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I bought a number of Mickey Mouse Platys to add to our fish tank… Among them, one was pregnant! It definitely wasn’t my intention to get a pregnant platy! But I somehow have… Continue reading
I bought a number of Mickey Mouse Platys to add to our fish tank… Among them, one was pregnant! It definitely wasn’t my intention to get a pregnant platy! But I somehow have… Continue reading
Every now and then, you discover a great recipe and tweak it till you get THE PERFECT recipe, customised just for your household. The perfect quantity of ingredients matched with the perfect measuring… Continue reading
So it has been raining endlessly… The pots that we use to keep the Mozzie-gobblers (a.k.a fishy friends like the Mollies, Platys, Tetras and Plecos) are overflowing like mini infinity pools in our… Continue reading
Mid-morning temperatures in SG reached a low of 22 Deg Celsius… Pretty COOL. The Suzys were keeping dry somewhere… But they’ll be back when the sun comes up.. hoping we’d accidentally overturn the… Continue reading
I’ve always been intrigued by little worlds within our world. Everything takes on a different feel when you crouch low to look at life from a different perspective…. Little wonders get magnified… Not… Continue reading
Rainy New Year! Can finally put on those raincoats and play in the rain! =D
I like cooking beehoon and tanghoon in my rice cooker. It’s less greasy and less messy. And the best part is, the bee-tanghoon doesn’t get stuck to the sides and break into tiny… Continue reading
One of the simple pleasures in life… My girls usually love it much more than it’s contents…! Don’t you just feel like reaching out to squeeze…. I can’t resist popping them… Especially when… Continue reading
…have not had a bath for a month…:P Took them out for a quick rinse today… Hi there! Love these fellows… They make their own food, beautify your home, are quiet and unfussy,… Continue reading
Hey… Check this out… Hopscotch… Now if I can only figure out which foot goes into which box… Never mind… Better to leave it to the girls… Hop hop hoppity hop…!
We love them! Especially when the haze is back… It is the perfect reason to take out the girls prettily decorated $2 umbrellas from Daiso. Here is Little B decorating hers ‘in case… Continue reading
238 days… It has been 238 days since the new year. Since I last posted. Oh my… What has happened in between? Life has been packed to the brim with so many events;… Continue reading
The first week of 2015 has actually gone by! My my… This year, I MUST try to post more here.. Hehe.. This poor neglected blog. I peeped out into my garden this morning… Continue reading
Saw this adorable contraption online and knew Little B would love the end result. She already loves sushi with seaweed; little penguin sushis would definitely be a hit. Here is the penguin mould… Continue reading
Apparently, purple cauliflowers are a common sight in Australia. But this is the first time I’ve ever seen one! I had to get one to try. Pardon me for my ignorance, but it… Continue reading
This is Australia. This is our backyard flourishing with weeds, but absolutely pretty nevertheless! At least, to me.;) So. Here we are, finally. After one year of preparation… (Too many things have happened… Continue reading
Felt like having a bowl of Yoshinoya’s rice with XXL toppings today… Hehe… What better way than to make your own toppings… You can request for as high a mountain of toppings you… Continue reading
After the Steamed Little White Bunnies were so well-received by Little B, I was spurred on to try out little brown bunnies and hedgehogs. They need a few more steps and ingredients, but are… Continue reading
Little B adores little white bunnies. So I made little white bunnies and stuffed them with her favourite pork floss! Hehe… Turned out pretty cute and tasty! I modified a recipe that came… Continue reading
Actually this post should be called ‘how NOT to make fishballs’. Cos this was meant to be a Fishball Noodle recipe! In fact, the soup base and all the other ingredients that you… Continue reading
‘Cooking is both an art and a science’. I’ve come across this cliche so often but never thought much of it until I came across this chef, Seiji Yamamoto, preparing his beautiful food… Continue reading
Ever had one of those comfort foods that bring back many fond memories? 🙂 This recipe takes me way back in time to a nostalgic Ipoh Hor Fun shop (Lee Tong Kee) that… Continue reading
I love salted egg yolk! It not only tastes good alone but makes almost everything you cook it with taste good; dumplings, prawns, crab, even bittergourd… If not because it’s unhealthy, I would… Continue reading
Okay, I know this dish sounds gross, even though I have already tried to lessen the gross factor by saying ‘maw’ instead of ‘stomach’… But pig’s maw soup is comfort food for a… Continue reading
This is a dish that almost every Chinese family is familiar with. But every recipe probably has it’s own unique twist too! This is the way my family likes sweet and sour pork!:)… Continue reading
This is a really simple dish that can be whipped up in less than half an hour! Ingredients Two pieces of Tau Kwa Some thinly sliced cucumber, pressed dry Some thinly sliced carrot,… Continue reading
This is a foolproof dish you can whip up in half an hour! (Maybe slightly more, if you like your potatoes super soft, like me!) Ingredients4 potatoes, cubed1 onion, cubed1 can of button… Continue reading
Thinking of something to warm your tummy on a cold day? This appetising soup is an awesome blend of sour, sweet, spicy and salty and so wholesome I can have a big bowl… Continue reading
B and I went for Claypot Cooking classes many years ago. Though I have lost the original recipe for this one, this comes quite close! Ingredients3 cups half-cooked ricechicken chunks, marinated (and deboned,… Continue reading
Haha, no, it’s not a new species of fish; just a dish with many colors! Asparagus wrapped in streaky bacon with a light coat of sweet Japanese sauce. Sizzling alongside honey grape tomatoes… Continue reading
…was in Singapore. Correction. …IS in Singapore. Did you miss a thing?
