Home Cooking

Chinese New Year

2007-02-17T11:59:00.001+08:00

Feasting with the Ma's!

Stirfry Char Siu Angel Hair!

Stirfry Duck Flat Rice Noodles

Stirfry Duck & Char Siu Flat Rice Noodles

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Dinner

Ribs

Shrimp

Organic Chicken

Lettuce Wrap

Braised Pork Shoulder

Tofu Dish

Valentines Day Lunch

2007-02-14T23:37:00.001+08:00

Happy Valentines Day! We had Cleansing Stream in the evening, CM and I went to Azure in Hotel LKF for a nice lunch. Sorry I don't remember the name of the dishes.... enjoy the pictures though :)

Appetizer

Soup

Seafood Risotto

Roast Duck

AZURE
Add: 29/F, Hotel LKF,
33 Wyndham St,
Central, HK

Tel: 3518-9330

CM's Collegues Comes Over

2007-02-02T23:16:00.001+08:00

CM's collegues comes over for dinner and MJ!

Potato Salad

Mixed Green Salad W/shredded chicken and cherry tomato

Cous Cous W/diced chicken and colourful capsicums

Grilled Salmon on a bed of baby asparagus

MIA

2007-02-01T11:48:00.000+08:00

Sorry I've been missing in action. I have so much blogging to catch up on. I'm currently in the middle of updating our trip to Shanghai which was back in Christmas. I can't believe it's half a year ago!!! Geesh, time flies.

Another big update will be from our Japan trip...
We ate A LOT = Lots of pictures.

We're off to Taipei this weekend, which also means lots of eating.

Anyway, I'm alive and well and I shall update real soon :)

Food in Shanghai! #2

2007-01-01T17:53:00.001+08:00

For Christmas, we went to Shanghai to visit my parents for a week. LONG UPDATE!!!!!

Dec 24 '07
Home Sweet Home... my mom prepared some simple hot pot, perfect for the cold weather!

Hot Pot

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Dec 25 '07
On our way to our mini family vacation to Tong Li.

Lunch

Rice Crackers

Scrambled Eggs W/Fish

Chicken

Fish Soup (Look how big compared to tea pot!)

Dinner

Stirfry Bamboo Shoots

Stirfry Potato

Stirfry Veggie

Steamed Fish

Chicken Soup

Stirfry Veggie

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Dec 26 '07

Lunch back in Shanghai

Hong Mei Shokudo

The inside

Food!

Dinner

Shark's Fin Soup (Sorry animal lovers...)

Abalone + Sea Cucumber

Lamb

Beef

Mango Pudding

Another shot!

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Dec 27 '07

Lunch at Colabo

Green Salad

Ceasar Salad

Pasta

Pizza

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Dec 28 '07

Lunch at Taco Bell Grande

Nachos

Chicken Quesadillas

Snack

Stinky Tofu

Egg Pancake

Dinner at Tenka

Sushi

Crab Legs

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Dec 29 '07

Lunch

Hot Pot

Tea at Jade Garden

Snack

We went to Wu Jiang Lu for street food!

Takoyaki

Some rice thing with egg (not good)

Dinner

We went to dinner at Xing Jiang Restaurant :)

Spicy Chicken dish

Lamb Soup

Some Lamd dish

Lamb Noodle

Flat Noodles

Diced Noodles

Lamb Screwer

Desserts from Coffee Bean

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Dec 30 '07

Lunch at Haiku

Appetizer

Motorola Roll

Katsu Set

Sashimi Set

Dessert

Dinner

Yakitori

Ramen

Feasting with the Ma's!

2006-12-24T09:20:00.001+08:00

This is going to be a LONG update, and you'll see how the Ma's EAT! Here we go!

Dec 22 '06

Our housewarming with the family!

Spring Roll Appetizer

Turkey!

Tofu Salad

Ham

Mashed Potato

Potato Salad

Curry

Cheese

Mince Pie

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Dec 23 '07

Lunch at the Ma's.

Fried Thick Rice Noodle W/Duck

Organic Chicken

Congee

Fried Rice Noodle W/Cha Siu

Yes, we eat a lot.
Now, DINNER TIME.....

Veggie Dip

Spicy Corriander Pasta

Spare RIbs

Garlic Bread & Salad

JM's Bday & In Law's Anniversary Fro Fro Cake!

That's it guys!

Lawry's

2006-12-19T11:26:00.004+08:00

CM and I went to check out the newly opened Lawry's at Lee Garden opened by the Maxim's Group.

The Famous Original Spinning Bowl Salad

Atlantic Lobster Tail

The Famous Silver Cart

The California Cut W/Yorkshire Pudding, Mashed Potatoes and Creamed Spinach

LAWRY'S
Add: 4/F, Lee Gardens,
33 Hysan Road,
Causeway Bay, HK

Tel: 2907-2218

LRC

2006-12-12T23:22:00.001+08:00

We were invited to LRC for dinner with the lovely Atherton couple :)

Appetizer Thingee...

Shrimp Salad

Rib Eye Steak

Grilled Salmon

Duck Breast

Soufflé

Bread Pudding

Thanks for the lovely double dinner date Athertons!

LRC
Members Only

Rowse's Christmas Party

2006-12-10T02:20:00.001+08:00

Wow- Emi's mom is such a great cook! Just look how beautiful these dishes are! It's breathtaking!!!

Thank you for inviting us to such a lovely Christmas Party :)

CM's Dinner #4

2006-12-06T12:23:00.001+08:00

CM made dinner!

Chicken & Pasta

Veggie

Sea Food!

2006-12-04T23:03:00.001+08:00

A bunch of us went to Cheung Chau for some delicious sea food! I only took before & after pictures... but enjoy anyway :)

Before

and...

After

Last Supper

2006-11-22T20:48:00.001+08:00

We finally got the chance to eat at this Thai restaurant next to our home! Why? Because we're moving and everything's packed!!!

Appetizer Platter

Coconut Chicken Soup

Morning Glory

Pork Neck Flat Rice Noodles

Thai Tea Restaurant
Add: Store No, 2, Victor Court
14-28 Wang On Road,
Fotress Hill, HK

Tel: 2570-2898

Fruit Stop

2006-11-11T22:14:00.002+08:00

Lunch with CM at Lee Theatre!

Soup

Duck W/Grain Rice

Chicken W/Grain Rice

FRUIT STOP
Add: Shop A, 7/F,
Lee Theatre Plaza,
Causeway Bay, HK

Tel: 3167-7683

Tea & Herb

2006-11-07T13:44:00.001+08:00

Lunch with my sister in law JM at this cute little cafe near my office called Tea & Herb.

Grilled Chicken and Tomato Sauce Fettucine

Chicken Skewer

TEA & HERB
Add: Shop B, G/F,
Po Wing Building,
6-16 Shell Street,
Fortress Hill, HK

Tel: 2806-8418

Remake from Left Overs #7

2006-11-06T21:24:00.001+08:00

Yup... left over from Taco Night!

Taco Rice

Shum Tseng Baby!

2006-11-05T16:45:00.001+08:00

We finally made it to KT's neighbourhood!!! We went to visit her home, and got to eat some delicious goose, which is what Shum Tseng is famous for! Lot's of pictures!

Pork

Lo Bat Gou (Turnip Cake)

Cheung Fun wrapped around Spring Rolls

Char Siu Cheung Fun

Char Siu Sou(?) and Spring Rolls

The FAMOUS Goose!

Fried Rice

Har Gow and Fung Zhao

Veggie Stirfry

Siu Long Bao and Meat Balls

Pork Ribs and Siu Mai

Custard Bun

Dessert at Fat Kei (I think)

Coconut Mango Thingee and Grass Jelly W/Fruits

Mango Sago

Fu Jok Tong Sui

Dessert made by the lovely KT's mom!

