I have quite a large extended family and after many years of having a small dining table, I finally bought one big enough to accommodate them all! So to christen the new dining table, we had feasts from foods of our respective countries. I made […]
Sweet buns are a regular purchase for us whenever we visit an Asian bakery, especially the custard-filled ones! The dough to this recipe is beautifully light and airy, the custard thick and creamy. These buns are best eaten freshly baked and accompanied with a cuppa. Prep and […]
This is a dish you’d often see on the menus at fancy restaurants and being charged an arm and a leg to enjoy. It is so easy to make and in this recipe, there is left over butter for you to use in other meals. […]
I love seafood and I love steamed whole fish. I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to try a whole fish recipe in the Thermomix, after all I’ve cooked a full roast, a whole chicken and silverside in the Varoma. I came across […]
The weather is getting cooler and with it, I crave all things warm and cozy. I have simplified the popular Asian soup recipe for the Thermomix which is also a favourite to order when dining in at the local Chinese restaurant. My version is also […]
‘Arroz Caldo’ is Filipino rice porridge or congee. Chicken and rice are slowly simmered in a delicious broth flavored with garlic, onions, ginger and fish sauce. I often interpret ‘simmering’ in a recipe to mean ‘this is going to take a bloody long time to […]
As many of my Facebook page likers know (LaLa’s Kitchen on Facebook), I stumbled across this dish by accident after mistakingly purchasing the wrong ingredients for a recipe I wanted to try; and what a beautifully tasty mistake it was! After a bit of fine […]
Siu Mai dumplings are such a dim-sum staple. I remember devouring these as a young child when following my mum on dim-sum dates and now, my boys do it too. Now you can enjoy this delicious dumpling at home by making it with the Thermomix, […]
I often get my recipe inspirations from restaurants I have the privilege to visit and dine in. I came across this dish at a little fine dining restaurant in the business precinct west of Perth where my husband and I used to work. I am […]
Nothing says ‘I love you’ than a red velvet gift. Last year I gifted my colleagues red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for Valentines. This year even though I don’t work in an office, I thought I’d still keep the red velvet Valentine tradition […]
