Easy gochujang salmon bowl 🤤 Now you don’t have to pay for overpriced salmon bowls outside 👀 thank me later! 🙊 🥣Ingredients: 2 pieces of salmon, cubed 1 cup cooked rice 🧂Marinate Sauce: 2 tbsp gochujang 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp sesame oil 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp honey 1 tbsp mirin 🥗 My Pre

Chinese Steamed Fish 🐟 In Hokkien, tomatoes are called ang mo kio / 红毛茄, which basically means “Western eggplant.” I don’t think grandma’s generation was trying to be rude 🥹 tomatoes were probably just really rare back then!
 The way my grandma makes steamed fish is a little different from the usu

These are the 6 sauces I always keep in my kitchen and what I actually use them for! 🧂 Light soy sauce: your everyday seasoning that adds savoury depth, almost like salt but more flavourful 🍯 Dark soy sauce: thicker with a deeper colour and milder saltiness, great for giving dishes that glos

Chicken Satay 🍢 When I was a kid, my mum would prepare these satays for me to grill, and I used to enjoy it so much. I really thought I was so good at grilling them because somehow, they always turned out perfectly cooked! It was only when we filmed this recipe that I found out… my mum had actua

Nasi Lemak 🍗 recipe below! Growing up, learning family recipes always meant asking my grandma or mum, “how much do I use?” or “how long do I cook this for?” and the answer was almost always… “agak-agak” 🥹 And honestly, as much as I love that, it can be hard to recreate these recipes properly whe

Nasi Lemak 🍗 recipe below! Growing up, learning family recipes always meant asking my grandma or mum, “how much do I use?” or “how long do I cook this for?” and the answer was almost always… “agak-agak” 🥹 And honestly, as much as I love that, it can be hard to recreate these recipes properly whe

Grandma’s bak zhang 肉粽 (Chinese rice dumplings) is something I look forward to every year! 🥰 Grandma always says that this year might be the last year she makes it, and every time she says that, it makes us a little sad. But I think that’s what makes it even more precious. The wrapping, the coo

Air fryer crispy fried chicken 🤤🍗 I’m pairing this with the OG Jollibee-inspired gravy! 🥣 Ingredients 4 chicken thighs Cooking oil spray 🌿 Marinade 1 tsp garlic powder ¼ tsp black pepper 1 tsp salt 1 tsp paprika 1 tbsp baking powder (for the skin only) 💫 Flour Coating ½ cup all-pur

Bak Ki Soup 肉羹汤 is one of those old school Hokkien dishes that’s getting harder and harder to find nowadays 😭 My grandma always says good ones are rare now, which is why she specifically asked me to film and document this recipe before it slowly disappears. I’ve always loved how smooth and soft

Kuih bingka 木薯糕 🥥 My grandma LOVESS kuih bingka but the ones outside are always way too sweet so we started making our own at home. My fav part has to be the golden crispy crust on top oh gosh I need to make this again!! We use a 7 inch tray in this recipe. 🥣 Ingredients: 1.5 kg ubi kayu (c

Egg dumplings 🥟 If you’re craving dumplings but don’t have wrappers at home, just make this instead. It’s actually high in protein and gluten-free too! 🥣 Ingredients 2 boneless chicken thigh ½ carrot 3 eggs ½ tsp salt Chicken broth 🧂Dumpling marination 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp min

I used to think food was just about eating to live something functional something to get right but as I grow older I’m starting to see it differently what is food to you?

You might be picking fruits wrong 👀 Yeah… there’s more to it than knocking on watermelons 😭 Btw, mangoes don’t actually have male or female fruits, it’s just a common way locals describe them! 🍌 Bananas: go for shorter, stubbier stems. Mum says they’re sweeter and honestly I just trust her.

Fermented fried pork 南乳炸肉 🥩 My grandma always says this with so much pride 😂 apparently my mum will finish the entire plate every time she makes it hehe 🥣 Ingredients 500g pork belly (skin removed) 2 cubes nam yu (red fermented bean curd) 3 tsp liquid from the nam yu jar 1 tbsp sweet potat

Bubble shrimps 🫧🍤 I’ve never made a batter so light and fluffy like this! There are a few tips to make sure the prawns puff up beautifully so go through the steps before you start! 🥣 Ingredients: 30 medium-sized shrimps White pepper, sugar, salt (to taste) 🧂Batter 65g potato starch 30g c

Mint Leaf Soup 薄荷汤 🌿 When I was younger, my mum used to make this because it was quick and easy. She’d always ask if it tasted okay, almost like she felt bad it didn’t take much effort. But honestly, I loved it every time! 🥣 Ingredients 100g mint leaves (small leaf ones if you can find them!)

Indonesian Ayam Penyet 🍗 Ok I probably had too much fun smashing the chicken 😅 but it actually helps the sambal soak into every bite! 🥣 Ingredients 4 chicken legs 1 cucumber (sliced) 7 cherry tomatoes Sambal 🧂 Marination 2 onions 7 cloves garlic 3 pieces turmeric 1 tbsp corian

Hokkien Fried Meatballs 福建炸肉丸 🧆 This is something my grandma used to make for me all the time when I was growing up. It wasn’t until I learned how to make it myself that I realised this dish is truly a labour of love! 🥣 Ingredients 300g minced pork (grandma hand-minced it, but you can use stor

You might be choosing vegetables wrong 👀 Here are some tips from my mum on how to buy veggies! 🥬 Cabbage: I always pick the heavier one. Mum says it is sweeter and less dry 🌿 Water spinach / kangkung: go for skinny, firm stems. The thick ones are usually hollow and more chewy 🍆 Eggplant / ter