Remake From Left Overs #6

2006-11-04T16:41:00.001+08:00

Left overs from Taco Night... :)
We had no more Taco Shells, so I made "egg tortilla".

Add everything and...

Wrap it up!

Taco Night!

2006-11-03T13:13:00.001+08:00

ER and FC came over for dinner and we had a lovely time together, esp talking about weddings! Hehe! Congrats you two love birds :)

Green Salad + Pasta Salad in the back ground...

Taco

Stir Fried Butter Enoki W/Bacon

Bacon Tomato Wrap

McSorley's

2006-10-30T23:10:00.001+08:00

On this public holiday, a bunch of us went to McSorley's for some British Food! I was looking forward to my fish & chips but they ran out!!! GRRRRR! Oh well!

Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding

Chips

Eggs Benedict W/Salmon

Meat Pie (??)

MCSORLEY'S
Add: 55 Elgin St.
Soho, Central, HK

Tel: 2522-2646

PS: Cliff's famous char siu mai fun

Te & Pot Luck

2006-10-29T23:37:00.001+08:00

Alright boys & girls, this is a HUGE update!

After service, CM and I went to try out this pasta place called Te. Not bad at all! Although we both thought it was silly for them to state that they were "MEMBERS ONLY". We still went in, and all I had to do, was fill out this info card, and THATS IT! I didn't even get a membership card or anything. So strange.

Anyhow, CM and I shared a pasta dish and a salad, cus we knew we were going to have this massive feast for dinner, so here's what we had for lunch:

Entrance...

Green Salad W/Japanese Dressing

(I thought they could've atleast give us like a slice of tomato or something! It was just lettuce and Japanese Dressing! I can do that too!)

Spaghetti Siciliana (Egg Plant + Bacon W/Tomato Sauce)

For dinner, a bunch of us were at TA & NA's place for POT LUCK! Oh how I love pot luck. Check out all these food we had! I'll try my best to do the captions :) Sorry I didn't take pictures of everything!

JL's Sashimi

CW's Spanokopita (Spinach & Feta wrapped in Filo Pastry) / SL's Veggie Dip

KW's Thai Green Curry / ML & MM's Japanese Chicken Dish

CM's Char Siu Mai Fun

TA's Roast Chicken + Roast New Potatoes

TA's Banana Muffin + Monkey Something.... I think!

NK's Mini Chocolate Muffins

KT's Caramel Slice

NA's Lasanga

JA's Baby Chinese Cabbage W/ Vermicelli in Chicken Soup

CH's Yellow Fruits & Yoghurt

PC's Shrimp Crackers

Thats it guys!!!!!!!!!!

TE
Add: 1/F, 37 Cochrane St.
Central, HK

Tel: 2110-6910

Attempt on Korean Dishes #2

2006-10-27T15:48:00.001+08:00

I'm trying to finish using things in our fridge before we move houses! One of them is the soy bean paste we got from Korea, so I decided to make soondubu tonight, along with 2 korean side dishes.

She Geum Chi Namul (Seasoned Spinach)

Kongnamool Muchim (Seasoned Soy Bean Sprouts)

Soondubu (Spicy Tofu Soup W/Pork)

(Check out the Korean Seaweed, KIM at the background! YUM!)
((Trying real hard to make it look as korean as possible))

Fruits & Yoghurt

2006-10-21T16:41:00.001+08:00

Brunch! Mango, Banana and Peach with Yoghurt! Yum :)

Fruits & Yoghurt topped W/Granola

Lunch at LCK + Light Dinner

2006-10-20T17:33:00.001+08:00

Was in CW's side of town again, so she took me to this really cute place called "The True Boss Restaurant" for lunch! They had all these bible verses on the wall, and offer Chinese, Western, Japanese, Taiwanese, South East Asian cusine. They had a bible verse on the back of their business card!

Psalm 37:3-4
4 Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you your heart’s desires.

5 Commit everything you do to the Lord.
Trust him, and he will help you.

Nice, huh?

Anyways, I'm not a big fan of fruit salads, especially if I was expecting a "green salad" when I order salads. I always make this mistake by forgetting to ask what kind of salad they are offering. Check out my almost alive beef salad :)

Beef Salad

Baked Chicken W/Rice (check out the Ice Milk Tea!)

Gyoza (Fried Dumpling)

For dinner, I was too lazy to go to the grocery store, so I made this!

Mini Drum Stick on a bed of Cabbage

The True Boss Restaurant
Add: Shop A 1&B, G/F,
Hung Cheong Factory Bldg,
742-746 Cheung Sha Wan Rd,
Kowloon, HK

Tel: 2310-9633

Don't forget to hook up with CW when you're in her area!

Dinner Made From Left Over Ingredients #8

2006-10-17T20:02:00.001+08:00

We had left over tomatoes, minced meat and curry sauce... check out the new creation.

Cold Tomato & Basil Pasta

Tuna Salad (Chinese Lettuce was $1!!!!!)

Meat Balls W/Curry Sauce

Dinner Made From Left Over Ingredients #7

2006-10-13T17:39:00.001+08:00

We had left over Cabbage, Tomatoes, Eggs and Onions, so I went to get some minced pork and tofu to make our dinner tonight! For the cabbage, I used it for salad and hamburger. I chopped it into small pieces and mixed it into the pattie. It was pretty good!

Shredded Cabbage topped W/Tofu and Kimchi

TOE soup. (Ok i just made that name up. Tomato Onion Egg, get it?)

Hamburger Curry

HAIRY CRAB :D

Salmon Pasta + Onion Soup

2006-10-10T02:33:00.000+08:00

Today, I was totally craving for salmon and cabbage (I know, strange combination) so this is what I came up with!

Gemelli Pasta mixed W/Cabagge, topped with Pan Fried Salmon

Onion Soup

Choi Sum in Soup

Baked Onion

Actually, we had a lot of onions left over, so I tried to finish using them for this meal.

LCK & CWB

2006-10-09T15:42:00.000+08:00

I finally had the chance to have lunch with CW at Lai Chi Kok! If you ever get a chance to go to her side of town, make sure you have her give you a tour around LCK :) (I'm helping her plug LCK in, hehe)

Coq au Vin (chicken in wine sauce)

Avocado Chicken Sandwhich (see the Ice Milk Tea?)

In the evening, I went to the driving range with a friend from University who just moved to HK, then went to Yugamama for dinner.

Choi Sum

Stir Fried Vermichelli

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Red Mountain Cafe and Restaurant
Add: G06-9 Wing Hong Street
Lai Chi Kok

YUGAMAMA
Add: Lower Ground Floor
Lee Gardens Two
Causeway Bay, HK

Tel: 3118-3111

Curry Soba & Cookies

2006-10-08T22:36:00.000+08:00

Brunch! I used left over ham and onions for the curry soba ingredients.

Curry Soba

After church, CM came home and made some cookies!

Chocolate Chip Cookies topped W/Coconut Macadamia Ice Cream

Shueng Shui Home Meals

2006-10-07T23:49:00.000+08:00

For Mid Autumn Festival, we all went back to the MA home (CM & DM's parents home) at Sheung Shui celebrate Mid Autumn Festival, DM's bday and to sleep over. I really enjoy going there because it's surrounded by nature, and they're such fun big family to be with, not to mention the amount of good food mom prepares for us! I forgot to take all the pictures :( We had cold crab, shrimps, Chicken, Duck, Veggies, Fish, Soup, SO much food!!! After dinner, we watched The Break Up. Funny... :)

Oct 6 '06

Cantonese Braised Onion Duck

Fro Fro Bday Cake for DM

Oct 7 '06

BRUNCH!!!!!

