Napa Cabbage garnished with Korean Kimchi

This is a very light dish. My Kimchi was a little bit too spicy, so I used it to garnish my boiled napa cabbage - a great side dish :)

Lunch with Fish Filet and Korean Beef

In this lunch we have Korean-style stir fry beef. Fish filet, rice (topped with Japanese rice seasoning), and asparagus.

Steamed Tench Fish

One of my favorite dish: steamed fish with ginger, green onion, and a bit of olive oil. Soy sauce can be added when served.

Yesterday Dinner

I am back. For those who know me would have known that my hubby and I have relocated to Asia during the pass couple months. From now on we will have even more pictures of Asian foods (click on the pictures to see a bigger view)!

I cooked a two person meal yesterday.

Chicken cooked with mushroom in a pot.

Pan-fried Chinese red-snapper.

Boiled Choi-sum

Smily Pork Chop Lunchbox

  

Colorful Riceballs

More colorful rice balls...they look cute!

A Great Bowl of Soup

Sometimes, after all the heavy meals, a bowl of soup comes in time for a light dinner :) In this soup: chicken broth, potatos, onions, mushrooms, assorted vegetables, and a little bit of curry powder and coconut milk.

Steamed Catfish

Here is my steamed catfish with black bean garlic sauce. A word about black bean garlic sauce is that it is often used with seafood, pork, and chichen, but not usually with beef.

Ha! Another lunchbox is hence made :) !

Ma and Pop Stir Fry

No secret, just a simple stir-fry of whatever in my refrigerator :).

Chinese Style Baked Chicken

This is a homemade dish that you won't usually find in Chinese resturants. It is a chicken dish cooked with dried mushrooms, dried lily buds, and dried "cloud ear" mushrooms. The chicken was first seasoned with typical seasoning such as soy sauce, salt, sugar, cooking wine (and perhaps sometimes osyter sauce). It is then mixed with other ingredents and is steamed in high heat. However, you can also put it in an oven preheated as 450 F, and then baked at 350 F until cooked. It has an excellent unique taste.

This dish is usually served with rice, but of course, you can pretty much served it with anything you like :)

Want fish?

Why not!


It is easy to fix, healthy, and with great taste :) !

Slow Roast of the Day

Slow roasted beef is one of our favourites. The slow roasting method makes the beef both tender and moist. Preheat oven to 450 F and then rub salt and pepper on the beef. Roast the beef at 200 F. Cook until the internal temperature of the beef reaches between 150-160 degree.
I love to put the sliced beef in noodle soup, sandwiches, and best of all it can be served with rice with Korean style beef sauce dipping. The sauce can be prepared with sugar, soy sauce, cooking wine, red pepper, and green onions.

Pork and Mushrooms

In this lunchbox: (1) steamed pork in black been garlic sauce, (2) stir fried mushrooms with vegetables, (3) steamed white rice, and (4) home made kimchi.

Want more Cookies?

I made some more simple cookies with brown sugar :)

Roast Salmon - Asian Special

This is Japanese style roast salmon. The fish was seasoned overnight with a sauce made with sugar, Japanese miso, rice vinegar, and cooking wine. It is then roasted in the oven.
Yum yum - goes great with rice in the lunchbox.

A Great Noodle meal with Chen and Macro Polo

Can't choose between Italian or Chinese? Why not both! This dish used both spinach macaroni and egg noodles. They were first cooked seperately and were then mixed with a sauce prepared with olive oil, osyter sauce, soy sauce, chili paste, assorted vegetables, and meat of one's preference (e.g., Japanese fish flakes were mixed in, too). Some sesame seed oil were then added at the end. The trick is to mix them well so each bite can come with both egg noodles and macaroni. It can be kept for several days and served with other stuff!

Leftover Baguette Makeover

Leftover bread? No problem, just toast it a little bit on a frying pan with olive oil, basils, and a bit a miced garlic - as good as new :)

I Love Sushi!

This is just some very simple Sushi I made.

I rolled my Sushi with eggs, crab meat, cucumber, carrots, daikon, and hotdogs. Once the ingredients were cut, you can do your mix and match and make a variety of Sushi. They are great for a light meal.

Jam-Filled Cookies

Here are my jam-filled cookies. They are very easy to make and are delicious. You can also sprinkle brown sugar or icing sugar on top of them, but I just eat them "as it" :)

Green Beans and Fish

This lunchbox has white rice, green beans cooked with Chinese bean paste, and pan-fried salmon.