Jan
31
2008
I think a lot of people often wonder how come the green vegetables they ordered at the restaurants always looked so green and fresh? Well, there’s a trick to it that not many people know.
The few vegetables that we always want to maintain their freshness colors are such as broccoli, kale (kai-lan) and mustard (choy-sum).
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Jan
28
2008
This is another very easy recipe adapted from the ‘Mama Recipes’ cookbook that we’ve bought. All you need to do is to all the ingredients and mix them with the spare ribs before sending it to the simmer.
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Ingredients
600g Spare ribs (ask the butcher to cut into 2″ long for each piece)
To season with
1tbsp Garlic (chopped [...]
Jan
25
2008
For some quick healthy alternatives, I do make some simple and easy to boil soup. It’s not those double boil soup where you need to boil for more than 2 hours. These, usually called ‘kuan-tong’ or simply translate to ‘heat up the soup’ in Cantonese.
What I normally do for such dish is to have some [...]
Jan
19
2008
Most of us have seen the dried cordycepts but not many have seen the fresh and fake ones. The dried ones looked like dead caterpillars but the raw ones don’t really look like one except for the sectioned body.
I’ve seen the actual plant of the fresh fake cordycept in Cameron Highlands but have never seen [...]
Jan
17
2008
A few weeks back I suddenly have the crave for celery. Not sure why. Then I was thnking I can use them to cook porridge for Darrius too so I bought a bundle every time I go to Tesco.
I normally just do a clear stir-fry without any other ingredients except some chopped garlic but I [...]