Fried Flat Rice Noodles W/Char Siu

Shredded Chicken Chow Mien

On top of this, we also had a pot of Shredded Pork + Thousand Year Old Egg Congee...

See I told you we have so much good food :)

Food in Shanghai!

2006-10-02T23:35:00.000+08:00

Finally made a visit to Shanghai after 15 months during our long weekend!!! It's the absolute longest I've been away from my other home. CM and I have this thing for street food... so this time, we hit 4 food streets. It's not quite the same as Taipei Night Markets, but better than nothing! We did find one that we'll definately go back, which is on Wu Jiang Street near Jin An Temple :)

So here we go!

Sept 30 '06

First night out!

Lamb Kebab - Xin Jiang Style!

Xin Jiang Bread

Dinner at Marrakech (Morrocan Food)

Entrance

Bread & Dip

Tagine of Chicken

Lamb Cous Cous

Oct 1 '06

Another thing we really enjoy doing in Shanghai is Go-Karting! We discovered a Xing Jiang Restaurant near the Go-Kart Race Course! So here's where we went after some fun! I LOVE Xin Jiang Food!

Lots of Lamb / Mutton dishes :)

Lamb Kebab

Lamb Soup

Lamb Fried Rice

Ding Ding Fried Noodles W/Lamb

Xin Jiang Style Chicken

Stirfry Veggies

Oct 2 '06

Our last day here :( We went out for lunch with my parents!
Hairy Crab, Baby!

Vegetable Appetizer

Deep Fried Fish Appetizer

Hairy Crab!!!

Steak

Sweet Dumpling W/Ginger Tea

Chinese Cabbage W/Scallop

Fruits

And before we left... snapped a picture of some bizzare Lays potato chips! Check out the flavours!!!

Cherry Tomato, Lemon, and Cucumber

Bizarre!!! I've tried the cucumber ones before, cus I was curious.
I must say, it was not the best flavour I've had!

The End.

CM's Dinner #3

2006-09-28T22:43:00.000+08:00

D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!
CM's good at cooking broccoli and steak :)

Broccoli & Steak

Dinner Made From Left Over Ingredients #6 & No Carb Meal #3

2006-09-27T23:51:00.000+08:00

Today, I thought to myself, I don't want to go to the supermarket. Then I also thought, CM is still on his no carb diet, maybe he's missing carb food. So this is what I came up with.... not pretty looking but it tasted OK!

Finely Chopped Chinese Cabbage + Ham W/Egg
(So he can pretend they're "Asian Savoury Pancakes")

Thinly Sliced Chinese Cabbage + Ham
(So he can pretend they're "Noodles")

No Carb Meal #2

2006-09-25T22:42:00.000+08:00

CM's 7th day on the no carb diet... I don't know how he can do it! Anyhow, here's our no carb meal for tonight.

Stirfry Chinese Cabbage W/Ham

Grilled Chicken

(And yes, I bought the chicken again... only $20!)

Jumbo Restaurant

2006-09-22T23:29:00.000+08:00

Requested by my friend who was visiting from Japan, we went to Jumbo Restaurant for our last supper.

The Famous Jumbo Kingdom

Thousand Year Old Egg W/Ginger

Deep Fried Salt & Pepper Calamari

Tofu W/Veggies

Fried Rice

Steamed Lobster

Then for desserts, we headed to Top Deck At The Jumbo (Managed by Cafe Deco Group)

Top Deck At The Jumbo

Apple Tart

Dinner was pricy (because of seafood), but overall, food was good, and my friends enjoyed experiencing dining on a boat. I really liked the Top Deck and I'd love to go there for afternoon tea sometimes.

JUMBO RESTAURANT
Add: Shum Wan Pier Drive,
Wong Chuk Hang,
Aberdeen, HK

Tel: 2553-9111 (Jumbo)
2552-3331 (Top Deck)

No Carb Meal

2006-09-20T22:31:00.000+08:00

CM has decided to do his south beach diet for 2 weeks. I suck a diet, I like to eat what I like... but I thought I'd be a supportive wife, so I went along with no carb meals when we were able to eat dinner at home! So here you go!

Stirfry Cabbage W/Pork and Basil

Spicy Stirfry Cabbage topped W/Seaweed

Rosemary Roast Chicken

(Ok, I didn't make the chicken, I bought it from supermarket)

Food in Sanya, Hainan Island!

2006-09-18T16:35:00.000+08:00

For our first year anniversary, we went for a get away in Sanya, which is called the Hawaii of China! It's less than 1hr 15mins flight from HK and cheap and had a great time there! There are 3 beaches in Sanya. Sanya Bay, Da Dong Hai, and Yalong Bay. Yalong Bay is a resort area and there must have been around 10 resorts nearby.

Picture time...

Sept 15 '06

LUNCH
We ate at this supposedly the most popular restaurant in Sanya called Dong Jiao Ye Lin Seafood Restaurant!

Steamed Crab

Hainan Lamb Dish

Wen Chang Chicken (AKA Hainan Chicken)

DINNER
We walked over to Mangrove Tree Resort to have Thai food.

Appetizer

Money Bag (I think...!)

Lamb Curry

Vegetable Stirfry

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Sept 16 '06

Cocktail by the pool...

Pina Colada

DINNER

We went out to Jie Fang Road (Downtown) area for Dinner.

Tom Yum Goong

Indian Beef Curry

Chicken Fillet

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Sept 17 '06

DINNER

We had dinner at our hotel.

Reggiolo - Baked Pizza Crust topped W/ Parma Ham, Rocket Salad & Parmesan Cheese

Grilled Tuna Salad

Pork Cordon Bleu W/ Potato Gnocchi & Mixed Vegetables

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Sept 18 '06

Our last day here :(

LUNCH

Coconut Drink

Hamburger W/Fries

Thats it guys!

Tofu + Tuna Salad

2006-09-14T23:57:00.000+08:00

Quick simple dinner before golf lesson tonight...

Tofu & Tuna Salad topped with Wakame

African Dinner #2

2006-09-12T16:39:00.000+08:00

Took my friend from Japan to eat African food at Marena! I ordered basically the same thing we ate when we went there the first time, except for one thing... Can you guess what it is?

Tomato Beef Stew W/"Tomato" Rice

Deep Fried Fish W/Salad and Fries on the side

I initially wanted to order the Tomato Rice we had from this post (check out the last picture), but I think they misunderstood me.... Oh well!

MARENA
Add: Block B, 3/F, Rm 1,
Chung King Mansion,
36-44 Nathan Road,
Tsim Sha Tsui, KLN

Tel: 2366-0553

Dinner Made From Left Over Ingredients #5

2006-09-11T23:36:00.000+08:00

Tonight's dinner made from left over eggs and tomatoes + bolognaise sauce. CM says he needs meat!!!

Tomato Omlette

Sushi Shota

2006-09-11T14:35:00.000+08:00

Had lunch with my mom at Sushi Shota. I'm quite a Japanese Food snob, and I really don't enjoy eating non-authentic ones, so when we go eat Japanese, I try to go somewhere owned or managed by Japanese. No dissapointment for sure.

Sushi Shota is a bit pricy, so lunch time would be best to go as the price is a lot more reasonable. We usually get the sushi set where you can pick 8 sushi + 1 sushi roll. Fresh Sashimi... yummmmm!!!

Picture time...!

Chawanmushi - Steamed Egg

Miso Soup - Nothing special but I took a pic anyway :)

Sushi - Mom's Selection

Sushi - My Selection

It also comes with desserts!
Beard Papa cream puff or Ice Cream (Sesame, Green Tea or Red Beans)

SUSHI SHOTA
Add: 8/F, Kyoto Plaza,
491-499 Lockhart Road,
Causeway Bay, HK

Tel: 2834-3031

Ramen + Curry

2006-09-07T23:23:00.000+08:00

I had guests over for 2 meals today!

