A Hokkien or Minnan breakfast

May 12, 2009

At the wet market one day, I peered curiously at folks perched on tiny, tiny stools around tiny, tiny tables under a huge tree near a Chinese temple.
I was out of ideas for breakfast and somehow, none of the dry stuff like bread, fried cakes or man tou appealed to me.
I noticed that they were [...]

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Mexican food at Coyote Restaurant

May 11, 2009

I’d received a lunch invitation from the expat community but since I can only handle small meals now, I didn’t join in the Mexican food buffet. Instead, we went there for my birthday lunch
Coyote Restaurant was easy to find as it’s at a cosy corner opposite Yuandang Lake. There was also a map [...]

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Eating out in China

April 28, 2009

“One man’s meat is another man’s poison”
Visitors who have visited mainland China tend to come back with tales of having to scoop out inches of oil or lard off their main dishes or drowning EXTREMELY salty pieces of meat, fish or vegetables with lots of soup before attempting to eat them.
Or…these visitors end up eating [...]

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Fried fish in sweet and sour sauce

April 23, 2009

I got this recipe from my Mum’s 1970s book titled “A Basic Course in Home Management” by Lilian Tan and P. Visvalingam. Since I don’t use vinegar, I just omitted it. I also added chopped tomatoes to the recipe. The fish still came out tasty and the gravy was nice to accompany white rice.
Serves 2
Ingredients
1 [...]

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Peking ducks in Beijing

April 22, 2009

When we visited Beijing last year, we were lucky enough to try TWO types of Peking duck – one at the famous Quan Ju De restaurant on Wangfuqing Street and another at the Olympic Green.
QUAN JU DE RESTAURANT
Four hungry families (with 6 kids) trudged down Wangfuqing Street and trooped into this crowded restaurant tucked away [...]

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Simple Beef Stew

April 19, 2009

I’ve been yearning for a beef stew that I decided to wing it when Hubby bought some nice lean beef. Using the ‘magic’ slow cooker, I found this a simple, delicious, fragrant, nutritious and comforting dish that even the fussy little eater will eat with rice
INGREDIENTS
Lean beef – cut into small cubes (lightly [...]

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Lunch at a local Chinese restaurant

April 17, 2009

This was the first lunch I had with my badminton-playing Mothers group (Chinese, Hongkies, Taiwanese, Malaysians and Singaporeans) and boy, was it fun! We went to this restaurant out of chance because the one we wanted to go to went out of business
Since there are almost 20 of us, we had to look [...]

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Taking the public transport

March 25, 2009

If you plan to visit or live in China and you don’t know enough Chinese to pass the driving test or are not entitled to a car or a personal driver, no worries! You can choose to walk, ride a bicycle, take a taxi, take a bus and if you’re brave enough, even take a [...]

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One Child Only. Really.

March 13, 2009

When my sister sent me the link to Red FM, I was ecstatic that I could listen to Malaysian news reports and popular English hits like Timbaland’s “Apologize” (my current fave), Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” (so appropriate!), Seal’s “Kiss from a Rose”, good old Fleetwood Mac and yummylicious Enrique Iglesias…
Thank you, sis!
Anyway, I’m stunned [...]

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