Pork
Nutritous Burdock and Carrot Herbal Soup
I browsed through a magazine at Borders last week, that featured burdock and carrot in a soup. I’d never thought of this combination before, so I decided to try it! Its really really easy which suits me quite well.
Burdock is an edible root that the Chinese will know as “wai san”. I always have a [...]
Checkers Ribs Restaurant at Damansara Heights
There is one restaurant we go back to everytime there is a little celebration in the family - Checkers Rib Restaurant! Tucked away in Lorong Setia Bistari 2 at Damansara Heights, this place serves up some of the best pork ribs and porky goodness in town!
We always start with the Galette (RM19) which is like [...]
Roasted Suckling Pig a norm at Chinese Banquets
If you attend a Chinese banquet a popular entry is the Roast Suckling Pig. This is usually a little pig of a few days or weeks old and is roasted over a spitfire.
A Roasted Suckling pig is eaten not for its flesh which is too little, but for its skin. The skin is usually very [...]
Touch of nostalgia: A simple homecooked meal
When I last cooked some Sweet Potato Rice Porridge (Congee) I made sure that I had the right nutrition balance for the rest of the dishes accompanying the meal, because a meal consisting of pure carbohydrates isn’t quite the healthy meal I strive for. Besides my sister was feeling under the weather and I was [...]
