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Recipe • Char Siew (Chinese style BBQ pork)

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I've cooked char siew (Chinese style BBQ pork) using this recipe 4 times and it still remains our personal favourite. The first 2 times, I used pork collar which was nice but a bit on the dry lean side. Later on, the butcher whom I often buy pork from told me to try 边肉,also known as 不见天/梅花肉 or pork shoulder butt. It was indeed much better, with good amount of fats and lean meat! (╹◡╹)♡ If you tried any recipes on my humble blog and would like to share on your blog or any other social media platforms, please copy and include the URL so it'll link back to me. Kindly do not claim recipe as your own. Thank you! Ingredients: 350g Pork Shoulder Butt (不见天肉) *Ask your butcher to slice it into 3 connecting strips meant for char siew cooking. They should know how. Seasoning: 2 cloves of Garlic, crushed. 2 TBS Oyster sauce 1 heap TBS Hoi Sin sauce 1 TBS Honey 1.5TBS Raw Sugar 1 TBS Huadiao cooking wine 1 TBS Cooking Sake 2 tsp Sesame Oil 1/2 tsp Dark Soya sauce 80...

Recipe • Crispy Ebi Patty (Prawn Patty)

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Lil K loves munching on seaweed snack and couldn't wait to devour the Tao Kae Noi's tempura seaweed in salted egg flavor that I received! But first, I made  Prawn  patties and Prawn balls  with a portion of this addictive snack, creating a new taste! And served up an Ebi Burger! (♡˙︶˙♡) Juicy prawns in every bite! (╹◡╹)♡ If you tried any recipes on my humble blog and would like to share on your blog or any other social media platforms, please copy and include the URL so it'll link back to me. Kindly do not claim recipe as your own. Thank you! Ingredients: (Makes about 3 burger patties or 8 prawn balls) 8 medium sized Prawns 80g minced Chicken 1/3 pack of Tao Kae Noi Tempura Seaweed(Salted Egg) Panko (crisp bread crumbs) Cornflour 1 Egg, beaten Oil for frying Seasoning: 1 tsp Sugar 1 TBS Milk 1 TBS Cooking Sake 1 TBS Mirin 1/2 TBS Light Soy Sauce 1/4 tsp Salt 2 tsp Cornflour Dashes of Pepper Method: •Wash and deshell, devein the prawns...

Travel • Pattaya-Bangkok (June 2018)

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We went to Pattaya via Bangkok during the mid-year school holiday. An almost immediate thought that crosses people's mind would be, "huh,Pattaya? Got things for kids meh?" (Translate: Is Pattaya a kids-friendly destination?) Yes, there are aplenty of kids-friendly activities! Not that we had a lot of time to cover them all... Well, we had 5 days in Pattaya! On the 6th day, we were back to Bangkok where we stayed 3 nights...just to satisfy everyone mama's retail therapy needs! *\(^o^)/* Here's what we did! Day 1 •Arrived at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, transferred to a private coach bound for Pattaya, which we pre-booked on Klook  . •Check-in to Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort. Day 2 •Cartoon Network Amazone Water Park •Dinner at Harborland Pattaya Day 4 We booked a taxi driver for an entire day at THB1000 and visited: •Swiss Sheep Farm •Silverlake Vineyard •Khao Chi Chan Buddha (Buddha Mountain) •Dinner at Centra...

Tutorial • How to decorate hidden surprise cake

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Alright, so you are probably at this blog post because you read my  Condensed Milk Buttercream  recipe (*'▽'*)♪ and you knew I did not bake the cake from scratch! Haha! Of course, you may use your preferred cake of choice. I used store-bought mini chiffon cake. And may I clarify, I am not a professional at baking. I am sharing a method that worked well for me and hope you'll benefit from this sharing. (。’▽’。)♡ (╹◡╹)♡ If you tried any tutorial/recipes on my humble blog and would like to share on your blog or any other social media platforms, please copy and include the URL so it'll link back to me. Kindly do not claim recipe as your own. Thank you! Ingredients: Chiffon Cake or a round cake (extra cake to cover the hole if using chiffon cake) Buttercream M&M chocolates Colourful Sprinkles (Note 1) Fruits (I used strawberries & blueberries) Tools: Round cutter Knife Palette Knife/Silicone Spatula Spoon Method: •Slice both the chiffon cake...

Recipe • Condensed Milk Buttercream

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I "baked" a cake for my birthday this year. The inverted commas spelled out that it was a short-cut ≧∇≦ Haha! Because I am neither a fantastic baker(I'm still learning!) nor have the entire day to make a birthday cake from scratch. #Honesty I made Condensed Milk Buttercream and spread it around store-bought chiffon cake! Made it looked a lil rustic, topped with berries & added some hidden surprise! Tutorial for assembling the hidden surprise cake is  here . (╹◡╹)♡ If you tried any recipes on my humble blog and would like to share on your blog or any other social media platforms, please copy and include the URL so it'll link back to me. Kindly do not claim recipe as your own. Thank you! Ingredients: Amount is more than enough for a whole cake or half a dozen of mini chiffon cakes (4"). Extra buttercream can be kept in the fridge. 115g Unsalted Butter, soften 110g - 125g Icing Sugar 2 TBS Condensed Milk 1 tsp Vanilla Essence Pinch of Salt (or ...

Recipe • The Very Versatile Anchovy Soup Stock!

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I cook chinese style vegetable soup pretty often. It's a good way to increase the kids' vegetables intake and convenient for days when I only whip up a soup and meat dish. Most importantly, the boys love drinking their soup when it's cooked with this stock! This stock is suitable for many types of Chinese soup, example: Chinese Spinach meatballs/fishballs soup Wolfberry Leaves egg drop soup Yong Tau Foo soup Cabbage soup Shrimp-Pork dumplings soup Winter Melon soup & Cai Xin or Xiao Bai Cai soup too! I often get queries on what is the soup base when I post photos of such soup, so I think it's high time I give this delicious and versatile soup base its own space in this blog! Also, I hope my own kids will get to follow this recipe here and cook their favorite "mummy's soup" in future and be able to reminisce the taste of their childhood! (♡˙︶˙♡) (╹◡╹)♡ If you tried any recipes on my humble blog and would like to share on...