Alex applied for his first library card today at our local library! He also learned to look up books via the online catalog, as well as how to find those books on the shelves. Surprisingly, he was really excited throughout the whole experience. 😀 How […]

Can you believe I had this recipe since 2003 and I never tried it until last year? It is now a family favorite! The original recipe, which I’ve adapted slightly for a simpler prep (not that it was complicated to begin with) can be found […]

Here’s an easy weekday meal if you like curries. This sweet and spicy Thai dish gets its robust flavor from a pre-packaged paste and my absolute favorite brand is Maesri. Just follow the directions on the container (sometimes we just approximate…you can’t go wrong with […]

I was flipping through my Southern Living cookbook when this recipe caught my eye – Chicken Pot Pie with a cheddar crust (not sure why I had never noticed it before…too many cookbooks :-D). The recipe seems fairly simple and I love that it uses […]

With everyone at home (including myself) feeling under the weather, I decided to make the ultimate comfort food – chicken soup! In my family, this particular version is always eaten with mee suah (a thin, delicate noodle made from rice flour which signifies “long life” for the Chinese) during special […]

This is the kind of curry my mom made when I was growing up, which is more along the line of Chinese-Malaysian curries as compared to the Malay or Indian version. As with most of my mom’s recipes, the dish comes without any actual measurement […]

Of all the types of sushi, I decided to make hand roll sushi because it seems simpler compared to the rest and also, it doesn’t require a bamboo rolling mat (which I don’t have). 🙂 We used the following ingredients for our sushi: Nori (roasted […]

I had never eaten Claypot Chicken Rice until I went over to West Malaysia for college. I first tasted it in Subang Jaya and have since then craved it occasionally. I found the following recipe online a few years back and thought that it tastes […]

I had a bottle of unagi sauce in my pantry that was going to expire soon but I had no unagi to use it on. Hence, I decided to stir-fry some chicken with it. The dish was so simple to make and turned out really tasty. We […]

This an easy dish that I will make when I feel homesick for home-cooked meals. My mom used to make this dish often when I was growing up. Although I cook this dish a little differently from my mom (because I never learned her exact […]