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  • Guest Post: Spaghetti al Nero di Seppia

    Sometime last year I came across another Adelaide blog called A Kitchen for Friends, as it’s publisher — one Justin Chai — had written a post in which he said some nice things about this blog. Later, Justin and his lovely girlfriend, Janice, came along to an Adelaide Food Bloggers Group meet up at the […]

  • Red Bean Soup

    Having a Chinese mother is like having your most loyal champion and your fiercest enemy somehow spliced together in an unfortunate science experiment. She sees you at your best and she sees you at your worst. For Chinese mothers there are no sense of boundaries, no ‘no-go’ zones where advice is not appropriate or allowed. […]

  • A passion for oysters

    Hello! I’m typing this from the rather fabulous Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Dubai. I’ve just arrived for a week’s famil (media trip) hosted by Emirates and Dubai Tourism. I’m a little tired but not half as tired as I would usually be because the Emirates business class flight last night was so very comfortable. Chair […]

  • Meet a Food Lover: Sneh from Cook Republic

    I read  a lot of food blogs. Some I visit for a minute or two, while others I can hardly bear to tear myself away. With the latter, I explore deeper and deeper into their archives, marvelling all the time at the quality and consistency of their work. Sydney food blog, Cook Republic, is one of those […]

  • 8 Favourite Things: September

    Spring is here! Hurrah! *Happy dance* Spring has arrived not a moment too soon in Australia. I love the possibilities of this season, the all-day feeling that something good is just around the corner. What am I saying? All sorts of good stuff is happening right now! Here’s my list of what’s making me happy […]

  • Guest Post: Breakfast in Singapore

    For this next post, I’m delighted to hand the reigns to my friend, Cheng Lei. Lei is like me, half Aussie and half Chinese. I first met her in Shanghai in 2004 when we were both working there. Lei had gone to China as an accountant and ended up as the China Correspondent on CNBC, interviewing people […]

  • Ms 5 Year Old turns 6!

    My daughter just turned six (six!) so we threw a little shindig for six of her school friends + family. Here’s what was on the menu: Mini Vietnamese Pork Buns; Ham & Pineapple Pizzas (pita bread, pizza sauce, leg ham, grated cheese, pineapple segments); Fairy Wands; Cheerio Necklaces; Berry & Kiwi ‘Ice-Cream’, an adaption of […]

  • The Pot, Hyde Park, Adelaide

    It’s a chilly Winter’s day and I’m running late for a lunch date with my friend, Kerina. I’m not sure what happened but when you have small kids you can have two hours to get ready and still not manage to leave the house on time. Do other parents experience this? So when my 5 year […]

  • Fleurieu Peninsula: Willunga Farmers’ Market, Coriole Vineyard & The Elbow Room

    The Fleurieu Peninsula is situated along the coast in South Australia, about an hour from Adelaide, the capital. It’s a region renowned for its wineries, restaurants, seafood and gorgeous sceney. As part of the Tasting Australia food festival I visited the Fleurieu with a group of international food journalists and writers. Here is Part One […]

  • Easy Honey Ice Cream with Burnt Toffee Popcorn

    I’ve made honey ice cream before but frankly, it didn’t rock my world. It was OK but there were no goosebumps, no sighs of utter bliss. So I was keen to to try it again, especially after meeting a nice gentleman from Golden North at Food SA’s recent Think Food event. I’ve been a big fan […]

  • My Grandmother’s Prawn Sambal

    It’s good to be back. Regular readers will know that I’ve been blogging only occasionally lately, rather than my usual 2-3 posts a week. I had been unwittingly hijacked by a number of work projects and family issues and didn’t have the time or energy, much less the inspiration, to blog. As we all know, inspiration is […]

  • Chicken, Bacon & Mushroom Pie

    Where has the Australian summer gone? It’s been raining steading all day. The air is chilly and an unfriendly wind is tormenting all the trees in the garden, blowing them from side to side without mercy. I don’t like this weather. I’m like a cat: I don’t like being cold and I hate getting wet. So […]

  • Silky Chinese Chicken

    Silky Chinese Chicken was inspired by a dish my dad once made when I was still living at home. I made it recently for our Chinese New Year family dinner and it was received with surprise and delight. Well, to be perfectly frank, what my dad said was,”this is actually quite good” in tones of sheer amazement. […]

  • Guest Post: Surprising Stove-Top Mac-n-Cheese by JJ from 84th & 3rd

    For The Hungry Australian’s first guest post, I’m delighted to hand the reigns over to JJ from 84th & 3rd. I knew JJ’s delightful blog before I met her in person at Eat Drink Blog, the second Australian Food Bloggers Conference in November last year. I remember telling JJ how much I liked her blog […]

