About Me

I love to cook and more importantly, I like to improve the way I cook certain dishes. As such, this blog is borne out of a desire for a simple and organized way to manage the different variations of the dish that I tried. I will be posting recipes, pictures and comments on what works for me and what don’t. Hopefully, you will enjoy your time here, and do remember to give your feedback! Cooking is a constant evolution, a process and definitely not an end result!

Aglio Olio Pasta with Tomatoes

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Aglio Olio Pasta with Tomatoes

I added lemon juice to this recipe to create a refreshing taste to pasta. If you do not like cold pasta, you should try this instead! =)

Ingredients (Serve 2 Pax)
  1. Linguine or Spaghetti
  2. 2 Tomatoes (Diced)
  3. 1 Red Onion (Chopped)
  4. 1 1/2 tablespoon of Chopped Garlic
  5. Dried Parsley (eg. Brand Masterfood) or Chopped Fresh Parsley
  6. 80ml of White Wine
  7. 3 tablespoon of Lemon Juice
  8. Salts
  9. Olive Oil
Steps
  1. Add 1 tablespoon of Oil and 1 teaspoon of Salt in boiling water
  2. Add Pasta and cooked as per indicated on Pasta packaging (approx 7 to 11 minutes for Al Dente)
  3. Once cooked, drain water and raise with cold water to stop heating process
  4. Add Oil into hot pan
  5. Add 4 - 5 tablespoon of Olive Oil in hot pan
  6. Add Onion into hot pan and stir-fry until fragrant (when it become translucent)
  7. Add Garlic and stir-fry until fragrant (before it turn brown)
  8. Add Tomatoes and stir-fry for approx 2 minutes
  9. Add Lemon Juice and stir to mix well
  10. Add White Wine
  11. Add 1 teaspoon of Salt, stir to mix well
  12. Once boiling, Add Pasta into pan, lower heat and toss for approx 1 minute for flavors to blend into pasta
  13. Sprinkle Parsley and toss until it is well mix into the pasta
Serve while Hot!

Good to serve with Side or Finger food.

Tips and Comments
  • Garlic is an important factor in Aglio Olio Pasta, hence, it is important that the right amount of garlic is added.
  • Adding Onion increase the taste to this dish as I have to say that it is not easy to master a plate of tasty Aglio Olio.
  • I prefer Linguine than Spaghetti for Aglio Olio but this is a personal preference!

Grilled Sliced Beef with Red Wine Marinate with Portobello Mushroom

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Grilled Sliced Beef with Red Wine Marinate with Portobello Mushroom
Ingredients
  1. Steak
  2. Portobello Mushroom (Cut into Slices)
  3. Red Wine Marinate (eg. Brand Masterfood)
  4. Italian Herbs (eg. Brand Masterfood)
  5. Salt
  6. Coarse Black Pepper
Preparations
  1. Marinate Steak with Red Wine Marinate for at least an hour. Best to leave it overnight in a fridge.
  2. Cut Steak into Slices and Place it on the upper layer of the Grill
  3. Spread Mushroom on to a Baking tray
  4. Sprinkle some Salt, Pepper, Mixed Herbs onto Mushroom
Steps
  1. Preheat Oven
  2. Slot Steak onto the upper grill
  3. Slot Mushroom onto the lower grill
  4. Set Oven to approx 15 minutes
  5. At 10 minutes, check if Steak is cooked to the tendency that you like and adjust timing accordingly.
Serve while Hot!

Good to be serve as a Main Course in an intimate event.

Steamed Beancurd (Tofu) with Minced Meat

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Steamed Beancurds (Tofu) with Minced Meat

Protein is important to our body, it helps to repair our body tissues and build up our immune system. More to it, it strengthen our hair and for guys who are training up, protein should not be lacking in our daily food consumption.

There are a lot of high protein food, eg. eggs, beef, chicken, etc.. and Beancurd or Tofu in Chinese is one of the "healthier" choices.