LUNCH
My mom and SS came over for lunch... just made some stuff out of the fridge.

Ramen

Tofu Salad (Haven't done this in awhile!!)

DINNER
DM and JM came over for dinner!

Chicken Caesar Salad by CM (w/Edamame in the background!)

Garlic Mashed by CM

Omrice Curry (Carrot Rice)

I know I know, I'm always making carrot rice... it's because I always end up having left over carrots when we make curry!

Caesar Salad

2006-09-04T23:00:00.000+08:00

My dinner tonight...

Caesar Salad topped W/grilled chicken (marinated by CM)

Have you ever wondered why it's called "Caesar Salad"? I have. So I checked. Click HERE if you wanna know. I didn't even realized we've been using the dressing by the guy who invented caesar salad! No wonder it's good...

Man, I learn so much from wikipedia.....

Nicholini's

2006-09-03T23:40:00.000+08:00

Conrad gave us cash voucher that came with our wedding package, so we went to Nicholini's for our anniversary dinner!

Appetizer - Tomato & Mozzarella Cheese

Nicholini's Signature Platter

Caesar Salad

Passion Fruit Sorbet (Before having main course)

Angel Hair W/ Maine Lobster, Fresh Tomato and Basil

Veal Shank Ossobuko in Vegetable Orange Sauce

...served with Saffron Risotto

Chocolate & Tea

Souffle - It came in a Huge bowl, which could probably feed 4 people. The waiter digged it to serve us before I had a chance to take picture. Sob sob sob:(

NICHOLINI'S
Add: 8/F, Conrad Hotel,
Pacific Place,
88 Queensway, HK

Tel: 2521-3838

Egg in a Basket

2006-09-03T12:42:00.000+08:00

CM made me brunch... :) Egg fried on a piece of toast! and gyoza. Haha.

Egg in a Basket

Happy Anniversary CM :D

Dinner Made From Left Over Ingredients #4

2006-08-25T23:02:00.000+08:00

From our previous post, we lad left over lettuce, corn, and tomato. I also accidentally bought a can of cream style corn, only to find out it wasn't kernel corn after I opened the can!!! So I decided to use it for tonight dinner. So tonight, we only had to go get chicken breasts and mozzarella cheese!

Mozzarella Cheese and Tomato Salad

Salad topped w/Kernel Corn and Bacon Bits
Like my heart shaped tomato? :)

Buttered Corn

Linguine w/Grilled Chicken Covered in Creamed Corn
(Chicken Marinated and Grilled by CM)

Baked Cheese Cake w/Ice Cream and Strawberry Jam on the side
(Left over Cream Cheese from THIS post!!! Had to make something before it expired!!!)

Hayashi Rice (Hashed Beef Rice)

2006-08-23T23:58:00.000+08:00

MN, CH, and JC came over for dinner and played a bit of MJ :) So fun.

I LOVE kitchen gadgets :) I bought myself 2 rice molds the otherday, so I used it tonight. Check it out!!!

Green Salad

Potato Salad

Broccoli Stirfry by CM

Hayashi Rice

Another shot... used a different mold :)

Some of you might be wondering, what the heck is Hayashi Rice??? Check it HERE

Some artistic shots by our guest photographer MN. Enjoy!

Salad, looking through the glass

Potato Salad. Like my apron? I got it made in Shanghai!

ELIM BAZAAR

2006-08-22T18:44:00.000+08:00

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Look out for New Books & CD Titles!

Opening Hours:
August 24-26 (Thur-Sat) 11am-9:30pm
August 27 (Sun) 11am-8pm

Address: Rm 506, 5/F, Block B, Sea View Estate,
2-8 Watson Road, Fortress Hill, Hong Kong
(Fortress Hill MTR Exit A, Next to Manulife Tower)

Tel: 2333-8805

Cash / Visa / EPS is accepted

Turkish Dinner

2006-08-21T23:38:00.000+08:00

Dinner with SS at Istanbul Express!

Falafel w/Hummos (With Salty Yoghurt Drink at the back!!)

Lamb Doner w/Rice

ISTANBUL EXPRESS
Add: G/F, 66 Lockhart Road,
Wanchai, HK

Tel: 2520-0400

TST Branch
Add: F-1, G/F, Rose Mansion,
1 Hart Ave, Tsim Sha Tsui, KLN

Tel: 2369-6234

Lunch around Home

2006-08-19T16:53:00.000+08:00

I love not having to go into work on Saturdays. Today, CM and I decided to walk around our area for lunch. Our first stop was "Toppings", a small hot dog/burger place, where you fill in your own favourite toppings. Then headed to "Pumpernickel" for some more food.

@ TOPPINGS

Toppings

Cheese Hot Dog (We shared, so we have different toppings on each side)

@ PUMPERNICKEL

Avocado Soup

Pumpernickel Salad (It was not good)

Angel Hair Pasta w/Chorizo and Bacon

TOPPINGS
Add: Shop 9, Wang Fai Mansion,
2-12 Wang On Road,
Fortress Hill, HK

Tel: 2887-0832

PUMPERNICKEL
Add: 1A Lau Li Street,
Tin Hau, HK

Tel: 2578-0852
(They have 5 more shops at Cleveland St, Far East Finance Ctr, HK Arts Ctr, Shueng Wan, and City Garden)

NY Bistro

2006-08-18T23:50:00.001+08:00

When you live on the HK island, you become an island snob, and that is what I have become. Although TST is not that far, the thought of crossing the harbour just seems a long way to go. Tonight, I decided to go to TST where my friend CD works, and we did a bit of shopping and eating. I had a great evening, I love spending quality girl time with my girlfriends :) CD took me to 798 Unit & co and French Dap for desserts!

@ 789 UNIT & CO

Mushroom Salad

Seabass Risotto

Lamb Cutlets w/cranberry sauce

@ FRENCH DAP

Mango Roll

798 UNIT & CO
Add: 1/F, 9 Hau Fook Street,
Tsim Sha Tsui, KLN

Tel: 2366-0234

FRENCH DAP
Add: Shop 4, G/F, 8 Hau Fook Street,
Tsim Sha Tsui, KLN

Tel: 2312-1689

Remake from Left Overs #5

2006-08-17T22:19:00.000+08:00

Remake from last night's chicken curry!

Green Curry Pasta

(The white stuff is cottage cheese)

South East Asian Night

2006-08-16T23:55:00.001+08:00

I think I put too much coconut milk so my Indonesian Chicken Curry looks like Thai Green Curry instead!!! AND... I was suppose to make Paneer Makhanwala but I got the wrong cottage cheese, so I put in pork I had in my freezer, only to realize pork isn't too popular amongst Indians...? Oh well.

Indonesian Chicken Curry

Indian Makhanwala

Paper Anniversary

2006-08-15T23:53:00.000+08:00

WARNING: It may get just a tiny little bit mushy, but don't mind me.

Did you know that wedding anniversaries have special names? Check it Here if you want to find out more.

Tonight, CM and I celebrated our "Paper Anniversary" because we went and signed our "Papers" on the same day last year. Although our real "Paper" Anniversary will be in a few weeks time, it's always nice to do something special. CM asked what I wanted to do, but I just told him to give me a surprise and he did such a good job! I was so impressed and so happy :D

CM knows that we're starting to look into opening a cafe sometimes in the future together with Elim Christian Bookstore. This has been my dream and vision since highschool (to open a cafe next to our bookstore) and after speaking to one of our head people here, it's also their vision that God has given them. Nothing is confirmed yet, but it's still exciting. Anyway, CM took me to this restaurant in Stanley opened by this lady 12 years ago, and on their 10 year anniversary, she published her own cooking book. So CM got the waitress to put the cooking book on the table that he reserved and gave it to me for our "Paper" anniversary. I'm really blessed to have such a wonderful husband.

