Noodles

Chinese Rice Wine Chicken with Vermicelli (Ang Chiew Kuay Mee Suah)

Chinese Rice Wine is made from fermenting glutinous rice (pulut). This rice wine is then used variously for cooking and drinking. I only ever use it to cook with and a firm favourite is Ang Chiew Kuay Mee Suah or Rice Wine Chicken with Vermicelli. This is a traditional Chinese favourite and is also commonly [...]

Quick Chilled Soba and Steamed Zucchini

There are days when I don’t feel like slaving over the stove yet I don’t quite feel like eating out either. On these days, I go easy and light on the tummy with a simple soba noodles dish I whipped up one evening.

I love Zucchini (Courgettes to the British) and I love cold soba noodles, [...]

Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks - The Gardens MidValley Megamall

I’d been hearing a lot about Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks for a while, and whenever I passed by their booths, I’d be taken in with the promise of XXL Fried Chicken and Oyster Mee Sua (rice vermicelli with oysters). One day, I bit the bullet and paid a visit to the Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks [...]

Sushi Zanmai - Japanese Restaurant at The Gardens, Midvalley

I was at The Gardens at Midvalley recently, when hunger pangs hit. I felt like a spot of Japanese, but did not want to go to our usual Japanese favourite - Sushi Zen restaurant. Then, I remembered the Two Superheroes’ post about another Japanese restaurant - Sushi Zanmai and I knew I had to hunt [...]