I wouldn’t call myself a fantastic cook. However, I do enjoy re-creating those dishes that speaks of home to me. As such, most of the recipes that I have blogged are pretty Asian, I wanted to cook and share them because I missed those dishes. Many of these recipes are actually passed down from mum, so they speak of the flavours of my home.

I have candidly sub-divided my recipes into three sections: Asian, Peranakan and Western. I’ve also included a few posts where I’ve chronicled a cooking project (without the inclusion of a recipe), I think they’re still worth a read.

Asian

Traditional Chinese Herbs (Basics)

Sweet (甜):

Beancurd Sheet Sweet Soup 腐竹糖水

Cold Brew Jasmine Tea

Konnyaku Fruit Jelly

Mooncake, Traditional (月餅)

Mooncake, Snowskin (冰皮月餅)

Mooncake, Homemade Fillings
Mooncake, Homemade Sugar Syrup
Mooncake, Salted Duck Eggs

Peanut Cookies (花生饼)

Sweet Potato & Ginger Dessert Soup

Savoury (咸):

Braised Pigs Trotters (Te Kar)

Hainanese Chicken Rice

Hainanese Chicken Rice Chilli Sauce

Herbal Chicken Soup

Lor Mai Fun
(糯米饭 Lotus Leaf wrapped sticky rice)

Lotus Root Soup (莲藕汤)

Roast Duck

Cantonese Steamed Chicken

Steamed Emperor Chicken (not a recipe)

Steamed Spare Ribs w Black Bean

Watercress Soup (西洋菜汤)

Xiao Long Bao 小籠包 (not a recipe)

Peranakan

Sweet (Manis):

Ang Ku Kueh (红龟糕 Red Tortoise Cakes)

Pineapple Tarts

Savoury (Garam):

Ayam Pongteh (Nyonya Stewed Chicken)

Chap Chye (Stewed Vegetables w Fungus)

Itek Tim (Salted Vegetable Duck Soup)

Laksa Party (not a recipe)

Western

Cold Brew Coffee

Migrant ANZAC Biscuits