This is the simplest soft milk buns recipe ever. There are plenty of recipes for Japanese soft milk buns or bread rolls online. The ingredients I use are identical to that of popular You Tube […]
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Steamed fish Hong Kong style
Steaming fish Hong Kong style is incredibly easy. It’s also healthy, quick and delicious. In general Singaporean Chinese/Cantonese restaurant parlance, Hong Kong style fish is steamed with aromatics (usually ginger, spring onion, coriander) then finished […]
Pantry Basics: Best Ever Chocolate Granola
This is my absolute favourite chocolate granola recipe. It’s studded with peanuts and almond slivers, as well as cacao nibs. And just as it emerges from the oven, we stir dark chocolate pearls into the […]
Family Food: Japanese-style rusks
These Japanese-style rusks are crisp, mildly sweet and savoury snacks brushed with butter and a touch of sugar then topped with grated cheese (I use coconut sugar and Gruyere). They are ridiculously easy to […]
Mermaid-themed party ideas for pre-schoolers
Here’s a time-strapped mom of three’s quick tips for throwing together a mermaid-themed party for pre-schoolers: 1) Keep the guest list small. I personally prefer to bowl over a handful of kids rather than push […]
Pantry Basics: Classic honey madeleines
This recipe produces a classic iteration of the madeleine. The madeleines taste of buttery deliciousness and are moist bites that most children will adore. I love that this madeleine recipe is pretty forgiving and can […]
Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
This is the sort of madly moist, easy-to-make chocolate cake recipe that gets passed down generations. I first discovered it when I made this elaborate multi-component dessert aeons ago. I was blown away by the […]
A braised version of Charsiu (the one I make for the kids most often right now)
I think almost every child likes charsiu (also spelled “char siew”), aka Chinese barbecued pork. There’s something wonderfully delicious about the combination of juicy, tender pork and the salty-sweet and very umami charsiu sauce. It’s […]
My break of dawn Banana Pancakes
My mornings begin way too early. I get up at 530am every day and allow myself just 15 minutes to wash up and change. I need to wake my son up at 6am so that […]
A Dashi Based Riff on Bolognese
The other day, I was scratching my head wondering what to make the kids for lunch. Because T1 and T2 come home from school an hour apart, I either need to cook twice, or make […]