There are a lot of different varieties of beancurd dish, for this recipe, it is a light and appetizing dish that go very well with rice.

A healthy, easy to cook and taste good dish. Try it now! =)

Ingredients
  1. One pack of Bean Curd (Tofu) (eg. Brand Fortune)
  2. 100 grammes of Minced Pork
  3. 1/2 tablespoon of Chopped Garlic
  4. 2 teaspoon of Light Soya Sauce (eg. Brand Tai Hua)
  5. 2 teapoon of Dark Soya Sauce
  6. 1 tablespoon of Oyster Sauce
  7. 1/2 teaspoon of Sugar
  8. 1 teaspoon of Corn flour
  9. Fine White Pepper
Preparations
  1. Add 2 teaspoons of Light Soya Sauce and 1/4 teaspoon of White Pepper into Minced Meat, mixed them together and marinate for 10 to 15 minutes
  2. Mix Corn flour with 1 tablespoon of water into a starch mixture
  3. Place Beancurds (Tofu) flat on a steam-proof plate with some depth (1 to 2cm will be good enough) to contain the gravy and steam it for approx 10 minutes. Drain off the liquid.
Steps
  1. Add Garlic into hot pan and stir-fry until fragrant before it turned brown
  2. Add Minced Pork and stir-fry until it is 80% cooked approx 3 to 4 minutes
  3. Add Oyster Sauce, 3 to 4 tablespoon of hot water and stir to mix well
  4. Slowly add starch mixture while stirring for approx 1 minutes
  5. Pour mixture to onto beancurd and it is good to serve
Serve while Hot.

Good to go with Rice and 2 to 3 other Chinese Dishes

Steamed Chicken, Abalone Locos, Scallops, Mushroom

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Steamed Chicken, Abalone Locos, Scallops, Mushroom 
It is a very simple dish that requires very little preparation and it is very suitable for Chinese New Year. This dish does not require to touch on the pan, it is a steam dish! 

 Ingredients
  1. 1/4 Chicken (Cut into small pieces)
  2. 1 Chinese Mushroom (Washed and immerse into Hot Water until soften. Then slice it)
  3. 10 Dried Small Scallop
  4. 2 tablespoon of Hua Diao Jiu (Chinese Rice Wine)
  5. 1 1/2 tablespoon of Light Soya Sauce
  6. 2 tablespoon of Water
  7. 1 tablespoon of Wolfberry (Washed)
  8. 3 piece of Yu Zhu (Washed)
  9. 2 Abalone Locos (From Cans, eg. Fortune Chef, Cut into Slices) 
  10. 3 tablespoon of broth from Abalone Locos's can
Steps
  1. Add ingred no. 1 to 8 into a container (steamed proof bowl), cover it with Aluminum foil and put into a steamer for approx 20 to 30 minutes
  2. Add Abalone Loco and the broth into the above and continue to steam for approx 5 minutes
Serve while Hot!

Good to go with Plain Rice with a 2 to 3 more Chinese Dishes.

Grilled Chicken with Red Wine and Garlic Marinade

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Grilled Chicken with Red Wine and Garlic Marinade
Red Wine and Garlic Marinade from Masterfoods

A simple recipe for sharing. I really love the Red Wine Sauce by Masterfoods!

Ingredients
  1. 1/4 Chicken (Cut into big pieces)
  2. 1/3 bottle of Red Wine Marinade from Masterfoods
Preparation
  1. Marinate Chicken for approx 3 hrs. For best results, marinate over night.
Steps
  1. Spread Olive Oil on Baking tray
  2. Lay Chicken on Baking Tray.
  3. Place to reheat Oven, Grilled Function for approx 10 minutes.
  4. Turn Chicken and Blast Chicken with the remaining marinating sauce. Grilled for another 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked.
Serve while Hot! Serve while Hot!


Good to serve with a Pasta or as a Main Course in an intimate event. It can also be serve as a Side or Party finger food.

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