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Beginner’s Choice: Miang Kum Appetizer and Mango Desserts

Discovering lesser known Thai dishes When most people think of Thai Cuisine, the dishes which come to mind are usually: tom yum  goong (tom yum soup with prawns); som tam (papaya salad); pad Thai (Thai fried noodles); gaeng khiao waan gai (chicken green curry) and pad kra pao gai (basil leaf chicken). Khao Chae Recently,Continue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Miang Kum Appetizer and Mango Desserts“

Beginner’s Choice: Family, Friends and Food

Family time Cooking for the family is part family life. The family meal is often the time when the family meets, it’s the family get-together time. When the children help in preparing the meals, they take pride in the meal. Children can start helping from the time they are toddlers, like Ferninda’s boys who helpContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Family, Friends and Food”

Beginner’s Choice: A breakfast worth waking up early for

The most important meal In response to last week’s post about breakfast, Brenda wrote “Thanks for sharing more about breakfast – the most important meal of the day, but one that most people don’t wake up in time for!I usually only eat breakfast when I’m back at my parents’ house. But when I’m left toContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: A breakfast worth waking up early for“

Beginner’s Choice: Light meals – Breakfast, Brunch and Lunch

From breakfast to brunch In my first year at university, breakfast was served in the hall of residence on Sundays until it was replaced by brunch. Very few students woke up early enough for breakfast, and were starving by lunchtime.  Andrea calls her brunches “big breakfasts”, and they are simply scrumptious. From staycation to vacationContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Light meals – Breakfast, Brunch and Lunch“

Beginner’s Choice: Vacation, Staycation and Celebrations

The joy of a well-deserved rest Val was looking her cheerful self again and she had a reason to celebrate – she was on holiday! It has been two and a half years since Covid disrupted our lives. Many who graduated during the Circuit Breaker period missed out on the fun of posing on campusContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Vacation, Staycation and Celebrations“

Beginner’s Choice: Mama’s Cooking is Good

HomSkil’s Cooking Workshop Challenge When Ferninda asked me to give her a hands-on cooking workshop, I wondered how much she could learn in a short time, since she is a busy working mother of two toddlers with another baby on the way. But she was so keen and motivated that I thought we had toContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Mama’s Cooking is Good”

Beginner’s Choice: Finger food and movie nights

Carol’s contribution Many people have travelled abroad on holiday in the past few months, though many others are still hesitant to venture too far. I fall into the latter group. Carol went to Italy, and she sent photos of tapas (Spanish appetizers: a piece of bread with a meatball covering a drink, and dates withContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Finger food and movie nights”

Beginner’s Choice: Learning to nurture from nature

The chicken story When I started my first job, I would occasionally take the No. 10 bus to work. It took a longer route to get to the central business district (CBD), but it was a more scenic route than the highway. There were huge old trees and kampung houses on stilts along Pasir PanjangContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Learning to nurture from nature”

Home Traditions: The Butter Cake

By Andrea Pavee Our family traditionally celebrates everyone’s birthday with a home baked cake, candles and loud, if off-key, singing of “Happy Birthday”, before everyone tucks into the yummilicious treat. The only exception is myself, since I am the home baker, and so for my birthday, I get an apple pie, my favourite dessert. TrueContinue reading “Home Traditions: The Butter Cake”