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Hungi style of cooking

During the Earth Hour 2010, I was invited to a Hungi style meal. What they did was to bury the meats into a pit and allow the meats to cook underground. The chef is from New Zealand and he told us that the Maoris use this method of cooking. Over there they can even cook [...]

Posted by lilian on June 11th, 2010 under General | Comment now »

Having the right cookware helps

Yesterday, my friend phoned to ask if she can place two cakes side by side in her brand new oven which can takes both cake tins. She was so excited about Christmas and was in the dilemma, not knowing what to do. Earlier, she also phoned me about her new deep fryer. She wasn’t sure [...]

Posted by lilian on December 23rd, 2009 under General | Comment now »

My very short but very filling trip

I went to Hatyai, Thailand over the weekend. It was just a one night thing. Yet, I ate so much and seen so much. I was eating like very few hours because there are so many foods to sample. My sons and I first went to McDonald’s to try out their Samurai Burger. It is [...]

Posted by lilian on August 26th, 2009 under General | 2 Comments »

New mom’s first meal – steamed pork with sesame oil and ginger

I just dug out some old photos and remembered the time when my eldest sister’s eldest daughter had a baby. My sis asked me to help her to prepare the meal for her daughter when she was in the hospital. As with my mother’s tradition, the first thing she fed my two older sisters and [...]

Posted by lilian on March 20th, 2009 under General | Comment now »

Home brew coffee

I have plenty of time nowadays to waste. In the mornings, I sometime wander around aimlessly after I dropped my little boy at the kindie. By then, it is too hot for any walk in the park so exercise is out of the question. The only thing left to do is to visit the wet [...]

Posted by lilian on March 13th, 2009 under General | Comment now »

Of pork, soy products and nutrasilver

I have been on vegetarian meals for over two weeks now and experienced some weird body changes. One of them is the longer period. Chinese will say eating vegetables only is ‘cooling’ to the body and hence, bleeding takes longer to heal. That’s why new mothers are not allowed to take vegetables during their post-partum [...]

Posted by lilian on March 12th, 2009 under General | Comment now »
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