Here are pictures of food, the picture came out really dark so I had to edit it on photoshop. The quality and colour is not good, but I hope you enjoy anyhow :)

Welcome to Lucy's.

The Entrance

leek and Gruyère tart with delicious short pastry

Roasted Vegetable stack w/ feta cheese

Steak Fillet w/garlic mashed potato

Grilled Salmon w/orange vinaigrette and artichoke, almond and herb couscous

Pecan Pudding w/Toffee Cream Sauce

LUCY'S
Add:G/F, 64 Stanley Main Street,
Stanley, HK

Tel: 2813-9055

Eat Right!!!

2006-08-13T23:22:00.000+08:00

A bunch of us went out to lunch after Church and we discovered this new restaurant called Eat Right. I loved it!! They serve fresh mixed juice, smoothies, all day breakfast, etc. They even count calories for you :) Here are the pictures of what we ate :) (Thanks to my lovely friends who were patient waiting for me to finish taking pics... hehe)

Fruit Salad w/Yoghurt

Poached Eggs w/Spinach & Bacon served on Toasted Ciabatta

Scrambled Eggs w/Smoked Salmon on Toasted Ciabatta

Scrambled Eggs w/ Grilled Mushrooms, Spinach & Tomato on Sourdough

Dips (Cannellini Bean & Chick Pea /Pumpkin & Sweet Potato /Hummus)

Beef Lasagne Served w/Green Salad

Chickpea Burger w/ Hummos on Toasted Pita

EAT RIGHT
Add: G/F, 4 Shelly Street,
Central, HK
(Between Hollywood Road and Staunton Street next to the escalators)

Tel: 2868-4832

Dinner Made From Left Over Ingredients #3

2006-08-11T14:42:00.000+08:00

From the previous post, we had left over asparagus, carrots and onions. I checked out my treasure box (freezer) to see what other ingredients I had, and here's what I came up with....! I just love not hitting the super market!!! Enjoy :)

Salmon & Asparagus Cream Pasta

Carrot Potage (Thick Soup)

Hamburger Curry

2006-08-09T23:39:00.000+08:00

Mr. & Mrs. Read came over for dinner, and we had a lovely time :)

Salad topped with Tomato and Mozzarella Cheese

Hamburger Curry

Another shot of it :) The rice on the left is carrot rice, and on the right is plain rice.

Japanese Rice and Etc.

2006-08-03T23:50:00.000+08:00

Seems like I've been posting pictures of outside rather than our home cooked meal so here you go! My friends came over for MJ so I cooked! Enjoy.

Japanese Chirashi Rice (Sushi Rice W/ Toppings)

Tofu Steak (again)

Mixed Salad (Lettuce, Tuna, Corn, and Cherry Tomato)

Chicken Wing by RJ (My sister)

I really like this Tofu Steak... If you like tofu, definately try this recipe I posted on the July 20th entry. I suggest you cut it up like the one above, it's easier to flip when you're frying. The way I cut it up for the previous one was a bit flimsy and easy to break apart.

African Dinner

2006-07-31T22:18:00.000+08:00

This is my first time eating Malian Food! I love trying new cuisine :) Our friend SS found it in Chung King Mansion. I don't remember the name of the dishes, sorry :(

Deep Fried Fish with delicious salad on the side

Malian Stews

Beef with fries on the side

Tomato Rice

MARENA
Add: Block B, 3/F, Rm 1,
Chung King Mansion,
36-44 Nathan Road,
Tsim Sha Tsui, KLN

Tel: 2366-0553

Turn LEFT when you get out of the elevator on the 3/F.

Ps- This meal was SOOOOOOOO CHEAP! The total bill for the 8 of us was less than HK$25 per person. Anyone want to try, I'll be more than happy to take you :)

Japanese Western Dinner

2006-07-25T23:22:00.000+08:00

CM, my sister and I went to check out the HARBIN ICE LANTERN FESTIVAL. Click the link and check it out. Since we were in that area, we decided to eat around there, at this Japanese Western Restaurant and here are pics of food, ofcourse!

Creamy Escargot Appetizer

Deep Fried Chicken with Fries

Roast Beef Appetizer

Grilled Salmon

Pork Cutlet Meal

KEY WEST VILLAGE
Add: Shop 142, City Plaza,
Tai Koo Shing, HKG

Tel: 2907-0338

Sea Food Lunch

2006-07-25T10:41:00.000+08:00

Lunch with my sister! I've always wanted to try this place, which is only 3 minutes away from home, but CM doesn't like seafood, and I refuse to eat alone, so I never got the chance to eat there. Eating alone is so sad! Food tastes so much better when you have someone to eat with! No...?

Escargot??? Snail?? I don't know what it's called.

Clams

Mixed Vegetables

GOLDEN BOAT
Add: Merlin Street, Fortress Hill

Chung King Mansion

2006-07-24T12:19:00.000+08:00

Finally got a chance to take my sister to Chung King Mansion for some amazing Indian Food! I've been a faithful customer of Khyber Pass for the past 3 years!

I know not a lot of people order this dish, but it's my favourite which is a spinach dish with cubes of paneer (Indian cheese) in it! This time I asked them to put some Lamb in it as well, it was delicious!

Lamb Sag Paneer

Chicken Marsala and Raita (Yogurt W/ Tomato and Cucumber) on the left

KHYBER PASS
Add: Block E, 7/F,
Chung King Mansion,
36-44 Nathan Road,
Tsim Sha Tsui, KLN

Tel: 2721 2786

It's pretty full during weekdays as well, so make a reservation before you go!

Mussel Pasta

2006-07-22T14:01:00.000+08:00

I'm getting pretty good at updating, non? I made Mussel Pasta for lunch today, without hitting the supermarket... I love it! Mussel & Chopped green onion from the freezer, and pasta from our food shelf :)

Mussel Pasta

Low Carb Meal

2006-07-20T20:42:00.000+08:00

After all those junk we consumed in LA, we decided to go healthy tonight! Kinda spoiled it by the way I cooked Tofu, but it was delicious :) So oh well!

Broccoli Stirfry with Beef

Chinese Veggie in Broth

Japanese Style Tofu Steak

As you might have noticed, I LOVE Tofu! And I usually just eat it uncooked with salad! So I gave this recipe a try, and it was good! So here's the recipe! Enjoy!

RECIPE

Ingredients:
Tofu, Butter (10g), Soy Sauce (3tbs), Sweet Cooking Wine (2ts), Finely Chopped Green Onion, Shredded Seaweed, Japanese Assorted Chilli Pepper (Nanami Togarashi).

Cooking Instructions:
1) Drain water from Tofu, then cut into 8 slices.
2) Melt butter in fry pan in medium heat, then place the tofu evenly on frying pan till golden brown on both sides.
3) Pour soy sauce and sweet cooking wine.
4) When it's cooked, carefully move the tofu onto a plate, and garnish with green onion and shredded seaweed, then sprinkle chilli pepper! Voila!

PS- Another reason why I like cooking at home... this whole meal cost us less than HK$25 for the 2 of us!

Indonesian Yellow Rice

2006-07-16T16:00:00.000+08:00

I made yellow fried rice for brunch today!

Yellow Rice with Beef and Green Onion

Food in LA!

2006-07-15T13:21:00.000+08:00

We're back from LA! Here are some pictures of food we ate in LA! It's interesting how there are so many drive thru's all over. Did you know in Las Vegas, you can get married driving thru? What the...

July 9 '06

We LOVE In-N-Out!!!!!!!!! If you've never heard, it's really, one of the best burger's EVER! They're located in California, Nevada and Arizona, so if you're ever in that area, you MUST try!

