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Easy Carrot and Orange Soup
I felt like having soup recently but there was nowhere near me where I could get some nice simple soup with a bit of crusty bread. So, I decided to make it myself, with a little help from the internet! Checking my fridge, I discovered I had a few carrots so I did a quick [...]
COCA Restaurants - Not just Steamboat but Thai food too
When I was first approached by Andrea (of Coca) to visit Coca Restaurants I was a little sceptical, because my memory of Coca was their steamboats and I wasn’t quite sure just how exciting a steamboat (hot pot) would be. However, I gave in to her persistence and I’m glad I did because I’ve discovered [...]
Sweet Chinese herbal drink for a cough
My poor little sister was having a very bad cough recently and was taking medication for it. However, there was some remnants of the cough that wouldn’t go away, so I undertook to boil some herbal drink (”leung sui” Cantonese) for her.
I picked up a ready made pack of herbs at a Chinese traditional medical [...]
Sweet Potato Rice Porridge (Congee)
Some days, all you want for dinner is simple wholesome comfort food. Times like these I turn to the humble sweet potato. The sweet potato is also known here in Malaysia as ubi keledek (Malay), faan shi (Cantonese) or han cher (hokkien). It is also found elsewhere in the western world.
Other than having it [...]
