut, remind me of the Hup Tou Sou cookies made by Reese. I tasted her Hup Tou Sou...
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Chicken Meat Floss 鸡肉丝~~欢喜过马年
The other day, I saw a method of making meat floss published in a newspaper. Since the steps sound simple, so I also quickly try it out..At first, i tried with pork meat floss, but the taste was bland...
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Macaron de Nancy 南锡杏仁蛋白饼~~欢喜过马年
This is a new cookie recipe that i just tried out and I feel it is suitable for this coming CNY. When i saw this recipe in a cookbook, the special name and beautiful and unique crack effect were...
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Braised Napa cabbage with Egg floss 蛋酥滷白菜~~欢喜过马年
The braised Napa cabbage is a popular and common dish in Taiwan, they called it as 滷白菜. The other day I saw this dish in a Taiwan cook show (by Taiwan's celebrity chef 阿基師), and I know this dish...
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Kuih Bangkit (tapioca biscuits) 茨粉饼/番婆饼~~欢喜过马年
Kuih Bangkit (or tapioca biscuits) is one of my family favourite's CNY cookie. Earlier I have hard time to remove the kuih from the traditional wooden mould. But not for this year, I have found the...
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Almond Flakes Crisp 杏仁片脆饼~~欢喜过马年
The other day when I chatting with my SIL about CNY cookies, I told her to make this easy Almond Flakes Crisp which is crunchy and additive. When she asked for a recipe, and I realized that I have few...
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Honeycomb Cookies (Kuih Rose/Loyang) new recipe~ 蜂窝饼 ~~欢喜过马年
Last year I tasted my sister-in-law's honeycomb cookies and I was impressed with her cookies that tasted so crunchy and light. I made my first honeycomb cookies last year, even it was crunchy but...
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Golden Ingot Pineapple Tarts 金元宝黄梨酥~~欢喜过马年
After busy for about two weeks, I have almost done all the CNY cookies, still have two more cookies to go which I have to use up the leftover egg whites. Beside almond flakes crisp, another cookies is...
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Galloping Horses (Ma Haw) , 骏马旺来~~欢喜过马年
I have never prepare an appetizer for CNY eve dinner before. This year I got this idea to prepare this Thai appetizer "Ma Haw" for CNY eve dinner after first tasted this yummy appetizer at the Erawan...
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Steamed Chinese Sausages with Arrowhead 花开富贵（腊肠蒸芽菇)~~欢喜过马年
This is an easy dish to be prepared, simply steam the Chinese sausages and arrowhead. Since I have some free time, I tried to assemble them to look like a flower shape, Chinese said 花开富贵, good name...
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Buddha Jumps Over The Wall 佛跳牆~~欢喜过马年
Last year I challenge myself to make Poon Choi ( Big Bowl Feast ) 盆菜 during CNY, and this year I did this Buddha Jumps Over The Wall 佛跳牆. My version is easy and simple version, total only 8...
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Jin Qian Ban 金錢粄 (Pumpkin Kueh with Mung Beans ) ~~欢喜过马年
Last year I did a fondant covered cake for Pai Tin Kong (Hokkien peoples pray to Jade Emperor on CNY day9) . But this year I did something simple, I made this Jin Qian Ban ( similar like Ang Ku Kueh...
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Waxed Duck with White Radish (Daikon) Soup 咸腊鸭白萝卜汤~~欢喜过马年
During CNY, you can see a lot of waxed ducks selling at the market. I bought two pieces the other day. The seller thought me this new way of using waxed duck to cook into soup. One waxed duck used to...
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Mandarin Oranges Decorated Chiffon Cake 橘子心型威风蛋糕~~欢喜过马年
Today is Western's Valentine Day and also Chinese's Valentine Day (Chap Goh Mei), double happiness. I made this cake which has both West and East elements. Mandarin orange represented Chap Goh Mei,...
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Japanese Miso and Carrot Salad Dressing 日式味噌胡萝卜沙拉酱
My sister-in-law highly recommended this Miso Carrot salad dressing (on a crab meat salad) to me when we had lunch at a Japanese restaurant. We were tried to figure out what contain inside this...
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Rosemary and Lemon Roasted Chicken 迷迭香柠檬烤鸡
I made this roasted chicken when I organized a family gathering at my house during Valentine's day and Cap Goh Mei. So it was a super busy day by preparing 2 roasted chickens, mushroom soup, crab meat...
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Lemon Curd 柠檬酱
I never know this simple lemon curd can be so yummy. After I tasted a nice Lemon Meringue tart the other day, I was so impressed with this lemon curd. As usual, come back home, I made this Lemon...
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Otak-Otak Kuey Teow Mee (stir fried flat rice noodles with Otak-otak) 乌达炒粿条面
My mother brought back some Otak-otak (is a cake made of fish meat and spices) for me from Muar. The first thing I want to cook with this Otak-otak is to use it to stir fry with noodles which I seen...
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