(…and many more ingredients that would make the title too lengthy…) I’ve been wondering what makes the fried rice at some restaurants smell so fragrant? Maybe the secret lies in the type of… Continue reading
I love this clear and refreshing soup! Ingredients4 Fuji Apples2 corn on cobs12-15 waterchestnuts1 carrot1 chicken Method1) skin and core the apples. Cut them into thick slices. Cut the corn into chunks. Skin… Continue reading
When the weather gets scorching hot like it has recently, there’s nothing I like better than to have a bowl of cooling soup. Watercress soup is one of my favourites and I can… Continue reading
…that’s so irresistable …to tiny hands! Maybe it’s the fascination of colorful specks embedded in clear glass Or the way sunlight makes it a little glowing sphere Or it’s just the way cool… Continue reading
I love eating hot steaming rice with this dish! Ingredients200g sliced beef1 pkt KailanSome ginger slicesChopped garlic Marinade for beef1 egg white1 tbsp waterPepper powderCorn flour (add after the above has been absorbed… Continue reading
Ever seen a watermelon that can fit on your palm? This was a first for me! Of course, I had to find out if mini watermelons look(or taste) like a scaled-down version of… Continue reading
Recently, the weather has been crazy; swinging from scorching temperatures of 36deg C to sudden heavy rains. My neighboring area had a recent Dengue outbreak and several preschools were closed due to cases… Continue reading
Tried two strange fruit I bought from NTUC yesterday. Custard Apples and Maprang… B refused to touch any of the Custard Apples. Well, I don’t blame him. They looked pretty awful and inedible.… Continue reading
B, who finds meat attached to bones gross, has been eating chicken wing after chicken wing ever since he discovered this video: How to eat chicken wings So, for the sake of all… Continue reading
I’ve been neglecting Ewehouse the past week, not because I’ve stopped pottering around in here but because I’ve been busy growing seeds in Ewegarden. I decided to streamline the contents I put into… Continue reading
I had great fun doing our own family versions of fairy tales for Little B. The last one was The Little Red Riding Hood, starring Little B as Little Red Riding Hood and… Continue reading
Is there a difference between brinjals, eggplants and aubergines? Apparently, no, according to Wikipedia. For me, they all taste great, whether they are green and pea sized or purple and as long as… Continue reading
This is the best Fish Head Bee Hoon Stall in Singapore!! It would have tasted better if we had eaten it right after ordering, but well, we were running late, so we had… Continue reading
I was down with the flu four weeks ago and visited the doctor twice. (And the inertia to blog again set in…) I haven’t really fallen sick for a few years and I… Continue reading
Was playing around with extra food in the fridge a few nights ago… …tried to doll up my cauliflower with this… Ingredients Cauliflower 1 carrot 10 large shelled prawns Pork slices Marinade 1… Continue reading
I haven’t used my Happycall pan much since I last purchased it. I bought it cos it promised an odorless + greaseless + splatter-free cooking while frying stuff, especially fish. What they don’t… Continue reading
He probably ate something rotten… That’s why they call this the ‘bomb-shelter’…
I’m posting this not because it tastes good. Actually, I found it quite awful. I always thought beancurd skin and gingko nuts worked well as a sweet dessert, not as a savoury soup.… Continue reading
This is another one of those things that they pack much more than you can consume in one sitting. I experimented with freezing them and it works! These little fire bombs can last… Continue reading
Thought I’d wipe the display cupboard a bit today. Guess what I came across?? My pony collection! No, I don’t play with them now. Little B will inherit them some day. But for… Continue reading
It can be frustrating to have your spring onions wilt on you when you thought you’ve bought them only three days ago. Here’s a simple solution to make them last longer: Wipe them… Continue reading
In my eagerness to cook this, I forgot to take most of the process pictures. So you will have to imagine what went on. Hehe… Okok, I’ll update the post the next time… Continue reading
