Thursday, May 19, 2011

Ginger-Spring Onion Lobster

Wok Stir Fried on a domestic Electric Stove, wish i had my old commercial Italian Gas ring in use.
Cooked at home without chemical flavour enhancers, what a difference for my sensitive taste buds.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

this will never become a mojor food blog


because i'm impetuous and reactionary, lack steady perservernace; however, with googling and www roaming, continuously find the recipes in Blogs that take me back to Grandmother and Grand Aunts' kitchens.
Such is the joy of home Slow cooked foods, as i am reminded in Tastes of Home from San Diego, with clear photos and recipes. Cookbooks are many but miss the simplicity of what Mothers and the older generations so patiently passed on.

btw Lee Kum Kee's premium Oyster Sauce was few decades back , boosted by a taeover/big investment into the Company from USA, nowadays it is a full range of products on most ethnic grocery shelves. They're sure convenient, but the bottles and lids make me wonder if there is not a cheaper and less intrusive way to pack and merchandise ?

More on Home Made Soups like we had when we were young, and still try to make them to taste as they did. Phobe from Singapore is doing a fine job.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

who's ken

of course i'm familiar with the kitchen and it's utensils
otherwise i dare not try to share a few thoughts about
a few meals that i have been able to savour the essence of flavours
also
the few dishes that i had a hand in preparing
that titilated the taste buds of those in the know,
that satisfied the ego of the shamateur cook.

genetically and nurturing has seen me comfortable in the
basic kitchen with woks , steaemers and cleavers,
roots orignating in the Pearl River Delta

what follows are to be snippets of my fiddling
and dithering around kitchens of others
and of late
preparing a few dishes to entertain others.

be warned, my impetuous nature and attempts @ blogging
might find others interested in me ramblings,
i know my tendency to get excited about food bloggers,
some exotic and sophisticated
but the most enjoyable are those
who cook not by the rules,
rather from and with guts, heart and passion

be prepared also to read between lines
they will tell you about places where i have set foot on
and enjoyed their delicious foods
especially the variety of ingredients
that are blended and matched into a unity