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Mum’s Fried Beehoon

Posted on December 24, 2021January 15, 2022 By Alexandra Wong No Comments on Mum’s Fried Beehoon
Mum’s Fried Beehoon

Mum’s fried beehoon is “very simple only.” Come to think of it, that’s her standard answer whenever I ask her for the recipe of virtually any dish she cooks. She’s telling the truth. When she describes the process to me, it DOES sound simple. Ingredient lists are typically short. The steps, few. But somehow in…

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Noodles & Pasta, One-pot meal

ABC Soup

Posted on October 23, 2020June 27, 2021 By Alexandra Wong No Comments on ABC Soup
ABC Soup

When I feel under the weather, I automatically think of ABC soup, the comfort food of many a Malaysian Chinese household. More so during this COVID pandemic period, when we should keep our immune systems as strong as possible. While some turn to supplements, I am focusing on using nutritious, immune system boosting ingredients that…

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Chinese, Malaysian, One-pot meal, Side dish, Soups & Stews

Braised Fuchuk Fish Head

Posted on September 15, 2020February 18, 2022 By Alexandra Wong 4 Comments on Braised Fuchuk Fish Head
Braised Fuchuk Fish Head

Does this braised fish head with dried beancurd (fuchuk) look appetising or gruesome to you? 🙂 It definitely makes my mouth water. This dish is my father’s invention – well sort of. Years ago, while he was buying groceries at the local market, he saw a particularly fresh looking piece of fish head. Being a…

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Chinese, Malaysian, Seafood, Side dish

3-Ingredient Shallot Prawns

Posted on July 12, 2020October 3, 2024 By Alexandra Wong No Comments on 3-Ingredient Shallot Prawns
3-Ingredient Shallot Prawns

Shallot prawns – this wonderfully simple, yet astonishingly delicious recipe comes courtesy of Auntie Choong, matriarch of the family that lived across the road. The Choong family played a big part in my formative years. Dear Auntie Choong had ten children, out of whom I was close to a few, particularly her youngest son Mark….

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Chinese, Other Home Cooks, Seafood, Side dish

The Ultimate Soya Sauce Chicken

Posted on July 1, 2020June 27, 2021 By Alexandra Wong 4 Comments on The Ultimate Soya Sauce Chicken
The Ultimate Soya Sauce Chicken

Every Chinese family has their version of the classic soya sauce chicken, but when I saw a photo of Alfred Lam’s rendition, I immediately wanted his recipe. Look at that glistening honey-brown skin! I bet that got you drooling. Now, scroll down and check out this cross-section of the meat. . . . . ….

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Chinese, Other Home Cooks, Poultry, Side dish

Wat Tan Hor

Posted on June 28, 2020June 21, 2021 By Alexandra Wong 2 Comments on Wat Tan Hor
Wat Tan Hor

  Next to kai si hor fun, wat tan hor must be the most popular noodle dish in Ipoh. I’ve never received so many responses to my Instastories until I posted a picture of the wat tan hor I made last Friday! A rich eggy sauce poured over wok-charred rice noodles loaded with vegetables and…

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Chinese, Malaysian, Noodles & Pasta, One-pot meal

Luxurious Chicken Porridge

Posted on June 4, 2020June 27, 2021 By Alexandra Wong 2 Comments on Luxurious Chicken Porridge
Luxurious Chicken Porridge

What could be so luxurious about chicken porridge? If you make them the way my Aunt Wong Kim Yeng does, then it is SUPER luxurious. In fact, better than any dim sum restaurant out there! I found out about her special porridge way back in 2006. I had just moved to Kuala Lumpur permanently to…

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Chinese, One-pot meal, Other Home Cooks, Rice

Sang Har Meen

Posted on May 27, 2020June 21, 2021 By Alexandra Wong No Comments on Sang Har Meen
Sang Har Meen