I’ve always wanted to cook one of those savoury, milky fish soups they serve at Chinese restaurants. So I tried this yesterday. Though it ended up a little different from the ones I… Continue reading
I tried another Book of Doing recommendation today. Little B finished one of her baby puffs, so we had a pretty plastic bottle (especially after stripping away the plastic covering). It became a… Continue reading
We haven’t been watching TV for quite a while… as you can see. It’s infested with mold… All UNDER the screen so that we can’t scrape it off. It’s quite a goner. It… Continue reading
B bought me this book some time back. I love it! It’s a book of many fun, random and easy-to-do things that can make any day more colorful! I flipped through it today… Continue reading
From the title, you can guess this is a sinful dish. ‘Cereal’ is just a cover-up. But it’s one prawn dish well worth the post-meal workout…;) Ingredients for batter: 3 tablespoons water 1… Continue reading
Over the years, I’ve come to look forward to setting new year resolutions. I used to be a firm believer of ‘let tomorrow worry about itself’. Then one sunny day 12 years ago,… Continue reading
Yes, I’m back. Hehe… (Though I would prefer not to mention anything and pretend my last entry was just yesterday.) But hey, I’ve been busy with a few things like And this And… Continue reading
This has made its way into my list of favorite insincere foods. It’s meant for days when you’ve got no time to cook prawn sambal from scratch but still have a craving for… Continue reading
If I showed you this …you’d probably be able to imagine what grape bubble gum tastes like, right? I’ve always wondered where grape flavored bubble gum got it’s flavor when the grapes that… Continue reading
Was busy the past week, whipping up mini buffets for Little B. Baby meal times have never been longer… Since learning how to say, ‘No!’, she seems to have taken great delight in… Continue reading
My Ferrero Rocher box is full. Time for the first batch of animals to move into Noah’s ark (a.k.a my car dashboard). Little B will have her car seat turned around soon, so… Continue reading
Besides the moon, there are, to me, five things that are an indispensible part of the Mid-autumn or Lantern Festival: mooncakes, pomelos, tea, lanterns and piglet biscuits. Yesterday was mid-autumn night and we… Continue reading
Celebrated my birthday with B and Little B over the mid-autumn weekend. B helped me put a tick off one of the items on my bucket list: eat sea urchin roe… We were… Continue reading
Had a lovely meal with my family to celebrate my early birthday. Every one of our birthdays is a great opportunity for get-togethers and a cool excuse to feast like gluttons. Heehee… That’s… Continue reading
He’s upset that he hasn’t had much air time on my blog of late. He feels left out and forgotten. Poor fellow. Here’s a little something to cheer him up. ??? Technorati Tags:… Continue reading
Here’s another gem I picked up from the library – a collection of whimsical, funny and delightful art by Scott Campbell. I love his quirky style and his adorable illustrations which are full… Continue reading
I liked this book so much that I ended up buying it after borrowing it from the library.:) (Mine is a 2nd hand copy off Ebay at less than half it’s original price… Continue reading
Little B loves frogs. She starts squealing in delight every time she spots them- at art museums, in advertisements, in Daiso (this place is full of frogs, btw. The Japanese seem to love… Continue reading
This is so crispy and yummy! Credits for this dish goes to my mother-in-law who does something really ingenious with the tofu puffs… check it out! Ingredients12 Tofu puffsOtah paste, Frozen and cubed… Continue reading
This is so easy to make and effortlessly delicious because the Saba Fish(a type of Mackerel) itself is so sweet and flavorful! Ingredients4-5 Saba fish fillets2 tbsp Japanese Soy Sauce (Terriyaki Sauce will… Continue reading
Scallops are my favorite shellfish especially the extra large ones:) I use scallops a lot, especially the dried ones for soups, scallop stock for seasoning, the XXL plump and juicy ones as main… Continue reading
This tasted scrumptious with plain porridge.:) Ingredients3 Eggs1 tomato, diced50g white bait2 slices of cheddar cheese SeasoningsPepper1/2 tsp concentrated chicken stock/ a little salt1/2 tsp sugar 1) marinate tomatoes with sugar and white… Continue reading