They only have 3 things on the menu. Hamburger, Cheese Burger, and Double-Double. Here's a picture of Double-Double! MMmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

Double-Double Meal

Closer view of Double-Double Burger

Mid Night Snack at Del Taco

Hard Shell Taco, Burrito, and Nachos

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July 10 '06

Family outing day! We started off with having family lunch at The Stinking Rose, then drove around Hollywood and Santa Monica, then went home for dinner. Fun day :)

The Stinking Rose - A Garlic Restaurant

Bagna Calda - A great spread for bread!

Mussels / Basil Pesto withTomato Pizette

Asparagus Chicken Pasta / Niman Ranch Porterhouse Pork Chop / Petite Filet Mignon (Yup, THAT's PETITE!)

Dinner at Grandma's

My favourite, CRAB!

Grandma's famous pancakes

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July 11 '06

Lunch at Carl's Jr.

Chicken Sandwhich

Dinner at Sushi Gen with parents.

Pork Chop & Tempura Set

Assorted Sushi Set

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July 12 '06

Snack time at Cold Stone

Cherry Pie A La Cold Stone / Cheery Loves Cheesecake

For dinner, we did something really gross... Fast Food Hopping!! AHhhhh!! Here we go!

First stop at Jack In The Box

Jumbo Jack with Curly Fries

Second stop at Taco Bell

Hard Shell Taco and Spicy Chicken Crunchwrap Supreme

Last stop at Burger King

Chicken Fries

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July 13 '06

Our last day here in LA! Booo!!! We went to have family lunch at some buffet place, then went over to Krispy Kreme! They're opening one in HK on August 8th! Can't wait!!! Check this site out and join "Friends of Krispy Kreme" before the end of August for a chance to win free donuts for a year!

Hot Original Glazed Doughnuts

Our last snack before leaving LA...

McDonalds's Chicken Fajitas

Chicken Fajitas

Bye Bye LA!
The End!

Food in London!

2006-06-28T00:26:00.000+08:00

I'm finally having time to post some food pictures from London... while watching Brazil vs Ghana. Talk about multi tasking!

June 21 '06

Lunch with CY at Belgo Centraal

Bangers & Mash

Mussels

Dinner

Fish & Chips

Apple Cranberry Flapjack

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June 22 '06

Lunch with JC at some pub

Chicken & Mushroom Pie

Dinner - We were too tired to get proper meal after watching the Lion King, so we went to get CM's favourite PASTY. He ate one every single day he was there! (@_@) Check West Cornwall Pasty!

We had Steak & Stilton / Chicken Balti

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June 23 '06

I ate non stop this day... starting off with Falafel pita sandwhich... then Pasty again... salt beef bagel... the most expensive cookies ever (Ben's cookies around 2 pounds each, it wasn't even that great!!!) then had tea at Cambridge!! No pictures though...

Dinner - Middle Eastern Cuisine GABY'S (My Favourite!)

Lamb & Rice

Kebab with Cous Cous

Falafel & Hummos

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June 24 '06

Lunch at Richoux

Poached Salmon with Hollandaise Sauce with New Potatoes

Richoux Cream Tea - Warm Scones, Strawberry Preserve, Cornish Clotted Cream and Tea

That's it guys!

Dinner Made From Left Over Ingredients #2

2006-06-27T23:23:00.000+08:00

Fried Noodle - Made with left over jade melon + pork from freezer :P

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

2006-06-26T18:13:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CM! You're the Best!

Dinner Made From Left Over Ingredients

2006-06-18T23:52:00.000+08:00

I try my best not to visit the supermarket when I still have food that won't last too long in the fridge. I'm not sure if its being frugal or maybe just being cheap, but I really x10 dislike wasting food! It makes me sad when I see veggies gone rotten! So anyway, I decided not to hit the supermarket today because I had left over Carrots, Jade Melon (from previous post) and Onion (from 180 F&B Pasta Salad Night!!!!!).

Freezer is one of my best friend! If you guys come and check out our freezer, you'll see so many things in there. Currently we have dumpling, pork chops, beef, bacon, chopped green onions, mussels, noodles, curry, crab sticks, blueberry, strawberry, banana... it's been real helpful to have these things handy when I decide not to go grocery shopping! It lasts so much longer when it's been preserved in the freezer. Freezer, you are awesome!!!

Tonight, I made carrot rice again. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of carrots. As long as they don't taste like carrots, its fine though, so usually, its finely chopped!

With the left over jade melon and the other carrot, I cut it into small cubes, and added into Campbell's Alphabet Soup. I think this can belongs to my sister in law JM back from E-House when Ma Brothers lived together. Anyway, I love can food too, they have a pretty good life span.

With the 2 left over onions, I used one for carro rice, and the other one I made onion beef stirfry.

Check it out... (no picture of the soup, canned soup isn't too good looking)

Carrot Rice with Onion Beef Stirfry

Asian Pancakes

2006-06-16T23:37:00.000+08:00

I've decided to make Okonomiyaki because we had left over Cabbages! Then I thought, since we have kimchi at home, why not make Kimchi Buckim for more variety?

Okonomiyaki (Japanese Pancake)
Ingredients - Flour, Water, Egg, Shredded Cabbage, Green Onion and Pork.

Kimchi Buckim (Koream Kimchi Pancake)
Ingredients - Flour, Water, Egg, Pork, Kimchi, Green Onion, Chilli Powder, Sliced Carrot and Jade Melon

Tofu Salad & Tonkatsu

2006-06-12T22:02:00.000+08:00

Tonight's Dinner!

Tofu Salad w/Sesame Dressing

Tonkatsu (Pork Cutlet) w/shredded cabbage

Salad for Lunch!

2006-06-10T21:59:00.000+08:00

Smoked Salmon Salad

Spicy Vegetarian Pasta Salad

Sushi

2006-06-07T23:21:00.000+08:00

I made sushi in 2 different styles tonight! Both using same ingredients (Smoked Salmon, Cucumber and Cream Cheese)

Smoked Salmon Roll #1

Smoked Salmon Roll #2

Cucumber Appetizer

Attempt on Korean Dishes #2

2006-06-04T01:17:00.000+08:00

I tried to make Kimbab (Korean Sushi Roll) with our left over kimchi fried rice........ gotta love the korean seaweed!

Kimbab wannabe with steak, onion (left over) and egg

Big Food Update #3

2006-06-03T12:26:00.000+08:00

Can't believe it's already June!!! Time Flies......
Alright, update time!

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May 20 '06

Had an extra potato about to go bad! had to cook it before it went into the trash :P I don't like wasting.

Potato Stirfry with lots of chili powder (I was craving for Chili Powder!)

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May 22 '06

GL came over for dinner! So nice to catch up with her :) I kinda overcooked just for the 2 of us though, hehe.

Asparagus + Bacon Pasta fried with Butter and soysauce. (it goes well!)

Tuna Tomato Penne

Spinach Stirfrry with Bacon

Buttered Enoki Mushrooms with Bacon

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May 24 '06

Soondubu (Korean Soup), Cabbage Salad, Tomato Scramble Egg, and Chicken Cabbage stirfry.

Cabbage Salad is very delicious!! Just shred it, and you can eat it with Mayo. Tonkatsu Sauce goes well also.

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May 27 '06

180 F&B Team presents..... Pakistani Curry Night!!! CW came over to help cook, it was fun :)

Pakistani Curry

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May 30 '06

My girls came over for MJ again :) Cooked mostly Veggie dishes. I also cooked spinach stirfry with bacon, and buttered enoki with bacon.

Veggie Pasta Salad (Mixed with stirfry green/red/yellow pepper, eggplant, and corriander with olive oil and fresh lemon juice)

Vegetable Curry with Carrot Rice

Carrot Rice was very simple and delicious, and went well with curry. I decided to make this cus I had left over Carrot.

