Quick and Easy Puff Pastry Apple Tart

I’m not very good at baking and many of my baking experiments tend to end up burnt or awful failures or mere near successes. That is, until I worked on this really easy apple tart dessert! I love anything with apples in it, and an apple pie felt a little too heavy. So, I decided [...]

Quick and Easy Stir-fried Spicy Macaroni

I was craving some hot fried rice one cool rainy evening and I had forgotten that I had run out of rice at home! Strange but true, in an Asian household. So, rooting around the larder, I noticed a forgotten bag of macaroni which I had bought, planning to make a macaroni cheese dish. On [...]

Simple Braised Chicken in Dark Soy Sauce

I’d just returned from my short holiday, in time to scrape through an entry for the $100 contest on Delicious Asian Food. Like Mother Hubbard, my cupboard was bare except for some fresh chicken legs in the freezer. So, I trawled through the Chicken archives and spied an easy recipe - Stewed Chicken in Dark [...]

Easy Steamed Herbal Chicken

I love herbal chicken and one day, when I was at a bit of a loose end, I decided to try to make my own. It turned out a treat, even if it wasn’t as “herby” as I’d like it. Still, it is something that I can see many taking to it quite easily mainly [...]