I’ve never tried making wraps before but each time I ordered a sandwich in Subway and looking at their wraps makes me want to have a try! So the other day while grocery shopping I took the ‘courage’ and bought a pack of wholemeal Mission Wrap to try making my very own omelette wraps. You know me, I’ll try making it as simple as possible as I don’t like spending too much time in the […]

When Ethan was younger, I always cook salmon for him. I stopped when he grew older. I don’t know why (maybe because salmon is costly) we just stopped eating salmon for several years now until today. We were in AEON Supermarket when I spotted their salmon selling at 50% less. Bought several packs home and immediately started cooking dinner. Ingredients: Salmon Greens of your choice (Broccoli, Carrot & Corn) Garlic spread Parsley Since the salmon […]

I’ve not had Roti John for the longest time ever. Roti John is basically an omelette sandwich. These days people prefer to have meat in the omelette. If you drop by any Roti John stall, you’ll find the common minced chicken meat or beef being used but for me, I’ve always preferred to use sardine instead (as my mom has been making it this way since I was little). Yesterday the thought of Roti John […]

When I was younger, I already love to eat petai. My second sister however is not a fan of it. I remembered taking a bite of the petai from my mother’s sambal and gave out a loud “HAH” in front of my sis so she could smell my breath! I remembered how pissed she was! LoL! Those were the good ol’ days.. Though I love sambal especially with petai in it, I’ve never tried dishing […]

I’m a very happy woman today. Darling left to work with a smile on his face saying he had a delicious breakfast, better than those he gets from the Mamak stall! Oh me, oh my! It’s not everyday I get such a compliment from him so you can imagine me floating in the air smiling like a silly little girl. I’m so happy that I’m blogging this out immediately! LoL! I ‘accidentally’ woke up a […]

I’ve been wanting to post this up for some time now but never had the time until today :D My mother prepares this simple meal for us often as all of us loves it. She gave me 2 cans of luncheon meat the last time I went back hometown so I thought of trying making this myself. This is the first time I’m making this so let’s see how it turns out! Luncheon meat roll […]

I have more time to spare in the kitchen now that Ethan is attending kindergarten. Ethan loves sweet and sour fish while Darling loves sweet and sour crab but I’ve never tried cooking sweet and sour prawns before until several days ago. This is the outcome. Very yummy with lots of gravy to drench the rice. Ethan and I love our rice to be wet so I deliberately cook up extra gravy. Sweet and Sour […]

Last week during the one week school holidays, I was on a cooking spree. I tried loads of new recipes. One of them was this Kampar Claypot Chicken Rice by Debbie Teoh. I watched her YouTube tutorial and it looked so easy, with most of the ingredients not being too fancy that I have all of them in my kitchen at all times (except the claypot >_<) Chicken marinate ingredients: 1) 500 grams chicken whole […]

I used to cook this dish when I was courting Darling decades ago but ever since we got married I don’t remember ever serving him this until today :) I’ve forgotten how to cook it that I had to call my mother to make sure. Unlike some other Nyonya Assam Prawn (especially the Penang version) where the prawn are fried until dry and a bit burnt, my mom’s is the wet version. I remembered as […]

How many of you here is a fan of ice-blended beverages? I’m a HUGE fan of ice-blended but not just any blender can blend ice, mind you. You need a blender with really solid steel blades to do the job.  Imagine my delight when I was invited by Pensonic (courtesy of Nuffnang) to the launch of PapaBlend blender at MYoga, The Gardens mid of last month. I was so excited I told Darling I’m so gonna […]

When you see married couples without a baby, your immediate thoughts would be, “Why?” and you can’t keep yourself from asking them, “When?” When people see married couples with only ONE child, they’ll not hesitate to ask, “When’s number TWO coming along?” I got asked that question ALL THE TIME now that Ethan is already 5. While I can always avoid that topic when he was younger, it is not so easy to brush people […]

I had planned to make this afro head steamed broccoli and fishball for lunch today. It took me ten minutes to get that ONE afro head done. I was expecting a guest for lunch so I knew I won’t be able to get this ready on time. I stir-fried them instead >_< Nevertheless, here’s the recipe of what I intended to make: Ingredients: Fishballs Broccoli Carrot, cut into 1cm thin sharp pieces Corn flour Oyster […]

Not too long ago, Ethan’s favourite KorKor XiangCool bought him a recipe book for kids titled Kids Can Cook. Ethan has been super excited to try the recipes in there from that day onwards but I’ve been busy. Today, we finally had time to spare in the kitchen and Ethan chose his favourite recipe, ‘Fish Bites’. Ethan and I are fish person. We super duper LOVE fish! Kids Can Cook Fish Bites Ingredients: 500g firm white […]

I’ve always love pizza. Actually I love lasagna more but since I’m watching my diet, pizza is a better alternative *I hope* The last time I made my own pizza was way back in secondary school during Home Science lesson! -.- We were in Aria Italian Dining last night to help out a bunch of college kids with their project – Pizza Fest. Even their lecturer was present that night! We got the opportunity to […]

I’m so excited to share this recipe today. For once, I really like what I’ve just made! LoL! Coming from me you’d know that it will be something super simple or I won’t do it. This eggless no-bake nutty chocolate brownie can be whipped out in just 15 minutes or less! Yummy Eggless Nutty Chocolate Brownie Ingredients: 22 Marie Biscuits 20gm cocoa powder 40gm roasted nuts (I used almond and cashew nuts) 200gm condensed milk […]

