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Oozing Ondeh-Ondeh
The moment I bite into this snack, the brown Gula Melaka would just oozed out and filled my mouth with the sweetness from the liquid. Together with the aroma from the grated coconut and the bland-sweetness of the outer wrap, it always gives me the heavenly feeling. It is nothing but the oozing Ondeh-Ondeh. I…
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Steamed Tapioca Cake
Whenever I passed by Bengawan Solo, I would drool at the Tapioca Cake. There are two kinds – baked and steamed Tapioca Cakes. It is one of the easiest steam cake recipes which I personally think it is easy to make. We have always seen white and yellow Tapioca Cakes. Trying to be creative ……
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Chinese Hawthorn Malt Drink
Chinese Hawthorn Malt Drink. So, how does sticky poo relate to appetite? From sticky stool to better appetite? … here is my recent little discovery. I have two sons, one who doesn’t eat much or rather, he eats very little and at times just rejects food, another always calls out “mum mum”. Nope, he isn’t…
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Mooncake Agar Agar
Every year, I will look forward to receiving the Mooncake Agar Agar from my mum’s friend who makes really delicious mooncake agar agar. Mooncake agar agar is agar agar (jelly) filled with the lotus seed paste filling and moulded into the shape of a moon cake. I love agar agar, I love lotus seed paste,…
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Double-Boiled Pear
Double-Boiled Pear. Cough, cough, cough. This is one of the ailments I most hated and it pains me to see my kids coughing. Seemingly that the flu season is getting more frequent compared to probably a decade ago. The Paediatrician clinic seems to be always packed kids with runny noses or cough. When you have…
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Snow Fungus Red Dates Dessert
The weather has been warm recently. Of course this is common in Singapore. What is more common at home, is my mum will always make some cooling sweet soup dessert for us to “cool” our body in this always warm weather. When I said “cool”, the dessert may be served warm but it could reduce…
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Mango Pomelo Sago Dessert (杨枝甘露）
Mid-Autumn Festival a.k.a Moon cake or Lantern Festival which falls on the 15th of the eighth month in the lunar calendar, is barely a month away. It is celebrated by the Chinese and Vietnamese people, and it is believed that the moon on that night is the roundest. There are many legendary stories behind this…
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Tau Suan with Sago
Mid-Autumn Festival a.k.a Moon cake or Lantern Festival which falls oWhat is your favourite warm dessert? Mine is always Tau Suan with Sago and fried dough fritters (you tiao), so yummy. Tau Suan is also known as Mung Bean Dessert or Split Green Bean Sticky Soup. It is difficult to find a really nice Tau…
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Steamed Pumpkin Mushroom Kueh / Cake
Just the mention of the steamed pumpkin mushroom kueh (cake) has already made me drool. My mum has been making this kueh for years except these two years when we have been so busy with my twins. Even my ex-colleagues who have tasted the dish, gave two thumbs up and have been requesting for more.…
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Muah Chee
Muah Chee has been my all-time favourite snack and dessert since young. It is also my sister’s favourite food, and when we were young, whenever we passed by the muah-chee stall in Pasar Malam, we would definitely get a packet each. I do remember many years ago, there was a granny who sold very delicious…