Leftovers makeover

Chinese New Year celebrates the abundance of food. Having leftover is a must as it signifies you don’t have to worry about starving in the year ahead. I enjoyed great food and had wonderful time over the festive season, and now it’s over, it’s time to deal with the leftovers from Chinese New Year.

For some, [...]

Bring home the romance

Candle lit dinner with soft music could be romantic on Valentine’s Day.
Candle lit dinner with soft music besides some fifty other couples doing the same thing in a busy restaurant is not.
Making home-cooked meal on Valentine’s Day could be romantic.
An oily and sweaty face washing a sink full with dishes is not.
If you [...]

How to make a restaurant-style dessert at home

You want to make a dessert to impress your guest. You don’t want to spend the whole day in the kitchen preparing and washing the dishes. Here is an easy way out: panna cotta with cucumber and mango.

Panna cotta is a cooked cream originally from Italy. It’s often served with berries. I would like to [...]

One minute Mayonnaise

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One minute Mayonnaise
Herd of the book One Minute Manager? Well, what you are looking now is One Minute Mayonnaise.
This 1-min mayonnaise is not the time you took to take the jar of mayo from the supermarket shelf. It is the time taken to make it, yes, making it. Have you ever tried making mayonnaise [...]

Maggi Mee-My Way Contest

The sounds of Mee Maggi, “sedap dirasa, senang di masak ” which roughly translated means “fast to cook, good to eat“, still rings in my ears until today. Almost 2 decades on, Maggi Mee is still one of the favorite instant noodles among Malaysians. But times have changed, these are the days of the AFC (Asian [...]

marmalade

No scone would be complete without this condiment. I have seen a few posts about grape jam making from the Emmagem reader, Ann. Grape jam sounds lovely and I can’t say that I have tried it myself. Perhaps Ann would share with us soon?  As you know, self-made grape jam is a fruit preserve. Preserve [...]

Tiramisu- Hari Raya Version

I can’t deny that if you put tiramisu on the dessert menu, it would be the most popular choice among the ladies. Have many of the tiramisu fans know or even wondered what does ‘tiramisu‘ literally mean? Tiramisu means “pick me up” or “pull me up”. Its meaning is actually referring to the effects of the [...]

Chicken Broth-Amber Nectar

No, I am not talking about some flowers here. I’m referring to a rich, clear stock or broth. Seriously, how many people will be bothered to do their own stock for their dishes at home today? Not many, I suppose?  After all, there is much easier option of adding stock in cubes and from bottles [...]

Smoothie

“Smoothee” or “Smoothie”
What is smoothie? Generally, it is something where all ingredients are blended together, becoming a delicious beverage. Depending on what you toss into the blender, smoothie can be a meal substitute for those weight watchers too.
I thought about making smoothie this week, after something reminded me of the time I spent in Brazil. [...]

Not your average pasta recipe!

As promised in a few articles ago (PASTA 101), I’ll share with you a pasta recipe. The name of this pasta “Conchiglie alle cime di rapa” may sound intimidating to you (and mouthful), it is actually a fast, and tasty dish from Bari on the Southern Coast of Italy. It can be called also “Conchiglie [...]