Soon Kueh/Turnip Dumplings (I)

Success at last at making the dough for soon kueh ! It was my seventh attempt and sixth recipe. How's that for perseverance? As I kneade...

Babi Masak Assam

Compared to Shermay Lee , who supposedly began learning Peranakan cuisine when she was 5 years old, Wee Eng Hwa was a very late starter. Sh...

Not LKY's Babi Pongteh

Cast your mind back, all the way back to when you were 5 years old. Do you remember anything much? Would you believe a 5-year-old child is ...

Lotus Seed Sweet Soup (蓮子爽)

I was buying lotus seeds when a fellow aunty shopper who was waiting for her turn asked me how the dried seeds should be cooked. Whilst I p...

Paper-Wrapped Chicken

I hadn't had 纸包鸡 (Paper-Wrapped Chicken) for such a long time I'd forgotten what it was like. I couldn't see the point of wrappi...