Sang har meen brings back wonderful memories. Growing up, I would visit my relatives in Bukit Bintang whenever I came to Kuala Lumpur. The neighbourhood was a hotspot for sang har meen, a popular Chinese restaurant dish featuring giant river prawns atop a bed of crispy noodles swimming in a rich briny sauce. Yum!! The…

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Chinese, Noodles & Pasta, One-pot meal, Seafood

Claypot Chicken Rice

Posted on May 12, 2020October 3, 2024 By Alexandra Wong 6 Comments on Claypot Chicken Rice
Claypot Chicken Rice

Growing up in Ipoh, I got to know claypot chicken rice at a very young age. I still remember where I ate it: a roadside stall in Hugh Low Street. The uncle and aunty would monitor multiple claypots on stoves like hawks, holding fans to control the flame and lifting the lids occasionally to check…

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Chinese, Malaysian, One-pot meal, Poultry, Rice

Chinese Steamed Fish

Posted on April 20, 2020October 3, 2024 By Alexandra Wong No Comments on Chinese Steamed Fish
Chinese Steamed Fish

Every Chinese family has its own style of preparing steamed fish. This recipe is simple but has a special technique that my dad came up with himself. Growing up, I ate steamed fish almost every other day. My parents always worry I cannot get quality fish in KL. So whenever they know I’m coming back…

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Chinese, Seafood, Side dish

Woo Thau Koh (Yam Cake) 芋头糕

Posted on April 7, 2020October 3, 2024 By Alexandra Wong No Comments on Woo Thau Koh (Yam Cake) 芋头糕
Woo Thau Koh (Yam Cake) 芋头糕

A savoury cake that Malaysians eat as a traditional snack, yam cake or woo thau koh is the ultimate flavour bomb. We’re right smack into the 2nd phase of the COVID19 MCO as I write this. Last week, I was getting bored of the usual Chinese dishes and pastas, and started fantasizing about some kopitiam…

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Chinese, Malaysian, Snacks & Sweets

Loh Mai Fan

Posted on April 5, 2020June 21, 2021 By Alexandra Wong 1 Comment on Loh Mai Fan
Loh Mai Fan

Ooof, how I love loh mai fan or fried glutinous rice! Not to be confused with loh mai kai, although they share common ingredients, this traditional Chinese dish is stir-fried with sausage, dried shrimps, shitake mushroom, and flavoured with aromatics. In other words, an umami bomb! In case you’re wondering about the difference between loh…

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Chinese, One-pot meal, Rice

Bittergourd Fried Beehoon

Posted on March 23, 2020June 21, 2021 By Alexandra Wong 2 Comments on Bittergourd Fried Beehoon
Bittergourd Fried Beehoon

Bittergourd, dried shrimp and fried beehoon? Sounds strange? Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it, though. When this dish appeared at a table in a Chinese restaurant in Kuching a few years ago, I was skeptical as well. Seeing the look on my face, my Kuching host merely smiled and told me that it’s a…

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Chinese, Malaysian, Noodles & Pasta, One-pot meal

Scallion Oil Chicken

Posted on March 18, 2020June 21, 2021 By Alexandra Wong 1 Comment on Scallion Oil Chicken
Scallion Oil Chicken

Who doesn’t love pak cham kai? You know, the poached chicken used in Hainanese chicken rice. Gently cooked in water that’s been flavoured with aromatics, the meat turns out mouth meltingly tender while retaining its moist juiciness. Even fried chicken cannot compare. But I’ve never thought about making it. Looking at videos of making Hainanese…

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Chinese, Poultry, Side dish

Scallion Oil Noodles

Posted on February 7, 2020June 21, 2021 By Alexandra Wong 2 Comments on Scallion Oil Noodles
Scallion Oil Noodles

Angel hair pasta tossed in scallion oil, dark and light soya sauce, boiled broccoli and prawn gyoza. Super simple, super yummy, and quite healthy 😊 What’s scallion oil, you ask? It’s the main star in cong yau meen or scallion oil noodles, which I first heard of when I watched The Wandering Earth, a Chinese…

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Chinese, Noodles & Pasta, One-pot meal

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