My search for this recipe started about 5 years ago when I had a similar dish at my friend’s place. I meant to ask her for the recipe but forgot about it by the end of the evening. Then one day I stumbled upon this recipe by accident : I do not know if it… Continue reading Glass Noodles Salad

This is another French recipe from my mother-in-law, Michèle. This big potato pie is rather delicious, and as often in this case, not the best thing for your diet ! It goes well as a side with some meat, but we also like to eat it as a main course (with salad) since you are… Continue reading Tourte aux pommes de terre – Potato Pie

Pierre loves prawns. He would eat them in whichever way or sauce they are cooked in: spicy, baked, in soup, buttered, steamed, with or without sauce, grilled, deep fried, etc. So we get to cook prawns pretty often, and one of my favorite recipe is this Chinese dish. It’s so simple, easy and fool proof… Continue reading Szechuan Prawns (shrimps)

Today I would like to introduce to you a very simple and delicious traditional dish of Alsace (eastern of France): the tarte flambée (in Alsatian Flammekueche or in German Flammkuchen). It’s a sort of “Alsacian pizza”, although its history is absolutely not related in any way with the famous Italian treat (except maybe as the… Continue reading Tarte Flambée

My (French) sister-in-law likes to make chocolate and chestnut truffles around Christmas. They are an interesting and sinful treat that is traditionally made for the winter holidays and helps you get that little extra cholesterol and sugar in case you didn’t get it maxed-out already with the heavy meals that never seems to end around… Continue reading Green Tea Truffles – Truffes au thé vert

Pierre has this French regional cook book sitting on his shelf for many years – given by his mother to motivate him to cook something more grand than his famous carbonara😁. I have flipped through this book so many times before but never really dared to try out any of the recipes. Then the other… Continue reading Red pepper farcis à la Perpignanaise

What made me bake apricots ? The craving came about a week or two ago when I ate some very delicious ones at my mother-in-law’s house (it’s now apricot’s season). Try as I might, I couldn’t get them out of my head. When I read about Domestic Goddess’ sugar-high Fridays, the idea of cooking them… Continue reading Apricot Tatin – Abricots à la Tatin

We haven’t had curry for a quite some time now… so I decided to cook something different. I have been wanting to try my hands at cooking green curry for years, well, ever since I got this cook book from my ex colleague but I never really dared to try it… when I see the… Continue reading Green Chicken Curry – Curry vert au poulet

The very first cornbread muffins I tasted was at Dan’s Ryan Chicago Grill restaurant, Singapore : they serve some of the most delicious muffins in town. Ever since, I have always wanted to try my hands at making this muffin but never really had any motivation to do it until I saw a cornmeal challenge… Continue reading Muffins here, muffins there… should I bake cornbread muffins today?

I have made these cookies many times but I never really given much thought on the chocolate nut spread I used on it till Pierre asked me that day ‘Do you know how Nutella came about?’ ‘No. I don’t think there’s anything interesting about it. It’s just some modern invention.’ Pierre: ‘You should look it… Continue reading Choc-Hazelnut Scrolls