Archive for the 'Home Cook' Category

Chinese New Year dinner

Happy Chinese New Year to all!!
So this is the 7th year I havn’t been home to celebrate Chinese New Year! I cant believe, time has passed so quickly. So yeah, I havnt had proper reunion meal or visiting relatives during this festive seasons for such a long time. I can’t recall what it feels like to [...]

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Simple yet delicious

Im still consistently doing my cooking at home, especially with the help of my sister, cooking is so much easier, as she does the preparation and the washing up haha! Im so proud of myself, so far we only had takeaway once – Pizza hut on one afternoon, got to treat ourselves since we cook [...]

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Simple meal for sis and I

So after my parents left, I started cooking again since my sister is still around. Can’t depend on the younger one can I? Ha-ha.

We had japanese tofu with minced pork for one night.
Then for another night we had stir fry okra fish cake and prawns with sliced chilli, and sprinkled with some lemon juice. Very appetizing!

Yesterday [...]

Friday, June 17th, 2011

Prawn Mee for dinner

Everytime I write a blog post on my cooking, I realised that I tend to say I havn’t cooked for ages, but that is so true!! I have been having take away almost everyday, I only cook like once in 2 weeks! Even so, I always cook instant food, rarely make any dishes from scratch [...]

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Had a lovely home cook meal tonight

I havn’t cooked for 10 days already. Oh my god, I have been so busy with work, and also lazy once I get home. Today I am off, so I had more time to mess about in the kitchen. 

I had some remaining beef from the take away 2 days ago, I re-cook it with fresh shallots [...]

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Chinese dumplings – Wantons

I went to Plymouth the other day, and bought these yummy wantons! Guess how much this packet cost? £8.99!! Oh my, a huge damage to my wallet for the love of food! I was contemplating if I should get the smaller packet, but the smaller one has 20 pieces, but it was about £4, this [...]

Friday, February 18th, 2011

I need to get sofa beds!

I was hosting a dinner for 2 friends who came over on Friday. After I got back from work at 6pm, I started preparing the meal. I was doing 3 dishes, a meat dish, a vege dish, and a seafood dish. Preparing and cooking these 3 dishes on my own, and washing up everything in one and [...]

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Chicken with cabbage for dinner

Have you run out of ideas of what to cook for dinner?? It happens to me so often. I have to crack my brains to come up with something simple yet delicious, as I am only cooking for myself most of the time, I can’t be bothered to mess up the kitchen, and spending hours [...]

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Egg Tofu with Minced pork

I had a lovely meal tonight. I am loving my tofu with mince pork dish so much. I think I have cooked this dish before in the past, but somehow it wasn’t as nice as tonight’s.
Check out my dinner for tonight. It took me about an hour to prepare and cook. It is considered a very [...]

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Nasi Lemak in England

If you have been following my personal blog @ www.mymusicparadise.com you’d know I have been down with a cold. The funny thing is, eventhough I am sick,I still have my constant cravings for oriental meals! What a pig right? Ha-ha.

There was nothing much left in the fridge; I only had a packet of raw prawns, [...]

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010