Chai Tow Kway (菜头粿; Fried Carrot Cake)

If you're looking for a good chai tow kway recipe, you've come to the right place. How do I convince you my CTK is good?…

How to Make GOOD Fried Rice

The most common tip for making fried rice is: use day-old rice because it's fluffy and no longer sticky. Unfortunately, fluf…

15-Minute Flower Crab Dry Curry

If you like crab but can't stomach the idea of being a crab killer, flower crab would be right up your alley. The blue cru…

Nyonya Fried Rice

Fried rice is one of those things. It may be a great chef's finale for a grand Chinese banquet. Or it may be something rustle…

Minced Pork Stir-Fry with Ketchup & Fermented Black Beans

Minced pork stir-fried with fermented black beans is one of the standard items served at places that sell Teochew porridge. The d…

Diced Chicken in Spicy Fermented Tofu Sauce

Fermented beancurd is good stuff. It's gotta be. Otherwise, it wouldn't have survived war, peace, and technological uphea…

Pork Stir-Fry with Sesame Oil

I stir-fry pork with sesame oil. So did my mother, my mother's mother, my mother's mother's mother . . . I'm gues…

Fried Glutinous Rice

I've been eating glutinous rice for about a year now, in place of the non-sticky variety. I steamed some one day 'cause I…