RECIPE

Ingredients:
Rice (2.5cups), 1/2 Carrot, 1/2 Onion, Butter (10g), Salt & Pepper, Chicken Powder (2tbs), Water (400-450ml)

Cooking Instructions:
1) Wash Rice
2) Grate Carrot, and chop onion into fine pieces.
3) Stirfry onion and carrot in a frying pan with butter until well cooked.
4) Put rice and (3) into the rice cooker, add Chicken powder, salt & pepper, and water.
5) Start the rice cooker.
6) When its finished, mix the rice so the carrots will even out and voila!

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June 2 '06

CM made Kimchi Fried Rice and Steak!

Kimchi Fried Rice and Steak with Onion Stirfry

I wrapped it with lettuce and korean seaweed!

Afterwards, we went up to Cafe Deco for some desserts!

Pavlova w/ Fruits

Warm Chocolate Cake w/ Vanilla Ice Cream

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June 3 '06

I made brunch with left overs from the night before!

Simple Lettuce Salad with Sesame Dressing, Onigiri (Japanese Rice Ball) made from kimchi fried rice, and strawberry on the side just to add a bit of colour!

Remake from Left Overs #4 and others

2006-05-12T22:53:00.000+08:00

May 6 '06

Still had left over curry so made curry noodles. Like my egg?

Curry Noodles

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May 8 '06

Veggie Stirfry with Garlic

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May 11 '06

I was too lazy to go to the supermarket so I saw what I can do with pasta and garlic. I made..... *drumroll please*

3 Colour Pasta!!!
(Pesto, Chili and Curry Flavour)

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May 12 '06

Tea & Dessert at home

Apple Crumble + Vanilla Ice Cream + Milk Tea

Remake from Left Overs #3 and others

2006-05-06T12:37:00.000+08:00

We're back from Taipei, and we were glad to see that grandma doing very well. She took us to eat 3 days in a row :) I'll post up pics of Taipei soon.

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April 22 '06

Baked Casserole with onion sauce

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April 23 '06

BY taught us how to make Mexican Rice!
Super delicious :)

Mexican Rice

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April 27 '06

Had left over taco beef, so I tried the east meets west style, made some fried noodle!

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May 4 '06

Dad came over for dinner!

Curry with mini drumsticks

Stirfry Veggie

Tofu Salad

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May 6 '06

Brunch!

Curry Risotto Omlette

Get together and Left overs

2006-04-27T23:20:00.000+08:00

Beijing was awesome :) Check out my Beijing update on my other Blog. Plans changed and we are going to Taipei instead of Shanghai this weekend! We're going to visit my grandma who recently had a little accident. Poor Grandma, she got 6 stitches on her forehead!!!

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April 11 '06

Friends came over to play MJ, so I cooked!

Green Salad

Macaroni Salad

Baked Tuna and Tomato

Spaghetti Bolognaise with Carrots

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April 12 '06

I had left over Salad so decided to make Taco Rice!

Taco Rice

Baked Casserole

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April 19 '06

Burger on a bed of veggies

Cool Sandwhich!

2006-04-26T18:10:00.000+08:00

I didn't make this... but thought it's cute :) I'd like to make them for our future kids though!

Pictures courtesy of JC :)

Big Food Update #2

2006-04-08T11:20:00.000+08:00

Haven't been cooking all that much these days...! CM and I will be going to Beijing & Inner Mongolia with some of our Vine family, and we are excited!!! We're also planning to go back to Shanghai for the long weekend at the end of this month to see my folks and to get some cheap pampering done :) I can't wait to go home!

Posting some recipe's this time! Please ENJOY!

Ps- If there are posts without recipe's, I will post them upon requests when I have time :)

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March 13 '06

Attempt on Korean Soondubu...
Was a bit lazy to make dinner, so decided to make good use of the Bean Paste we got from Korea. I put Tofu, Cabbage, Sliced Pork and Egg. It's easy and quick to make, and filling... and low-carb! :)

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March 17 '06
Our friends Mr. & Mrs. Rowse + Mr. & Mrs. Cook came over for dinner! The 2 lovely couples brought delicious desserts, but I forgot to take pictures :(

Bacon Tomato Wrap on a bed of spinach again, but I sprinkled some oregano this time

RECIPE

Ingredients:
1 Tomato, 8 Slices of Bacon, Salt & Pepper, Dried Parseley (or Oregano)

Cooking Instructions:
1) Cut Tomato into 8 pieces, sprinkle a tiny bit of Salt on tomato.
2) Wrap bacon around each piece of tomato, sprinkle a bit of Pepper, and use toothpick to hold the wrap together.
3) Put a tiny bit of cooking oil onto frying pan, mid-heat, and cook bacon tomato wrap. About 1 min each side.
4) Take out toothpick, and voila!

For the spinach, I reused the same frying pan, so I can have the bacon flavour on my veggie :)

Cream Potato au Gratin

RECIPE

Ingredients:
2-3 Potatos, 1 Small Onion, 4 Sausages (Or Bacon), Salt & Pepper, Milk 100ml, Heavy Cream 100ml, 1 Pork Bullion Cube, Butter, Cheese, Dried Parseley (Or Oregano)

Cooking Instructions:
1) Peel potato, cut into 8, and soak in water for few minutes, then rinse.
2) Wrap with plastic food wrap, and put it in the microwave for around 4-6 minute (Until fully cooked)
3) Dice onion, and cut sausages 0.5cm wide.
4) Stirfry onion and sausage with butter, add pork bullion and a bit of salt & pepper.
TIP: I usually chop the bullion cube into small small pieces (almost powdery) so it melts faster.
5) Add milk and heavy cream and continue stirring.
6) Put the potatoes into heat-resistant container and sprinkle some salt, then pour (5) onto the potatoes.
7) Sprinkle (Lots of) cheese on (6) and put in oven until it melts.
TIP: Toaster oven works as well!
8) Sprinkle dried parseley and voila!

TIP: You can add mushroom's to this also. Just buy canned mushroom, drain, and add to (4)

CM's Famous Caesar Salad

RECIPE

Ingredients:
Romanian Lettuce, Chicken Breast, Gemelli Pasta, Shredded Parmesan Cheese, Cardini's Caesar Dressing, Salt & Pepper, crushed bay leaf

Cooking Instructions:
1) Season both sides chicken breast with salt & pepper, half a bit of cornstarch, a pince of crushed bay leaf, and lots of lemon juice, then put in oven until cooked (about 15mins, depending on type of oven).
TIP: Toaster oven works as well!
2) Cook gemelli pasta and drain when done. Keep it Al dente.
3) Wash lettuce, and cut into bite size (around 1inch) while you're waiting for the chicken and the pasta to be cooked.
4) When chicken is done and cool off, cut into cubes (1cm).
5) After the pasta's been cooled off, mix it with diced chicken and shredded parmesan cheese with dressing. Add a sprinkle (or two) of pepper...
6) Mix (5) with lettuce, and sprinkle parmesan cheese if you wish. Add more dressing to round out the taste... and voila!

Mushroom Risotto

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March 22 '06

CH came over to hang out! I asked what she wanted to eat, and she said "anything healthy!" so I just made veggies and soup. She brought some "Lai Liu" shirmp over - so easy! You only need to boil. Sorry if some of the food sickens some of you, we're Chinese, y'know what I'm sayin'? :p

Chinese Boy Choy (I think...)

Spinach Sauteed in Butter (not too healthy but oh well)

Korean Soup again, but with jade melon this time

Lai Liu Shrimp (Lai Liu = peepee) don't ask. It tastes good though!

