Apr
16
2008
I guess I have been neglecting this blog big time! I have been extremely busy minding my demanding ‘boss’ and also the long stay in KL plus my cupcakes e-shoppe as business was quite good when I was in KL.
This is a dish I concocted after our meal at one of these Hong Kong Char-Chan-Teng [...]
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 [...]
Sep
29
2007
I do not know about raw shan yào or huái shan until my mom showed it to me one day last year. In fact I’ve never even heard that there are raw ones being sold here. According to my mom, shan yao is quite popular among the Japanese.
We normally use the dried ones [...]
Sep
17
2007
A few years ago, I don’t ever remember seeing this roots being sold in our markets. However, gobo has make its way into our markets recently after the cheaper version was being imported from China. Gobo is one of Japanese food and it was said to have plenty of nutrients. And if you have notice, [...]