Quail Egg Chawanmushi

Of Chawanmushi and Dashi (Skip to recipe) Chawanmushi – Delicate, and light as a cloud, with a deep umami flavour. A good chawanmushi is a simple thing, and like many simple things, you need to understand some finer points to get it right. This is my recipe for...
Garlic Butter Shimeji Mushrooms

Garlic Butter Shimeji Mushrooms

I find this combination delicious – shimeji mushrooms, with the fragrance  of garlic and the richness of butter. And it a vey simple dish to make. You melt butter, sauté the garlic, and toss in the mushrooms. Season. Done. However, I do mine with one extra step,...
Stuffed Kampong Chicken

Stuffed Kampong Chicken

This one is simple, really simple. And you can add whatever you want, make it as luxurious as you want. This likely has to be a weekend recipe. Start with a Kampong Chicken, marinate overnight. Next day, cook mushroom rice, stuff it into the chicken. Wrap the chicken...
The Great Bowls of Tasty Street

The Great Bowls of Tasty Street

What makes food delicious? Sometimes it is a thoughtful combination. Such as a perfectly cooked egg, wagyu beef and the right vegetables. On rice. With a good sauce. There is something about magical about egg and beef. When you break that egg, and the rich yolk oozes...
Teriyaki Chicken from scratch

Teriyaki Chicken from scratch

Its not hard, and it takes just 4 ingredients. Master this recipe, and you will have folks eating out of your hand! I have a very definite idea of what Teriyaki chicken is – a delicious piece of skin-on chicken, grilled, with crispy skin and coated in a lovely...
Farmers of Singapore : Uncle William

Farmers of Singapore : Uncle William

I love to eat, and farmers grow and raise food. We get our food, wrapped and packed from air-conditioned supermarkets, but it starts at the farm. It begins with dedication, hard work, a deep set of knowledge and skills, and a labour of love. I love quail eggs. They...

Scaled – by Ah Hua Kelong

We love our seafood. Sushi, Otoro, wild caught salmon, Alaskan King Crabs, Sri Lankan crab. Most of it flown, in, sometimes live, or in some cases, carefully flash-frozen, vacuum sealed, and then shipped across entire oceans, every step of the supply chain carefully...