Oatmeal Coconut Pancake - 燕麦椰奶煎饼

A hearty breakfast makes it a perfect day to starts with and Pancake is definitely a classic breakfast option. Here we made Oatmeal Coconut Pancake using oatmeal flour and the new Ayam Brand Super Light Coconut Milk which contains only "5% Fat". On side I also prepared some berries fruit sauce with the leftover coconut milk and sweeten it honey to serve with the pancakes.

[6 recipes + 3 videos] Chinese New Year Dish with WMF FUSIONTEC Cookware

Planning a heartwarming Chinese New Year meal is not difficult because you do not need to have  luxurious ingredients like abalone, shark fin or white pomfret which are at higher cost during festive season.

In this post I prepared three sets of classic festive dish with twist of ingredients to suit our family preference. But by all means you can mix and match the ingredients and re-reate your own dish.

[recipe + video] Osmanthus Longan Coconut Koi Jelly

Chinese New Year is around the corner so here I am sharing a quick auspicious dessert which you can prepared for your guests during festive gathering. This Osmanthus Longan Coconut Jelly consists of 2 layers with a golden osmanthus jelly top and aromatic coconut flavour below.

新年甜点好预兆；黄金鲤鱼+元宝来拜年。桂花龙眼椰奶冻

[recipes + videos] Healthy Meals with WMF KITCHENminis Steamer - 福腾宝电蒸锅

Steaming foods help to preserves the original flavour and retain its natural nutrients which is in a better way to cook healthier oil free dishes. In this post I will be sharing a few recipes on how to cook over a single heat source with 2 layers of different food stacked on top of the other making it time, energy and money saving deal.

"蒸" 料理的特点是保持菜肴的原型，原汁及愿味并且从而保存食材的各种营养素。

[recipes] Christmas Bread

Christmas is around the corner and this year I managed to bake 2 batches of Christmas themed bread. These sweet Christmas buns make a great alternative to serve on festive table and you can choose to make it plain without the fillings in order to have it with soup or cheese.

圣诞节的气氛越来越逼近，今天就和你们一起分享我和小伙伴一起做的圣诞主题面包

[recipe + video] Quick Cream Of Chicken & Mushroom Soup

For a super easy weeknight dinner, you can serve up a hearty meal using canned soup and few added fresh ingredients to perk up the taste and appearance. This recipe that I am sharing is very versatile because you can mix and match your soup base and ingredients to suit your household preference.

[2 Videos + 3 Recipes] Philips Deluxe Collection Multicooker - Part !! + Giveaway

Have you check out our first review post on this amazing Philips Deluxe Collection Multicooker which allows you to prepare healthy and delicious meal in different ways all year round. For example: meat dish such as beef stew or rendang can be easily done in 40 minutes or less using the pressure cooking compared to 3 hours or more on stove cooking.

In this second post we continue to test other functions as such "steam and manual" feature to cook porridge, dessert and steamed cake.

[3 Videos + 4 Recipes] Philips Deluxe Collection Multicooker (HD 2145) - 飞利浦智慧万用锅

Recently I added a new kitchen helper known as "Philips Deluxe Collection Multicooker". With this intelligent cooking system it can help to slow cook, pressure cook as well as multi-cook (pot roast, bake or yogurt) all in one appliance. The cooker also comes with "Add Ingredient" and "Sauce Thickening" functions that helps to cook food to the texture you prefer with one single touch of the button. Below are my verdict on using this cooker as well as some simple recipes for your reference.

最近新添了一个厨房好帮手；飞利浦智慧万用锅。它采用了高温蒸气的烹调方法让你更轻松的掌控：煎，煮，蒸，炖，烤的技巧。这里就让我和大家分享我的用后感和简易食谱。

[recipes + videos] 3 Quick Pasta Meal Ideas

Have being busy these few weeks so quick meals such as one-pan dish definitely comes in handy. For example meals like fried rice or pasta suits the needs of busy cooks as these choices mostly appeals to both adult and children.

In this post we shared 3 different types of pasta infused dish with flavour from pairing ingredients such as curry, cheese, lemon and etc.

[recipe + video] Mala Xiang Guo - 麻辣香锅

Hello! Today I am sharing another quick one-pan dish which you can easily replicate it at home. I am sure for those who loves spicy food you might have heard or tried "Mala Xiang Guo - 麻辣香锅" which is one of the food trend in Singapore. This stir-fry dish is origin from Sichuan and it has a numbing (ma) and spicy (la) aftertaste which is pretty additive once you start off with.