  • Feel-Good Fish & Eggplant Curry

    Fish and eggplant may sound like a bizarre combination, but trust me, this curry is fantastic. When our daughter was due to arrive my mother came to stay with us in Shanghai. Every day she did the shopping and cooking and this was one of the dishes she cooked for us after our daughter was […]

  • Mini Trifles, Robert Frost & New Beginnings

    Happy New Year! As 2012 dawns I’m feeling optimistic. Onwards and upwards will be my mantra this year. However, I am a realist: I understand that we don’t get the highs without the lows. Moreover, the highs and lows are more frequent if you’re someone like me who thrives on challenges and new adventures. So […]

  • Fiery Vietnamese Chicken Salad

    After paying homage to the Vietnamese pork roll in my last post about Mini Vietnamese Pork Buns, it’s now time to honour the simple and delicious Vietnamese Chicken Salad (Goi Ga). Vietnamese salads always taste so amazing, and they’re so healthy and low-fat, too. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if you burn more calories […]

  • Mini Vietnamese Pork Buns

    I adore Vietnamese food. The combination of Asian ingredients and cooking styles with French influences and fresh herbs makes it one of my all-time favourite cuisines. Some of my ultimate Vietnamese dishes are phở (a simple but stunning beef noodle soup dish), sugar cane prawns (minced prawn wrapped around sugar cane and grilled, served as […]

  • Backyard Wood Oven Pizza Party

    My brother likes buying things. Like most males, he doesn’t buy a lot of things but when he does shop, he buys big-ticket items. A windsurfer. A vintage electric keyboard or guitar. A top-of-the-range bicycle. A wood-fire pizza oven. When he and his then flatmates went in for a $1200 wood-fire pizza oven six years […]

  • Honey Almond Fruits – Festive Favourites Blog Hop

    We always have a big lunch on Christmas Day with around two dozen family and friends. It’s always a joyful day, with incredible food (everybody brings a dish), plenty of merry-making and lots of kids running around. This year I’m down for a salad and a dessert. I already know that other guests are bringing […]

  • Thai Seafood Banquet Class at Sticky Rice Cooking School

    I love watching people cook. People always do things differently to me, in ways I had never considered. So I always learn about something new – a new ingredient, a new technique, a new cooking style – and it sends me straight back to my kitchen feeling inspired and energised. So I was delighted to take […]

  • Easy Peasy Rocky Road

    Every year I cook something as a Christmas gift for family and friends. My daughter usually helps, and we spend a fun couple of hours baking and wrapping. Last year we made snickerdoodles, those lovely cinnamon and sugar encrusted butter cookers, but this year I’m toying with the idea of making rocky road instead. Although […]

  • Brilliant Rice Salad

    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, and boiled until it collapsed into a congee (jook jook). I’ve had a glutinous dough form of it wrapped around sweet […]

  • A Seafood Extravaganza: Launch of the Eyre Peninsula Seafood Guide at Jolley’s Boathouse

    Seafood is one of my ultimate feasts. It’s both a must for extravagant celebrations and everyday family life. However, it must be fresh and it must be top quality. Luckily, I live in Adelaide, South Australia (SA), where our seafood is amongst the finest in the world, largely because our waters are pristine and well-managed and our […]

  • Broad Beans with Bacon and Onion

    My dad’s friend, Barry, is an amazing gardener, growing all kinds of vegetables, fruits and flowers. He is generous with his crop, too, always giving away bags of lemons, tomatoes and whatever else is in season. The other day he gave us a bag of broad beans and a recipe. I’ve played around with it a […]

  • Chinese Dumpling Soup (Sui Gao or Shui Jiao)

    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 Australia. This Chinese Dumpling Soup recipe is similar to my jiaozi recipe however the sui gao filling has the addition […]

  • Food for New Parents

    Our good friends, Kerina and Ollie, have just become the proud parents of a beautiful little boy. I’m thrilled for them. As new parents, they’ve embarked on an incredible journey, one that will bring them more joy and happiness than they could have ever imagined. Their hearts will expand, be made light again. They’ll learn […]

  • The Best of the Adelaide Good Food and Wine Show

    For those keen on good food and wine, the cunningly named Good Food & Wine Show on October 7-9 at the Wayville Showgrounds in Adelaide was a great day out. You could sample food and wine from some of South Australia’s leading producers, watch cooking demonstrations, learn about cheese or chocolate, take part in a […]

  • Char Kway Teow (Fried Noodles)

    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 wander out from wherever we were staying in search of food and within a few blocks, would usually find a […]

  • Guacamole with a Kick

    Posting a recipe for guacamole seems odd in a way. It’s a bit like posting a recipe for making a ham and cheese toastie – it seems like such a simple thing to that no recipe is required. However, I’ve found huge variation in the guacamole I’ve eaten, both in restaurants and private homes. Everyone […]