Archive for February, 2008

How to avoid wine blunders? - Learn from Wine TV Library

Have you ever gagged on your food while you take a sip of wine? I had made those blunders where I mix the wrong wine with the wrong foods and ended up drinking liquid that tastes like chemicals. Such are the quirkiness of wine and that’s why I hate the pretentious world of [...]

Posted by lilian on February 26th, 2008 under Food | 2 Comments »

Recipe : Carbonara sauce

I have a complete step by step recipe for spaghetti carbonara sauce. So, if you want the real thing, do use that one.
Sometimes, I prefer a lighter sauce without so much cream and eggs so what I do is to prepare the lighter version. I normally cook this as quick lunch for the [...]

Posted by lilian on February 23rd, 2008 under Recipe | 2 Comments »

Gordon Ramsay and the F word

the show is call The F Word. But our local TV is not receptive to the *teet* word and the blardy *teet* Astro keep *teet* the annoying *teet* sound everytime they utter the F word. Don’t you think it is stupid?

What the *teet* is wrong with the *teet* word!

Posted by lilian on February 21st, 2008 under General | 4 Comments »

Bak kut teh, mai bak

“Ai pak lai boh, ai too tor, too boey leh?”
I felt so embarassed. The people there must think I am one crazy Buddhist who got her brains screwed wrongly.

Posted by lilian on February 18th, 2008 under Food, Pork | 5 Comments »

Toast

A while back, I wrote about half-boiled egg. A reader asked me where I can buy the half-boiled egg maker. Well, you can find it at the crockery section in most supermarket.
Over here in Penang and I am sure in other parts of Malaysia, coffee-shops serve half-boiled egg with toast. They go [...]

Posted by lilian on February 12th, 2008 under Recipe | Comments Off

Thai Chillies Sauce - Lingham’s, not Lingam

Thai chillies sauce is a handy bottle of ingredient that can jazz up many dishes, especially sweet and sour dishes. So, I like to keep a bottle around for cooking and also use as a dipping sauce. I prefer Thai chillies sauce over the regular chilli sauce because Thai sauces have kaffir lime [...]

Posted by lilian on February 9th, 2008 under Food | 4 Comments »
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