Instant Dry Laksa
While I’m not quite dexterous or determined enough to make laksa paste from scratch (when the time comes, you’ll be the first to know…), I do find a ready made paste comes in pretty handy for a quick meal at home. Bulk it up…
Rice, Noodles, Pasta
Instant Ramen Upgrade
No prizes for guessing which country I’m currently obsessed with. :b Did not manage to eat a single Ramen dish during my (TOO SHORT) trip to Seoul recently, so I had to make this jazzed up version at home. Pork goes superbly well with kimchi but feel free to use whatever meat…
Black Pepper Beef Udon
Glistening strands of chewy udon noodles flecked with bits of black pepper, the spice here playing a lead role with its assertive vocals ringing throughout the dish. No mere cursory grind of black pepper just because it’s there. It’s Beyonce in here, not Michelle. We want…
Niku Udon | Beef Udon
Chewy udon noodles nestled in piping hot dashi broth, topped with jagged slices of pink-swirled Japanese fishcake, and a tangle of soy-sweetened beef shabu. If you so desire, top with an onsen or jammy egg. I don’t usually make my own dashi – I find…
Homey Sliced Fish & Pork Congee
The century egg is used here to aid in the breaking down of the rice grains – you can’t taste it at all in the final product, for those who may be squeamish about the eggs. I’ve also got 2 congee recipes in my first and second book, both variations of …
Kimchi Fried Rice
This recipe converted my kimchi-averse mum, who now suspects that she may actually be fond of the fermented vegetable. It’s honestly hard to go wrong with this. Charred rice (the perfect use for overnight rice), golden cubes of spam, the aged complexity of kimchi, umami from fish and…
The Ultimate Oyakodon
A few things to note for this parent-and-child (oyako) rice bowl (don). First, brown your chicken thigh cubes. The browned bits add more flavour and besides, boiled, grey chicken cubes do not look appealing. Even worse, boiled cubes of breast meat…
Smash Burger x Tacos
A Smash Burger (hi shake shack!) and a taco had a lovechild! Exciting things are happening, for sure. Once the fat is rendered out of the ground beef, you flip it over, and let your tortillas sizzle up in the beef fat, as a slice of processed, garishly yellow…
Chicken Dashi & Rice Soup
A fortifying bowl of chicken dashi and rice soup, sweetened with the tender bite of root vegetables and spiked with ginger and sake. Like a hug in a bowl. Exactly what you crave on balmy evenings or when in dire need of comfort. To make things easier for a weeknight dinner, I’ve used instant dashi teabags here – get good quality…
Granny’s Yam Rice
This is another (almost) one pot wonder that my Granny often made for lunch, from the time my mum was a little girl till now. This recipe is taken from my first book, Three Dishes One Soup, which also features a bunch of Granny’s recipes like her famous Ngoh Hiong…