Monthly Archives: August, 2013
Korean Style Beef Ribs
Yesterday I was talking to an Indonesian mum while waiting for my daughter and she was surprised to learn that I cook dinner every night (except Friday — because that’s our takeaway dinner night). She says she can’t do it because she is not a good cook. Well, you don’t need to be a good …
Honey Mustard Glazed Spare Ribs (corrected Aug 2015)
Dinner time again, and I couldn’t decide what to prepare. Then I saw my bottle of Dijon Mustard and thought hmmm… this would do. It has been a while since I cooked this recipe and since it is easy to do, I decided we will have this. Ingredients: about 700 grams pork spare ribs, separated …
My Lola
19 years ago yesterday, my beloved Lola left us. It was the saddest night of my life. A few hours before she passed, I saw her in the hospital. I was with my cousins and we have just visited my Lolo who had surgery and we were about to board the elevator on the way …
My Croissant Donuts (NOT saying cronuts) – updated 19 Aug 2014
I am not saying CRONUTS because I have read that the New York bakery whose chef developed this pastry has trademarked the name and to simplify things, I will just call mine croissant donuts (I spelled donuts this way instead of “doughnuts” — faster to type lol) because they are donuts made from my croissant recipe. I have …
Sago Pearl Dessert
I have read that this is actually a Malaysian dessert and at first I didn’t want to try the recipe as it involved coconut and tapioca pearls and I never had that combination before. But then I remembered having something similar from a Mongolian (?!?) Restaurant in Manila (if not exactly what that is hehe …