你们喜欢吃麻辣香锅？其实你可以在超士购买一包＂麻辣香锅＂的酱料然后依照自己的喜好加入适当的蔬菜，肉类或海鲜。

[recipes + video] 3 One Pan Recipes for Easy Weeknight Meals

Here are three quick and easy Asian one-pan dish which are a real time-saver for weeknight dinners. Furthermore these dishes also make great family meal ideas because you just need a reliable frying pan to cook with and serve. Therefore it cut down working time in the kitchen too.

[recipes + videos] 8 Fried Rice Recipes

Fried Rice (炒饭) is one of the easiest way to get a quick meal done in less than 15 minutes using whatever "leftover" ingredients that you have in the pantry. Although the main ingredient used for the following recipes is "cooked chilled rice" but you welcome to replace it with other options such as cooked quinoa, multi-grains or cauliflower.

炒饭是懒人最方便的料理方式。只要将材料和米饭丢进锅里翻炒，加个鸡蛋即可大功告成。

[recipes + videos] Halloween Themed Food with Japanese Curry and Seafood Bee Hoon

Today let's create some cute and easy spread to spook your guest and family. This year our Halloween-themed recipes include creepy "purple blue" noodle and ghoulishly curry rice which can be done in less than an hour using common ingredients in your pantry.

So check out our step-by-step videos and recipes below and do enjoy your party with lot of fun and spooky food.

[recipes + videos] 3 Assorted Taiwan Castella Cake With KitchenAid Artisan Mini

The fun and challenging part of cake making is about the science and logic behind the mixture of ingredients. For example a change of flour or decrease in the amount of liquid might affect the texture of the cake.

I had a great interaction time making these popular Taiwan Castella Cake with our Instagram viewers thru the live video where we worked on the steps together.

[recipes + video] Soy Sauce Chicken

Soy Sauce Chicken is consider as one of the classic Cantonese meat dish where the chicken is being cooked in a broth mixed with light and dark soy sauce, Chinese wine, ginger and spices. This dish is pretty easy to prepare and I am sure you will get the hand of it with our demo video below.

[recipes + videos] Knorr Salted Egg Powder

The salted egg fever has never seems to wave off and recently KNORR has launched their Golden Salted Egg Powder that comes in 800g pack (R.P S$9.90) which is suitable for home use. Furthermore there is no MSG and each packet can easily help you recreate any of your favoruite dishes without fuss.

Hence good news for those living in overseas, you can now stock up this new product to enjoy local feast without the trouble of find salted egg yolk which might not be easily available at your end.

[recipes + video] ABC Soup aka ABC蔬菜汤

Today I will be sharing one of our family favourite recipe which often known as ABC Soup. I have being boiling this soup at least one a week for more than 10 years since my boy was two because he often request to have it with Alphabet pasta or porridge.

[recipe + video] Matcha Banana Loaf

I simply love to explore different recipe using banana as one of the ingredients. Recently I made this hassle free Matcha Banana Loaf using the last two overripe banana that I had in the pantry together with my favourite matcha powder. Furthermore the steps are easy to follow as it requires only mix and stir before you pop the batter into the oven.

[recipes + videos] Homemade Roast Pork Belly & Wanton Noodle

Compared to char siew (BBQ pork) our family preferred roast pork belly which has a crisp top and savory tender meat. Frankly speaking all along I have never thought of making my own roast pork because in Singapore it can be easily bought from roast meat stores. But recently I was inspired by one of my bestie to make them at home after realizing how easy the steps were.

In this article I am sharing my version made using air-fryer and how I pair it with noodle to make a hearty meal.

[recipes + video] Sweet And Savory Honey Recipes

*in collaboration with Huiji Honey

Honey which is a natural sweetener for making beverage is also an excellent addition for baking and cooking. It can helps to retain moisture in the cake or adds as a golden hue to sauces and dressing. Personally I find honey blend well with most meat dishes especially chicken and it make great dressing when mix with lemon, mustard sauce or fresh herbs too.

From what I read up you can actually replace 1 cup sugar with half portion of honey in your recipes to cut down the amount of sugar used. So for a healthier diet perhaps you can try adding honey into your next bake or checkout our honey related recipes below.

[recipes + videos] 5 Assorted Chiffon Cakes - Part IV

This is Part IV  (Part I, Part II and Part III ) of my chiffon cakes post and in each post there are five different flavour of chiffon cakes. On a count I think I have made more than 25 flavour and out of those Pandan Chiffon Cake is the only one which I often made at least once or twice in a month.

