There was something fishy in the house...

My family is extremely into the fishes... maybe not mum cos she has to prep them.

Don't ask me where they come from, my Dad mysteriously brings them home every weekend

Cute ?

I much prefer them on my dinner plate..



p.s Lack of post...... Been busy

Home Cook Comfort.

What is your comfort food?

Mum's Cooking for me....

HAppY BIrthdAY MUM!!!!

I tried lol !!!...


NOm nOM NoM.




P.s Home bound soonish!!

20101007-032-2, originally uploaded by jiapui.

What's Cooking ?

This table set up is always a sign that we are having some sort of porridge. Most of the time.... Fish porridge... but my mum decided to try something different that and made porridge that day... Must have gotten some inspiration from this Teochew pork porridge that we ate at a Cantonese restaurant lolol...

.... Din't manage to take nice pictures of the porridge.... it tasted pretty good.. Almost like the restaurant... The fish was an accompaniment. They probably felt left out for not being included in the porridge..

Crashing the party were some flower crabs..... These crabs are the first choice amongst the many many crabs that we choose to eat.... The whole family seem to agree that this is much sweeter than the all too common mud crab.

So..... are you a mud crab lover or a flower crab lover ??

PS: Works started and I've been extremely busy..... The photos have been piling up and up and up... Havent got time to edit them and post them.... much less finding time to have a nice meal outside.... Works starting to get better this week.. Fingers and toes cross..... I might be able to squeeze more time out to do some blogging..... I really miss... blogging....

Chilli Lobster

Some like Chilli crab others like pepper crab..... But.... has anyone tried Chilli Lobster .. hehehe...Bet u haven't right?..... Considering the exorbitant prices that you pay for lobster in many seafood restaurants, it may seem like a waste to do it chilli crab style... ... To be honest I don't really know how they do it now adays... BBQ? Sashimi? Superior chicken stock braised?

So ... how does it taste??..... Slightly better than I had expected? I wouldn't say it was on par with chilli crab.

I actually do like black pepper sauce better than chilli sauce... wonder if that made a difference...

Nevertheless.. The entire plate was devoured by mum and I... heh...

OnDeh OnDeh !

This is Ondeh ONdeh... Steamed mashed sweet potato with rolled into a ball with a center filling of gula melaka, finally coated with shredded coconut.

Mum likes this so does my flatmate apparently.

I on the other hand Don't hahaha which kinda annoys my mum haha.

Will post the recipe when I return..









P.S: I'm taking a 2 week break!!

Just the Usual Home Cooked dishes

Ngor Hiang is always nice. !!!

Spicy Brinjal. Looks can be deceiving

Soy Sauce Ginger Pork!!





Vegetables with Fish cake!!



P.s..: BUSY BUSY

家常便饭

First dinner at home. Nutritious corn carrot and Rib Sooup

Fish cake with eggs

Stewed can pork with chai xin

Pepper Squid.




Still Jet lagging........................................

Lychee IcE !!!

I was really craving for something cool and refreshing to down the heat from the oven baked junk I was going to be eating. Looking high and low, I found my answer in a can of LYCHEES... Well .... it probably ain't the freshest of the summer harvest but it sure did the job of bringing down the heat.

Ice Lychee Anyone ???



P.s: Tonnes of Pics from Rome

P.s.s: HAppY Mother's DaY!

The final lunch

This is a back post. Last homecooked meal before I flew back to Glasgow. Simple yet soul nourishing. Some Ngor hiang to start off.

Fresh Fish from the sea in a soy sweet chilli gingery sauce.

EXtremely fresh squid from the beach just down from my house. Squid was stir fried with veges in a oyster sauce.

Some greens with fresh prawns.

Missing the luxury of home cooked food already............

Home cook again more food this time

Mum prepared lots of food for dinner. haha she cooked 3, bought 1 and got 1 from a friend. Knowing that I might take some pictures, she automatically arranged the vegetable dish in a rather neat manner. She likes this picture alot because of the vibrant colours. I told her this one can sell for $12 haha.

This was bought from outside. Few pieces of pork and a huge slab of pig skin... The eggs were added on our own. Ok la not very pang (fragrant/appetising) but still passable

Remember the omega fish from the other day? According to Dad its actually called MIlk fish and is very popular in Phillipines and Indonesia. I think we had an overdose so we din't manage to finsih one side of it. --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkfish

Sesame oil chicken provided by our neighbour. Very nice of them to share with us this dish. CHicken was burnt but that imparred a nice flavour to the meat.

Lotus pork rib soup. Very cheng. THink mum reduced the msg for this dish. Well, still works for me.

Yah ... been getting fat from eating so much . Need to hit the gym once I get back.

Braised Pork, originally uploaded by jiapui.

Cheng Tng

Afternoon snack of cheng tng prepared my mum consisting of ginko nuts, lotus seeds, dried longan and the better tasting yellow sweet potato. It was slightly blend but can be easily tweaked with some sugar.

Bought the ingredients for this to be brought back to Glasgow. Probably make it when I am free.

Home Cook Food!!.

OK .. haven't posted for a week. Guess I have been too busy enjoying myself. Also, I was up in KL for a friend's wedding which turn out to be a really memorable event.

Anyway, I am back home to be pampered by mum's food again. So let's check out what she cooked today.

Ngor Hiang is a specialty in my household and in alot of teochew households. Our variation includes, pork, prawns, mushroom, five spic, chest nut and i think Taro which mum din include today. Pan fried after steaming. Tasty on its own without any sauce.

Mum calls this omega fish. It could be because the fish has a high omega oil content. I wasn't able to find this fish on google. hmm.. The fish has a pretty firm consistency and has this extra row of paravertebrae bones which made eating the meat slightly tricky.

Some nice cabbage to go along and a bowl of herbal chicken soup to nourish the body.

Finally a plate of home grown guava to finish off the meal. These guavas come from a tree that we translocated from our old kampung almost 15 years ago. It taste so different from what you get outside.


Hope to post more often but been busy editing the wedding photos.

chicken carrot winter melon soup

Pai seh .. (excuse me) I haven't been posting because I AM BACK IN SINGAPORE WOOHOO.. yeah i left cold glasgow for sunny Singapore last friday. It really is hot here: a contribution of the intense heat from the sun and the warm from family and friends. Thankfully, I got aircon now haha.

Being back home means I get pampered by mum's cooking. See you get tonic soup like chicken carrot and winter melon soup. Very nice and "cheng" (clear?)

Nice fluffy prawn egg fried in just the right amount of oil with fresh tiny prawns. Thus, you only need a touch of soy sauce or salt to enhance the flavour of the prawns.

And lastly, a very interesting fish.. called parrot fish .. Probably got its name from the shape of its mouth. What do you think? Apparently there's also monkey fish and lizard fish. Maybe more of that next time. Boiled in a soy sauce broth to add flavour to the somewhat bland taste of the delicate meat.

Stay tune folks and I hope to bring more photos to the table.