It has been a hectic week for us with the students doing their final preparations for the UPSR next week but I still managed to slot in several home-cooked dishes for dinner. Quick and nutritious is my motto so here’s the ever so nutritious pumpkin raisin salad I whipped out in a jiffy. Pumpkin is rich in fat soluble vitamins and is also a good source of dietary fiber.  I added carrots because I try […]

I got this bottle of Japanese mayonnaise from Ethan’s class educational trip recently. I have no idea what to do with it until yesterday when I discovered that it is going to expire this December when I stripped it! :P Oh dear, better use it fast before it expires! Japanese Kewpie sudah bogel :D What we did was to blanch some carrot sticks and cut some japanese cucumbers. I used normal carrot as I doubt […]

It’s pretty hot these days. Took a shower and got all sweaty again soon after. I’ve not boiled soy milk for some time now and today seems like the perfect day to have some! I soaked a bowl of soy bean in the morning and by the time Ethan is back from school they are all nice and fluffy. I let Ethan peel the skin off those beans as he enjoys playing with them. I […]

Darling loves eating Nga Choi Kai (Bean Sprouts Chicken) and we pay like RM2 for a plate of blanched beansprout which I think is ridiculous knowing how cheap beansprout is in the market! As usual, I’ll try to learn to prepare dishes that either Darling or Ethan loves. Yesterday, I tried dishing out blanched beansprout and I think it’s quite alright as Darling said I managed to get the correct texture with the right crunch! […]

Unlike Loh Hon Chai (refer to my entry here)  where red bean curd is used, the Nyonya Chap Chye calls for the use of Taucu (minced bean paste) instead. This is an extremely simple dish to prepare and  the hint of sweetness goes well with kids. Ingredients: oil garlic, chopped 1 tablespoon minced taucu onion, sliced white cabbage carrot dried mushrooms, soaked and sliced dried lily buds (kin chiam), soaked; cut off the hard tips […]

Darling told me the other day he often drops by Kedai Kopi Khoong in Sea Park in the evenings alone for dessert. He brought me there for the very first time in 1997 and is still frequenting that place today! I don’t know what makes him kept going back there as I find their desserts so-so only -.- How? Am I that bad that he needs to ‘cari makan’ else where? :P So the other […]

Every since I made that resolution to cook more often so my family can have home-cooked food at least 4 days a week, I’ve been at dead-end every night thinking what to cook the next day. It’s either chicken or fish and it’s always the same old, same old. I’m afraid Darling and Ethan will get bored and not looking forward to come home for lunch anymore. The other day, I tried dishing out Lemon […]

I was really knocked-out yesterday. The high fever coupled with flu and cough weakened me so much that I had to cancel my classes and just stay home to recuperate. I refused to see the doctor as I think this is just the normal fever, flu and cough. I lost my appetite and all I could think of was how nice it is to have a bowl of hot soup in front of me then. […]

I’m a bread person. I eat bread in the morning. I eat bread in the afternoon. I eat bread in the evening. I eat bread at night. Okay, maybe that’s a little exaggerating. I don’t eat bread in the afternoon unless I’m out then Tuna Sandwich will be my lunch. Anyway, you can imagine the amount of bread I have at home. We always have left-overs. So what do I do with them? Turn them […]

One of my new year resolution is to have home-cooked food more often. Throughout the entire year we only dined at home like once every week and that is so unhealthy. So to kick start the coming new year, I’m going to learn how to cook and the first thing to do is learn how to boil kick-ass nutritious yet delicious soup! :D Today we have the refreshing Old Cucumber Soup to start our day […]

Good Sunday morning peeps! I’ve been down and out for the past 24 hours. Did not eat anything yesterday as what goes in will surely come out again from my mouth… But today I woke up feeling hungry and finally have a little more appetite compared to yesterday. Cooked this mee suah for myself, Darling and Ethan and that is breakfast. What about you? What’s for breakfast? Mee suah with anchovies stock I boiled some […]

I’m bored of eating packed food all the time. I’m bored of eating instant noodles at home so today I decided to cook. Yes, the reason it did not rain today is because Submerryn COOKS! What did I cook? Ethan’s favourite Ayam Pong Teh. Ayam Pong Teh  It would have looked better if more dark soy sauce is added giving it a darker shade but oh well.. realized it only now, too late dy, everything […]

Was browsing the newspaper yesterday when I came across this recipe by Amy Beh. I love stew so I must try this. This morning I tried it and it came out nice! The recipe half chicken, chopped 5 dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked and halved 1 tomato, quartered 1 medium-sized carrot, cut into wedges 2 potatoes, cubed 1 onion, sliced 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tbsp oil 150ml water Marinade 1 tsp oyster sauce 2 tbsp […]

Back in my ol’ school days, I loved it when my mother prepared this dish for us. Today, my boys love it when I prepare this for them!  Ingredients: cooking oil glass noodles (tung hoon) wood ear fungus red bean curd cabbage chinese mushroom carrot dried beancurd vegetarian oyster sauce soy sauce sugar water garlic (optional – if you are a vegetarian that doesn’t take garlic, you may omit it from the recipe) 1) […]