Since my family prefer cakes that are without cream or frosting my bakes often rotates between chiffon or pond cake. But once in a while upon request I would also bake muffin, chocolate brownie or cheesecake. There are two fruity chiffon cakes recipes in this post plus one of my favourite using gula melaka which I hope you can try on it.

[recipe] Chocolate Madeleines - 巧克力玛德琳

Madeleines (玛德琳)are a small light French sponge cake that are baked in the shape of a shell that exist in a few sizes and design. The key to determine the success of a Madeleine cake is its high "belly" which similar to the "feet" of a Maccaron.

[recipe + video] Sumptuous Chinese New Year Meal with CP Foods

Hello friends, still thinking of what to cook for reunion dinner or getting ingredients to wrap your wonton and gyoza? Actually you can get everything done hassle-free by tapping on to CP Foods' array of steamboat items such as shrimp wonton, chicken and pork gyoza plus they newly launched clear chicken broth concentrate.

All you need is to cut the package, pour and you are minutes away from your meal. Below is our upgrade version of "shrimp wonton soup" which I am sure it will add some bonus points to your feast.

Chinese New Year 2017 Bazaar, Woodlands Food Factory Outlets & Festive Deals

Chinese New Year is about 3 days from now and I am sure most of you have already done with your shopping list. But if you have not done so, don't worry you still have time to join the crowds to pick up all the necessary goodies and at the same time soak in the festive mood.

In this articular you can find some last minute deals to get frozen seafood or steamboat items at Woodlands factory outlets or online site to order your goodies and get them delivered it to your doorsteps.  

[recipe + video] Penang Lobak - 槟城五香肉卷

Loh Bak aka Five-Spice Meat Roll is a common street food in Penang, Malaysia. The pork is marinated in Chinese five-spice powder (五香粉) together with other various ingredients such as yam, water chestnuts, jicama (turnip), onions and etc then rolled up with a sheet of beancurd skin and fried till crispy.

Below is our first trial of making lobak and we really loves the texture with bits of chunk meat, soft yam and crunch of water chestnut.

[recipe] Braised Chicken - 海参香菇焖鸡翅

Chinese New Year is about a week from now and I am sure everyone is busying with spring clean, baking new year cookies or preparing gift sets and food for your loved ones. In this week post we feature a quick Braised Chicken dish using some auspicious new year ingredients which you might be interested in.

[recipes + videos] 3 One Pot Meal with Tefal Advanced Spherical Pot Rice Cooker

In this modern society I believe many of us have at least one rice cooker at home. And as a home cook who prepare at least 5 meals a week, I prefer a good and durable rice cooker that makes cooking convenient and foolproof. For example: just add rice and water then press a button to start the cooking.

Nowadays they are so many variety of rice cooker available on the market which offer special features that meet individual needs. Some of the innovative cookers can even use to prepare quick and easy one-pot meal like what we did in this post.

[recipes] 5 Healthy Drinks With Honey

With festive feasts and New Year approaching, I am sure you like to add some detox drinks to your diet in order to cleanse your body and boost up the immune system. Trust us; making your own Detox Drink is pretty easy as you probably have most of the ingredients in your kitchen.

In this post we have prepared a few drinks that can be served alongside with breakfast, teatime or main course which I hope it will be useful for you.

[Review] Dal.Komm Coffee Singapore

Descendants Of The Sun (DOTS) fans, here is a good news! dal.komm COFFEE which featured in the drama has opened their first cafe here in Singapore at The Centerpoint on 03rd December 2016. This Korean style music concept cafe aims to bring music, coffee and dessert all under one roof. They also features the brand's iconic plushies; wolf & rabbit as seen in the show but currently there is only a pair available at the cafe for patrons to take photos with.

[Recipes + Video] Onigirazu (rice sandwich) - 免捏御饭团

Hi everyone, today I am sharing a long overdue post on making Onigirazu (おにぎらず) which I have posted months back over at Instagram and Dayre. This super easy to make rice balls is similar to sandwich concept using "stacking/layering" method with rice and assorted fillings such as meat, vegetables and or egg to make rice parcel.

In the step-by-step recipes below I made both version of Pork and Chicken Katsu Onigirazu as well as some with egg mayonnaise, luncheon meat and etc. So be creative and create your very own onigirazu with your favourite ingredients.

[recipe] Halloween Bento serve with Japanese Curry

Hello everyone! Trick or Treats for this Halloween? Time flies as we have being missing from this space for more than 3 months due to personal commitments and health. Here I sincerely apologies to all friends and readers who still frequent this website to checkout our recipes and updates. Will definitely try my best to update as frequent as possible but meanwhile you can still catch up our on-going updates over at Instagram account.

