A paw full of spice makes everything nice
Stock the fridge with lots of food now… The holiday season is upon us. Bring on the booze, roast dinners, and baked goods. No wonder everyone gains weight this time of the year. The amount of food and libations thrown at you is truly sinful in its abundance. Not to mention all the leftovers. There…
Every mother has a secret ‘mom’ fantasy. A personal happy place in her mind she goes to when it all becomes too much. Don’t get it twisted – we love our families. We would die for our children if need be. But after a day full of whining, throw up and tantrums…well, off…
I like Kung Pao Chicken and I like chicken wings but I absolutely love these Kung Pao Chicken Wings. Why? Well, for one thing they are delicious. Tender on the inside and coated in a mouthwatering salty, sweet and spicy sauce. They don’t take much prep or an extensive amount of time to throw…
Oh, dinner salad. The often overlooked attempt at a healthy green side dish. Most of the time it is an after thought, following on to more glamorous main entrees like a lasagna, pizza or a roast: “just throw together some lettuce, tomato, cucumber, maybe go crazy and add some sliced onion or bell…
What do you think of when you think of vegetables? Do flashbacks of your childhood spring up? A stern parent pointing their finger at you while threatening no dessert if you don’t finish your greens? Does your imagination conjure up something dull, lifeless and tasteless? Something frozen or from a can? Something you eat…
When it comes to food, my weakness will always be fried chicken and I have been lucky enough to travel the world sampling each culture’s tasty version of the fried bird. So you can imagine my delight when I visited a local Thai and Vietnamese restaurant here in Malaysia and came across this concoction….
Some of the best food in China can be found in Xinjiang province, located in Western China and typically halal and more reminiscent of middle Eastern cuisine than of anything you would recognize from your local takeaway. Popular dishes of this region are spiced barbequed lamb, hand pulled…
Maybe it’s the perennial summer we have here in Malaysia or the anticipation of holiday eating, but more and more everyday I find myself wanting lighter and healthier meals. For many though, ‘lighter and healthier’ is synonymous for ‘bland and a buzzkill to eat’. Not necessarily. This dish is fast…
I love salmon cakes. For Christmas breakfast, I make salmon cakes topped with sliced avocado, a poached egg and a drizzle of Hollandaise sauce. On a weekday night, I throw together salmon cakes drizzled with parsley sauce served alongside crispy potatoes and steamed veg. There’s no wrong time. Now, as much as…
If you are like me and struggle with getting your beloved family members to eat more vegetables, then this soup is for you. Loaded with veg and full of flavor, my husband and child are none the wiser to my diabolical plan of getting them both to eat healthier. If you…
Every Autumn the food bloggers go a little crazy over pumpkin. Just check Foodgawker this time of year and you’ll be bombarded with all kinds of questionable pumpkin concoctions. Personally, I’d like to get on board with the experimentation but my (British) husband simply refuses to even look at it…
I first learned how to make karaage (kara a gee) chicken in a Japanese cooking class whilst living in Beijing. That was where I learned that coating things in cornstarch and frying until crispy was inspired by Chinese cooking to which I say, thank you China. For me, karaage chicken is…
I have fond childhood memories of my mother going to Taco Time and coming back with crispy burritos for my brother, sister and I. Long and crispy and wrapped in that crispy paper bag with unsealed open ends on both sides…I can hear myself crunching into it now. Recently I…
Cooking is as much about the mistakes as it is the successes. Believe me, I have learned the hard way, especially when it comes to making ravioli. The first time I tried to make homemade ravioli, the dough was too thick and not cooked through and contained a filling that was…
I like my wings like I like my men: a little sweet, a little salty, tender on the inside but hot and spicy throughout. What a tragedy it is to be in a bar, pub or on a dinner date and find that their wings (or your…
In these trying times I find it difficult to be cheerful in my food blog. We are living in highly charged political times and when you’re depressed by the news but can’t stop watching it, what’s the point of shamelessly promoting your chicken wing recipe? It just seems frivolous….
I have fond memories of my time in South Korea, particularly when it comes to the food. Aside from that wok-fried silkworm pupae I ate on a dare, I never had a bad meal. Everything was delicious, especially the kimchi. For anyone who knows…
Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got til it’s gone Preach it, Joni Mitchell! No words more true were ever sung. Not only is it applicable to life and love but also food. Case in point, the American version of Mexican food is head and shoulders…
‘Try the grey stuff-it’s delicious! Don’t believe us, ask the dishes!’ I remember that line from Beauty and the Beast as a child. In my mind, I just thought the ‘grey stuff’ was something fancy and French. As an adult, I contemplate how many grey foods there are out…
My desperate psychological need to feed people makes me obsessive over whether or not my friends and family eat breakfast. I know there are other things and meal to obsess over but I just can’t get over the fact that some people should be eating breakfast. My concern grew so great that…