26
Apr
Penne Carbonara with Zucchini
In reference to the challenge, I settled on butchering Jamie Oliver’s courgette carbonara from his Jamie at Home book. Well, I have to make do, don’t I? I have previously talked about making carbonara but I figure it’s worth repeating. I chop up a green, medium sized zucchini, two cloves of garlic and two rashers...
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24
Apr
Malaysia Food Review: Chicken Rice Balls in Malacca
Last year, we went to Malacca. It is such an awesome place. We stayed pretty much in the China Town/Heritage area. I love all the nice Chinese-style shophouses. Melaka (same pronunciation but that’s how it’s spelled in Malay, so not much point going to Malaysia and spell it as Malacca). Melaka heritage area is well...
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23
Apr
Malaysia Food Review: Penang Char Koey Teow
Seriously. Is there anything better than an authentic Penang char koey teow? No. I don’t think so. I was fortunate enough to be in Penang for a weekend in March and believe you me, I ate enough char koey teow to last me for the year. Char keoy teow is basically a rice noodle dish...
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23
Apr
Lamb chops with cauliflower and cheese (a boarding school staple)
Lamb chop dinner is one of those things that I grew up with when I went to a boarding school from the ages of 12-17 (boy, that was fun). Anyway, the lamb chops were cremated and the cauliflower & cheese were very gluey. So I thought, surely, I can do better than that Steam the...
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21
Jun
Rard Nar Moo Sub – Rice Noodles with Minced Pork Sauce
I was reading some food blog (I can’t say it’s a very interesting one, it’s all about eating healthily and how much trans fat there is in food and how butter is something you should never touch) and they were talking about a comfort food has to be warm and gooey and saucy. Well I...
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