Since it's Halloween today, I would like to share a related themed post which I hope you will like it. Till then enjoy your party today with lot of fun and spooky food.

[Review] Pompompurin Cafe @ Orchard Central (Singapore)

Pompompurin Cafe (布丁狗餐厅) is the first Sanrio character cafe in Singapore follow by Hello Kitty Orchard Garden which is located at Changi International Airport (terminal 3, arrival hall). Pompompurin or aka Purin is a big yellow coloured dog who wears his trademark brown beret. This newly setup cafe is located at level four of Orchard Central Mall and the queue starts to form even way before it opens at 11am.

Overall our impression of the cafe on our first visit was quite neutral. Despite of the waiting time (the queue and serving time for food), average food and price I think the cafe is still an insta-worthy place if you are looking for something different.

[Video] Geylang Serai Hari Raya Bazaar 2016

Hello everyone! What are you busying with this weekend? Time flies while I was drafting this post about our first visit to the Geylang Serai Hari Raya Bazaar (also known as Ramadan Bazaar @ Geylang Serai) last weekend. This festive bazaar is definitely huge with around 800 stalls selling different range of things from fusion to local street food & beverages, clothing, carpets, accessories and more.

Geylang Serai Hari Raya Bazaar is running daily from June until 06 July 2016 with most of the stalls opening from 5.00pm till late in the evening. The area is accessible by car with ample of parking lots available at the HDB carparks or within walking distance by public transport from Paya Lebar MRT station (walk towards Sims Avenue).

[Recipe + Video] Kracie Happy Kitchen - Edible Miniature Pizza Kit

Happen to chance upon this miniature DIY food kit while exploring a Japanese 100 yen (S$2 shop) known as Tokutokuya. This shop has many interesting household and food stuffs imported from Japan with most of the items pricing at S$2 unless otherwise stated. The miniature food kits which the boy spotted are from Kracie and they come in different designs like hamburgers, sushi, pancake, donuts and etc for your selection.

The pizza kit (SG$5 per box) which we bought can make two 6cm size pizza, four cute face potato cake and a cup of grape soda. Although the end product might be too small to fill the tummy but the boy enjoys the making process as well as a fun experience of owning a pizza shop.

[Recipe + Video] Cajun Seafood Parcel - 烤海鲜包裹

"Eat with your hands and don't be shy" is the slogan for today's post. Although I am not a huge seafood fans but I always wanted to find an opportunity to try boiled seafood in bag which is quite popular get-together dish in Singapore where you can enjoy with a group of friends. With that in mind, I replicate this Cajun Seafood Parcel by seasoning the ingredients with Cajun spices, wrap and bake until cooked.

We love the sauce underneath which was flavourful and pack with hint of sweet, spicy & buttery taste. Oh ya make sure you remember to toss the mixture with the sauce before serving to enhance the flavour.

[Recipes + Video] Angry Birds Rice Burger - 愤怒鸟米汉堡

Recently due to the new Angry Birds movie it seems to bring back memories for those who love its related mobile game on those battles between the birds and green pigs. And with that fast food chain restaurants in Singapore are selling Red Angry Birds Burgers and Spicy Nuggets in conjunction of the movie too.

As for me in order to surprise my boy who is one of the Angry Birds fans, I made him these cute Angry Birds Rice Burgers together with some related design fruit cutouts as a reward for his good performance in mid-year school exam.

[Recipes + Video] Hello Kitty & Winnie Pooh Nasi Lemak - 凯蒂猫和维尼熊饭团

It has being a long time since my last food art on cartoon characters because the boy has passed that "cute food" stages where I used to make his food look appealing (bento ideas). When flash back I do missed those fun days where we both work together to make bentos and he will help to prepare the ingredients as well as assembling the dish.

[Recipe + Video] Rice Powder Chocolate Chiffon Cake - 粘米粉巧克力戚风蛋糕

Yeah! Today is the first day of mid-year school holidays which I am sure some of you already have plans line-up for your kid(s) with activities, programmes or oversea trip. No matter what it is I hope you can have a wonderful bonding time with your loved ones.

For this week post, I am sharing another chiffon cake recipe using "rice flour (粘米粉)" which we often used it in Asia recipe to make steamed cake with yam or radish. Basically rice flour give a better texture for chiffon cake which is lighter and the recipe also requires less sugar and oil.