When I first heard that “we not only eat with our mouths, but also with our eyes”, I didn’t understand what it meant. Over the years, I have come to understand that for food to be appetising, it has to be aesthetically pleasing as well as palatably pleasing. It can be a challenge to coaxContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Homey Food Art”
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Beginner’s Choice: Brunch Kakis
It’s not often that I get invited over to a friend’s place for brunch on a weekday. It’s more common to meet friends and acquaintances for a quick lunch at crowded venues where it’s hard to hold a proper conversation. Fatima, my friend and former colleague, reminded me that often deep friendships are forged inContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Brunch Kakis”
Beginner’s Choice: Memorable Meals
What makes a meal memorable? Well, I suppose there is no one answer for that question. For a foodie it might be the unique taste that satisfies the palate. For some it could be mum’s signature dishes. Perhaps we could agree that we tend to remember meals served on special occasions, because they form partContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Memorable Meals”
Beginner’s Choice: Home-cooked and Homey
If you need help to get started on cooking, Homskil might be just what you need. We have a customized programme to get you started and to guide you on your cooking journey, but we will insist that you take the Homemaking 101 course to help you get the right mindset before you start. CookingContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Home-cooked and Homey”
Beginner’s Choice: July Flavours
It’s not easy to plan a Friday dinner menu for people who don’t take meat on Fridays. Suzie’s family did an excellent job. They chose rojak for the appetizer and tempura for the main course. Suzie’s brother, Elijah, cooked tempura. It was really good. He deserves the “brother of the year” award. It was anContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: July Flavours”
Beginner’s Choice: Festive SEA Food
You might be thinking that this article is about food from the ocean, until you see the chicken and the roast pork. Well, that’s because “SEA” here refers to “South East Asia/South East Asian”. Filipino Cuisine The featured photo is of Boodle Fight, a Filipino dish, which has both seafood and meat, mainly roast pork.Continue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Festive SEA Food”
Beginner’s Choice: Celebrating with Cakes
It has been a while since the last post, and that means that it has been a busy time for Homskil. There have been several runs of the Homskil’s Homemaking 101 courses and other customised courses. In the most recent course, a young participant who is preparing to get married had a request, she wantsContinue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Celebrating with Cakes”
Beginner’s Choice: Peachy egg soup
What do you do when you when you have no vegetables to cook at home? Start by looking at what you have in the kitchen. That was what happened to me this week. Fortunately, there were some essentials like eggs, butter, onions, potatoes, and tomatoes. I thought that I could make a soup with them.Continue reading “Beginner’s Choice: Peachy egg soup”
OJ’s Indian Feast
I was amazed by OJ’s culinary skills as she planned and cooked a number of dishes for a gathering of friends last night. It was Indian Social Night with dinner, songs from famous Bollywood movies and, of course, Bollywood-style dancing. Indian cooking is far from easy. It certainly looked more complicated than Chinese cooking. IContinue reading “OJ’s Indian Feast”
Lunar New Year Specials
It’s five more days to the last day of the Lunar New Year or Chap Goh Mei in Hokkien. Restaurants are still serving Yusheng (raw fish salad). I had Yusheng with smoked salmon and crispy fish skin for the first time last week. It was surprisingly nice. This post features Anne Lise’s Lunar New YearContinue reading “Lunar New Year Specials”
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