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...

Du Jian Kou (Melaka)

Sometimes, you come upon simple places selling simple food, and find a small piece of deliciousness. The food may not be the best in the world, but you just have fond memories.  This humble little place in Melaka is one of them. It’s an easy place to miss. A...

Baby, Buttered Carrots

Remember the baby carrots of a previous post? The real ones? Well, they cost… a bit, so I made good use of them. I did butter carrots. I dry fried them first to add some interest and colour. This works well with normal carrots too, of course. And yes, you can do...

Three steps for Schnitzel – flour, eggs, breadcrumbs

From Wikipedia : A schnitzel (German pronunciation: [ˈʃnɪtsəl]) is boneless meat, thinned with a meat tenderizer, coated with flour, beaten eggs and bread crumbs, and then deep fried. Schnitzels are delicious. I love them, and made them recently when some friends came...

Eggs : 7 degrees of separation

Eggs. Are amazing little things. How does a hen peck at grains, and convert that into something as delicious as an egg? Are two ingredients, not one. The yolk and the white have distinctly different properties. Are very sensitive to temperature I think this picture...

Bao Bao Food in Kranji : Rustic Tze Char

The French have their bistros, Singaporeans have our Tze Char stalls. When we want comfort food, when we want to eat well, and not spend that much, we turn to the Tze Chars. They cut out the frills, and just focus on what matters. The food. For the staff, it must be...