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, [...]

Somen noodles in miso soup with seaweed

Some days, I don’t feel like a heavy dinner. This is usually when I’ve had a good lunch or a late lunch, or just simply when I don’t feel like cooking very much.
On those days, I usually whip up something simple (and on a cold day) something hot to line my tummy so it doesn’t [...]