Occasional stories, food and travel inspiration
My dear friend Eli once cooked me a delicious rice salad when we were both living in London in the early 2000s. As an Australian-born Chinese, I've eaten a lot of rice. I've had it steamed, fried,
When we were recently in Malaysia we ate the most amazing sui gao (dumplings) at my Grandmother's house, bought from the local hawker stall. So this is my attempt to recreate them back home in Austral
Char Kway Teow (Fried Noodles) is one of the ultimate Malaysian hawker dishes. When I was holidaying in Malaysia in August, I ate Char Kway Teow nearly every day, mostly for supper at 10pm. I'd wan
I have my Dad to thank for a lot of things. For my love of reading. For forcing us to go with him to see Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October, in which a much younger Alec Baldwin proves indisputa
We've been cooking a lot of stir fries lately - they're easy and quick to prepare, you can use whatever you have in the fridge, you only need one cooking pan and dinner is on the table within minutes.
One thing I love about Mr Hungry Australian is that he's a great cook. When we first started dating he was working as a consultant. So some days he'd be super-busy and other days I'd go over to his
If you were living in Australia in the 80s you probably would have seen this TV advertisement starring a then unknown Aussie actor. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt1YV9Bj72c] Did you r
If this isn't a perfect example of fusion food, I don't know what is. I came home yesterday to find that Mr Hungry Australian had made this Italian-Chinese pizza. I was quietly appalled. It just
This is not exactly diet food but then who wants to eat diet food all - or even some - of the time? Not me, that's for sure. Yes, this dish is substantial. But that's exactly what I crave at nig
UPDATE: this recipe has been simplified and re-blogged here. And I've changed the photo above to the new version. But please do read on for a story about my grandmother and how this recipe came to be.
Weisswurst (white sausage) served with Sauerkraut, red cabbage and potato mash is real German comfort food. So when I wanted to spoil my (German) husband this week, I immediately thought of cooking h
This is what I make when I'm in a mad hurry and have no time to think about cooking. Honey Soy Chicken is ridiculously quick and easy to make; it literally takes only a couple of minutes. You chuck
I have a confession: I'm a slow cooking novice. I've steamed, I've baked, I've stewed, I've boiled and I've stir-fried. But until yesterday, I'd never slow cooked before. I know I've been, ahem, sl
Yesterday my daughter told me that she wanted to go to her Grandma's house for a snack because "she cooks so much better than you." When asked to explain, she said, "I only like Popo's cooking. I don'
Brrrrr! I find this cold weather very tiresome. Winter in Adelaide is nothing extreme but I'm a summer girl and I don't cope well with it. All I want to do is huddle close to a heater, wrapped in l
Good food doesn't have to be complicated. This recipe is a case in point. Fried rice couldn't be easier or quicker to make yet it tastes simply wonderful. And it makes you feel warm and loved in the w
Adapted from a Gourmet Traveller recipe, these dumplings are perfect as a quick after work supper or as the first course for a dinner party. Moreover, if you’re feeling stressed out, making the dump
I cooked this a couple of years ago for my cousin May when she visited us in Melbourne. She took one mouthful and said, “this is your mum’s soup”, even though she hadn’t tasted it in 20 years.
Fish and eggplant may sound like a bizarre combination, but trust me, it really works. I love this curry of my mother's. She made a big pot of it for me when my daughter was a newborn. I was consta
When my husband took me to Germany for the first time, mushrooms were in season. For lunch one day his mother cooked us pancakes with a creamy mushroom sauce using fresh pfifferlinge and dried steinpi
