The Informal Chef

Today my family is in for a treat. Because I am doing this post for Chinese New Year dinner, my family gets to enjoy this crispy me...

Often, this five spice meat roll would be called  ngoh hiang  (五香) or  lobak  (滷肉), the shortened Hokkien dialect for this dish. In the n...

I am not a Hokkien. I never know what  jiu hu  means until recently. So, for those who, like me, are pretty clueless,  jiu hu  basically ...

Mini Sambal Prawn Roll (or Shrimp Roll) is not difficult to make, just tiring. This dish needs no introduction since it is a very popu...

You could call this kok zai  (角仔), yau kok  (油角), or yau kok zai  (油角仔). It all refers to the same thing, that is, a crunchy mini puff fi...

Nope. You wouldn't find curry taste in your cookies. But this is one darn good recipe. Salted Egg Yolk Cookie seems to be the cra...

I have just finished baking my pineapple tarts and that left me with lots of egg whites. What should I do with it? There were a couple op...

If I say pineapple tart is the best cookie in the world, who would agree with me? I am not trying to spark a controversy here but it re...

Chinese New Year is just one month away and I belief many of you must have already gotten yourselves busy. To kick start the Chinese Ne...

For those of you who have not tasted one, you must think it is crispy from its puffy outlook. You are just half right. The outer layer i...

Making this recipe was inevitable. Cornflakes was selling at RM5.95 per jumbo box. That was like more than half the price cut. The cheap...

With the Chinese New Year almost over, I am definitely looking at ways to dispose of the 8 odd boxes of tangerine that we have in our hou...

These few days has been hectic! I apologize for the lack of attention to this blog. Initially, I planned to slot in a few recipes for Chi...

Oh my, I have been so busy cooking for Chinese New Year I have no time to concentrate on this special day we call St. Valentine's Day...

What is Chinese New Year without pineapple tarts. It is a must have. Maybe it is because of the meaning behind these tarts. Pineapple in ...

The day that has finally arrived for me to make pineapple tart. I have been making it for the past two years. Last year, I sold quite a n...

I always wonder why this is only sold during Chinese New Year. Surely the ingredients used here are available all year long. There is a...

In the background is a fortune cat/prosperity cat 招财猫, used as a a feng sui ornament to bring fortune and luck to the owner I am so gla...

Whenever you see these little round things sold in the supermarket, you know Chinese New Year is around the corner. Yes, I am talking abo...

This is another easy-peasy Chinese New Year snack that you could whip up in no time. All you need is three, well maybe four, ingredients....