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March 26 '06

Japanese Dinner at home

Boiled Spinach - with sprinkled sesame

Butter Sauteed Baby Asparagus

Grilled Salmon

Oden - Japanese Fish Cake Soup

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April 4 '06

I had tortilla left over from the 180's F&B Team so I made my grandma's famous chinese pancake. She's converted mexican into chinese....!!! She usually makes it with spring onion's, but I had some sausage that was expiring so I used that as well.

RECIPE

Ingredients: 1 Tortilla, 1 Egg, Chopped Spring Onions, Salt

Cooking Instructions:
1) Beat egg and add a bit of Salt.
2) Heat frying pan and heat tortilla (without cooking oil) and put it aside.
2) Add cooking oil to frying pan, mid heat.
3) Quickly fry spring onions, and pour egg into frying pan. (try to make the spring onion evenly spaced on frying pan)
4) Place tortilla on egg while it's still not fully cooked, so that it'll stick together.
5) Heat both sides, and voila!

TIP: You can eat it like that or with Japanese Kewpie Mayo, or Bulldog Tonkastu Sauce, or anything you like!

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April 5 '06

180 Master Life Group went to Tai Wai to eat some pigeons after our prayer retreat! Sorry if it looks disgusting... but like I said, what can we do, we're Chinese! (I am afraid of real life pigeons though)

Deep Fried Pigeon with Shrimp Crackers

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April 8 '06

Breakfast & Snack

I made Pancake this morning with 3 flavours!!! Original, Cinnamon, and Ovaltine. No need to make 3 different batters, just sprinkle them on one side of the pancake right after you pour the batter onto hot griddle.

Pancake

Cheese Crackers

I invented this awhile back when I was craving for some savoury stuff at home. It's quick, it's easy, and yummy :) And I would assume it's healthier than potato chips.

RECIPE

Ingredients:
Cracker, Shredded Cheese, Salt, Oregano

Cooking Instructions:
1) Sprinkle shredded cheese on cracker, along with salt and oregano.
2) Put in toaster oven, and voila!

Told ya it's easy ;)

Big Food Update!

2006-03-13T12:16:00.000+08:00

Long time no update!!! Been really busy & lazy to upload pictures and to resize them... By the way, blogger doesn't give you an option to change the dates anymore hey? Or is there a way to submit it on the date of your own choice?

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JANYARY 16 '06

Pei Daan Dau Fu (Thousand year old egg + Tofu)

JANUARY 17 '06

Tofu with Veggies

JANUARY 26 '06

Chinese New Year Snacks(?)

January 27 '06

Okonomiyaki (Japanese Pancake)

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February 3 '06
Sushi party with 180 leaders!
We prepared the fillings, rice and seaweed for them to wrap their likings!

Tofu Salad

Hand Roll Fillings

Table Setting - along with Miso Soup and Gyoza

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February 14 '06
Valentine's Day!
I had a fever that day so CM came home to cook!
Super delicious :)

Roses :)

Royce Chocolates! :)

Veal Masala

Broccoli Pasta

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February 18 '06
Our friend MN invited us over to his awesome apartment and cooked us delicious dinner! Very impressive. (Sorry the picture's are a bit dark)

Mixed Vegetable Stirfry

Vegetable with Oyster Sauce

Steamed Fish

Siumei Platter

Desserts - Cakes from Italian Tomato + Hagendaaz Ice Cream

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February 20 '06
Had another sushi party with my girls :)

Fillings:

Dashimaki Tamago

Tofu Salad... Yahyah I know I always make the same thing

Table Setting - We had Edamame and Miso Soup too!

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February 21 '06
We went to Korea for CM's friends wedding, so I insisted we eat things in our fridge, so these are made from left over ingredients.

Baked Tuna Pasta

Spam + Onion Stirfry (it was gross, don't try)
and Lettuce + Garlic Stirfry (not bad)

Green Salad - with onion and tuna

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February 23 '06
My parents were in town so we invited them over for dinner!

Soy Sauce Chicken (Ok I cheated, I bought this)

Fried Rice with diced steak (since we just got back from Korea, we wrapped it with seaweed!)

Vegetable Stirfry

I also bought some bean paste from Korea, so made Soondubu (or tried to) it turned out good! But no picture :(

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March 3 '06
It was our 6 months bring married so we went to try HABITU! I don't know the names of the dishes...

Appetizer

My pasta

CM's Calzone

No dessert- too full!

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March 9 '06
Yes, call us mushy... CM proposed to me exactly a year ago, so I cooked him dinner!

Appetizer - Bacon Tomato Wrap on a bed of spinach

Soup - Cream of Cabbage

Main - Salmon Risotto topped with Lemon Sauteed Salmon

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March 10 '06
Birthday Dinner Ruth's Chris Steak House :)

We ordered Ahi Tuna Appetizer (very good), Ribeye Steak, Garlic Mashed Potato and Cream Spinach. No pictures though... :( But I took a picture of the dessert!

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March 11 '06
Brunch

Omrice

Taco Rice

2006-01-05T22:56:00.000+08:00

Taco Rice

Don't know what this okinawan dish is? Google and find it's recipe!

Attempt on Korean Dishes

2006-01-04T22:51:00.000+08:00

Pa Jeon (Green onion pancake)

Doo Boo Yangnyum (Tofu with seasoning)

Steak Salad

2006-01-03T08:12:00.000+08:00

Steak Salad with broccoli (again!) + diced tomato

Japanese Egg Roll (Dashimaki Tamago) with spring onion + left over tomato from salad

Baked Banana + Ice Cream + Shredded Chocolate

Dumpling Noodle

2005-12-21T23:56:00.000+08:00

Dumpling Noodle with Bok Choy

CM's Dinner #2

2005-12-17T23:54:00.000+08:00

Steak

Yes, we love broccoli :) Well.. I do.

Remake from left overs #2

2005-12-14T23:49:00.000+08:00

Curry Udon

Pork Cutlet Curry

2005-12-12T08:41:00.000+08:00

Pork Cutlet with Onion & Tomato Curry
Broccoli Stirfry + Mini Potato Wedges

Lettuce Wrap & Tofu Salad

2005-12-07T21:35:00.000+08:00

Lettuce wrapped with minced beef + diced onion

Tofu topped with tuna on a bed of lettuce + seaweed

Soup & Salad in Japanese Style

2005-12-04T22:17:00.000+08:00

Miso Soup with Tofu and Seaweed

Tofu Salad

Dinner for One

2005-12-02T19:59:00.000+08:00

Penne Rigate Pesto with Bacon Bits

Thanksgiving Dinner

2005-11-24T08:31:00.000+08:00

Our very first house warming / thanksgiving dinner with the family...

From L-R:
Top: Garlic Bread, Chicken Au Gratin, Ceasar Salad, Cranberry Sauce
Mid: Tomato & Mozzerella, Turkey, Salmon & Cream Cheese on Bread
Bottom: Corn, Mashed Potato, Bread, Gravy, Stuffings

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

CM's Dinner

2005-11-23T08:25:00.000+08:00

Vermicelli with diced chicken and eggplant

Wrap it and grill it with George Foreman, voila!

Yeah... we're into Mountain Bread these days.

Remake from left overs

2005-11-18T22:50:00.000+08:00

Meat Pattie = using Chives filling
Chives Pancake = using Chives Sauce from Tofu
Omlette Roll = using Chicken & Onion filling

Wrap & Tofu

2005-11-17T22:53:00.000+08:00

Tofu with chives sauce

Chives & Chicken Filling

Onion & Chicken Filling

Wrap it up!

Edamame

Tomato & Gratin

2005-11-11T22:47:00.000+08:00

Baked Tomato with Minced Pork Filling

Chicken Au Gratin

Salad

2005-11-09T13:30:00.000+08:00

Tofu Salad

Mozzerella & Tomato Salad

Curry

2005-10-19T11:44:00.000+08:00

Vegetable Pasta with Curry Sauce