This dish is one of those things that make me miss my hometown, Jakarta the most. There are so many, and am telling you like it is without any exaggeration — SO MANY dry noodles dish stalls throughout the city. From those big franchise style shops, small stalls in the markets, in the garage of…
Category: Gluten Free
GRILLED CHICKEN WITH COCONUT RICE
Winter. Sometimes what you need is hearty meals. Unfortunately my Indo-Chinese tongue can be hard to please sometimes. There are times that I crave foods that are loaded with herbs and spices — those complex, rich flavour. A simple stew, or a pie, just won’t do! It was raining when we walked into the supermarket….
PAN FRIED SNAPPER WITH LEMON BUTTER SAUCE AND THE EASIEST SIDES EVER
Following the success of my very quick potato and green beans side (featured in this recipe, served with lamb), I started thinking on how to improve it. Maybe with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, more herbs, more butter, more salt? My stomach was playing up that day — I’m quite susceptible to having heartburns….
FLASH MEAL: LAMB WITH POTATOES AND GREEN BEANS
Multitasking. It’s a skill that is so important when I get super tired and cranky after a long day of work but still wanting a hearty, nutritious and most importantly delicious meal. Being a food obsessed person that I am, I think of what i want to cook for dinner since I have my breakfast….
SOTO AYAM: INDONESIAN CHICKEN SOUP
Although Chinese-Indonesian, my Mom cooks excellent native Indonesian food. She loves the punch all the herbs and spices give to give you heartwarming, full of flavour dishes. One of the dishes she does so well is soto ayam, or Indonesian yellow chicken soup. Her workers and friends, mostly native Indonesians often praise her soto, asking…
THAI (INSPIRED) CHICKEN CAKE
During my stint working in a cafe, this was one of our more popular cabinet food. Well, what looked like this anyway. This version of Thai chicken cake has been heavily modified. The original version was bulked with spaghetti, drenched with sweet chilli sauce and rather sweet, with not as much vegetables as my version. I’ve…
PUMPKIN AND COCONUT SOUP
I had been working in a pub kitchen when my British sous chef taught me how to make soup without any brain. A monkey could do it, he said with a cheery, confident voice. So a monkey I was, watching him chop things, finding scraps, adding zest of an orange that was going bad. Having…
CHEAT RED BEEF CURRY
I sometimes find myself craving takeaway Thai curry. Creamy and slightly sweet, piping hot on white rice. Sadly not many places do good takeaway curry. They are often characterised with things I am not a fan of; lack of herbs, too much sweetness, not very much meat, overcooked vegetables. And they cut me back $10…
KOBBIDEH KABOB STYLE DINNER
Of all the things that I should have been missing from my 5 years University life in Kuala Lumpur, Middle Eastern food isn’t one of them. I used to eat them heaps. Where I used to study, there were many people from UAE, Iran, Pakistan, Syria… you name it, they were there. My ex boyfriend and…
KALE, KUMARA AND HALOUMI SALAD
I absolutely love watching Masterchef Australia. Every single episode makes me hungry, inspired and raiding the pantry! If you haven’t already, do watch it. It’s bloody addictive. In one of the episodes a contestant cooked with grilled haloumi cheese, which made me crave for grilled haloumi — so when my flatmate Yvonne generously offered that…
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