Archive for August, 2007

Views from the Penang Bridge

The sky was exceptionally blue with fluffy white clouds when we went across the Penang bridge. So, I took out my Nikon D40 DSLR and took some photos from a moving car. I am using the Nikon 18-200mm VR lens so the photos all turned out pretty sharp. None of the photos are enhanced in [...]

Posted by lilian on August 29th, 2007 under Sights | 2 Comments »

Hankering for dim sum at midnight

It is almost midnight. Earlier, I wanted to go out for some dimsum but not all my kids are around. One needs a big crowd to enjoy dimsum, don’t you think so? It is more fun when there are more pairs of hands grabbing those morsels in their tiny plates. Plus it is no fun [...]

Posted by lilian on August 24th, 2007 under General | 2 Comments »

This blog is more than two years old

An anniversary came and went and I did not even notice it. This blog initially was started at a free blogspot blog at Penang Faces. Then, I moved to this domain and it then progress to another domain at Best Recipe. After that, I left the blog to rot but realised that it will be [...]

Posted by lilian on August 22nd, 2007 under General | 1 Comment »

Recipe : Salted vegetables with belly pork

In China, during the winter months, they Chinese have to eat pickled vegetables and cured meats. I cannot remember which Chinese show was it where they show this family preserving green mustards in huge earthen jars. It was such a sight to see them stuffing the vegetables and pouring in the salt. I wonder if [...]

Posted by lilian on August 15th, 2007 under Food, Recipe | Comment now »

Hakka fried pork and Hakka stew pork with fermented red beancurd

I bought a packed of flour from the deli in Cold Storage. If I remember correctly, it is Ajishan or Alishan. It is a small packet of flour flavoured with five spice powder and named as “Hakka Fried Pork”. Well, I have never heard or eaten Hakka fried pork before eventhough my hubby is a [...]

Posted by lilian on August 13th, 2007 under Pork, Recipe | 4 Comments »

Some myths about lotus roots

However, do you know that those who worship Quan Yin are forbidden to take lotus root? Well, previously when I was a Taoist, (I am now a Catholic convert), the lady medium often reminded me when she was in trance as Kuan Yin never to cook lotus roots in my kitchen. Kuan Yin aka lady in trance also told me not to eat beef and cat fish.

Posted by lilian on August 11th, 2007 under Food, Information | 2 Comments »
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