Sides & Snacks

Sides & Snacks

Viral Stuffed Crust Pizza Hack (EASY!)

Been seeing this on IG and TT, and it IS worth the hype. In just 15 minutes, you get your own generously filled, stuffed-crust pizza at home that’s crispy on the edges and gooey in the centre. Using sausages in place of string cheese for two of the edges bulks up the entire thing…

Sides & Snacks, Vegetables

Spicy Korean Eggplant

Slippery slabs of eggplant (no al dente here) sop up all that highly fragrant, spicy seasoning mix – which comes together in a cinch. You’re basically just mixing up a couple of things together. The most arduous part of this recipe is probably setting up the steamer for the eggplants to steam, or…

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Buttered Anchovy Toast (Jammy Egg Optional)

While I was in Sydney recently, it was happenstance that I managed to catch the very captivating Nigella Lawson (my idol since young!) live at their State Theatre. And during her compelling sharing, she mentioned one of her absolute favourite things to eat –  a slice of toast, buttered so thickly you’d leave teeth marks …

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Korean Marinated Eggs (Mayak)

Unlike the usual marinated eggs (there’s an killer drunken eggs in my second cookbook that I adore, a recipe given to me by a very talented friend), the Korean ones call for a host of chopped up aromatics. Nothing subtle about it – like most Korean dishes. You mince garlic, spring onions, chilies, and add it to the marinade to steep your eggs in. When making these delicate jammy eggs, I always account for some casualties – inevitably…

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How to Poach an Egg

Honestly, I’ve always been intimidated by the idea of poaching eggs and only successfully poached my first egg back in 2020, during the circuit breaker. Once everything reopened, I just stopped poaching eggs. Too many things to do, too many things to cook. Variety is the spice of life! Recently…

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Perfectly Jammy Eggs

These are the starting point for those marinated eggs you see topping your bowl of ramen noodles. They also instantly make any dish look more like a treat, their sunset-hued yolks teetering on the cusp of oozy and fudgy (the best of both worlds, like a Gemini!), promising to…