Cookbook Challenge Week 23: Pandan Chicken

Cookbook Theme: Leaf
I love pandan in desserts, especially the use of fresh pandan leaves and juices which gives the dish a sweet and fragrant aroma.
This pandan chicken is my first ever pandan savoury dish. The mouth-watering picture of chicken pieces wrapped in fresh pandan leaves is simply irresistible. The recipe I used is a [...]

Gỏi Ngó Sen Tôm Thịt – Vietnamese Lotus Stem Salad with Prawns and Pork

Vietnamese salad is healthy, refreshing and has an explosion of flavours. A Vietnamese salad always makes an appearance at every of my family parties.
This delicious lotus stem salad is another version of a Vietnamese salad with prawns and pork I made previously. Using the lotus stem gives this salad an amazing crunch. This refreshing, [...]

The Cookbook Challenge Week 21: Curry Puffs

Theme: Thai
I was very excited about “Thai” being this week’s theme for the Cookbook Challenge, because I absolutely love Thai food. I love the unique sour, sweet and spicy nature of Thai food. I have a couple of Thai cookbooks and flicking through the pages of these books got me very excited and my [...]

Cute Bento # 2

I made my first cute bento a couple of weeks ago and I think I’m becoming obsessed with cute looking food.
Today I use two rice moulds shaped with faces of a girl and boy. On the rice moulds you can see facial features but when the rice comes out it’s just a nicely packed blob [...]

Almond Cookies Using Alphabet Cookie Cutters

A couple of months ago I bought a bucket of alphabet cookie cutters hoping to make some cookies with my 3 year old. I thought it would be fun to teach her words using yummy cookies. She has been asking me to make cookies ever since I bought the cookie cutters home but I haven’t [...]

Lotus Root Soup with Pork Ribs

Brrrr. Yesterday we woke up to a cold 16°C. The reality of winter approaching suddenly hits. I guess we have been spoilt with a very warm autumn during the past month that I thought we were still in summer. Even with the warm weather, the kids and Husband were sick during the last two weeks. [...]

Bánh Xèo – Vietnamese Sizzling Crepe

Whenever I see the abundance of Vietnamese herbs growing in my parent’s backyard, I always crave for a refreshing Vietnamese dish served with lots of fresh herbs.
I decided to make bánh xèo (sizzling crepe) to make use of the fresh herbs. Bánh xèo is made from rice flour, coconut and turmeric, and is pan-fried with [...]