I dislike anything to do with numbers. Apart from my salary, the more the digits, does not make me the merrier. Since we got married, I’ve always left all household finances to B.… Continue reading
Every year, NLB clears it’s old books. I’m happy for them and for all who don’t mind owning a good secondhand! My neighbor and I went to Expo for the NLB preview this… Continue reading
Recently, a dear friend of mine delivered her adorable baby girl and after the customary 1 month confinement, celebrated her baby’s 1st month birthday (and her freedom from confinement)! She kindly delivered these… Continue reading
I came across a melon at Giant that I’d never seen before. Of course I had to try it! Removing the sticker revealed more of that nice, lizardy skin. Hey, it looks like… Continue reading
I cooked half a packet of chicken feet that my mum bought me. I’m so glad they have it pre-cooked and frozen. It makes things so much easier. For B’s benefit, I added… Continue reading
I spotted some Geoduck (pronounced as ‘gooey duck’) at Jpot at Tampines 1. Hmm… Geoducks DO look kinda rude… They sound weird too… But they’re a prized delicacy. I’ve never tried them before… Continue reading
Little B’s bolster case was getting stinkier every day, due to all her teething and drooling. We had only one set of covers. It was time to get another set. But they were… Continue reading
Little B had her very first cable car ride! They were having an Angry Birds theme when we went there. This looks like one of the lift button panels from a nightmare I… Continue reading
We came across many pretty things at Pasir Ris Park yesterday.:) Two friendly ponies named Charlie… …and Jasmine. We couldn’t feed them, though! Lovely raintrees… A glimpse of a river-canal leading out to… Continue reading
B is on leave this week. Which is why I’m taking a break from cooking and taking this chance to try out and finish using up my Jumping Clay before it all dries… Continue reading
Today marks her death exactly 15 years ago. She is one person whose writing has influenced a large part of my outlook in life, though she is more well-known for her work than… Continue reading
What rubbish term have you coined this time? You ask. ‘Insincere food’?? This is my definition: any dish that is more than 50% pre-made commercially by someone or something else (factories included) apart… Continue reading
I have been hearing this term on and off for the last month or so, but kept forgetting to check it out. Yah, I know, I’m outdated lah. So finally, yesterday, B directed… Continue reading
Simple meal but satisfying.:) Steamed Egg with Luncheon Meat Ingredients2 eggs4 ‘eggs’ of water (or 8 half-shells of water)1/2 can luncheon meat, smashed with the back of a fork1 tsp concentrated chicken stock… Continue reading
Tikki made friends with a Tick and brought him home last night, much to our horror. It was the size of a fat raisin, only it was ugly; grey and plump with tiny,… Continue reading
Yay! It’s another rainy day! 🙂 If this keeps up, every post is going to be about another rainy day… Which I don’t mind, actually! Hehee! Today I am trying out the new… Continue reading
Yes, I’m curious to know… When different people view the same piece of art, do they generally respond the same way? Why or why not? Let me show you a painting that I… Continue reading
Haven’t posted in the last few days as it has been raining and rainy days put me in a reading mood. So I was engrossed with this: I borrowed the e-Book not knowing… Continue reading
I had quite a bit of Wong Bok (chinese cabbage) and herbal chicken soup in the fridge. Might as well combine those two to cook this savoury dish! Ingredients1/2 Wong Bok, sliced thickly3… Continue reading
This post is probably going to make my viewer ratings plummet to rock bottom. But anyway, here goes: I happily bought a black chicken on Monday and noticed something unusual about this breed-… Continue reading
I like this dish because it looks so vibrant and happy; because of the main ingredients: Ingredients400g sliced beef1/2 large onion, chopped1/2 red capsicum, chopped1/2 green capsicum, choppedSliced gingerChopped garlic Seasoning3 tbsp Black… Continue reading
I bought two packets of Oyster Mushrooms last week. I usually just stir-fry the prawns with asparagus, but because mushrooms were turning soft, I added them in too! Thankfully, my experiment with this… Continue reading