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A tribute to my favourite Passionfruit Meringue Tart @ Carpenter and Cook
I don’t usually spend a lot of money on cafes, but when I do, I want it to be well-spent, food wise. It bothers me when pretty new cafes in Singapore are popping up at a rate this alarming, and the...
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Bacon & Eggs Muffin Cups (Airfry option)
Instead of going out and spending money on cafes, I decided to stay home and make some cafe food today! The fact is also that my fridge finally went ‘kapowwww’ yesterday and we have to quickly clear...
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Stir fried Garlic Nai Bai with Dried Shrimps
One of my favourite dishes at Chinese restaurants is ‘Dried shrimp with long beans’. The long beans are deep fried before being tossed further in oil with the dried shrimps. Together with the...
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Airfried Cod Fish with Crispy Skin, HK Style
My mum and I live apart and we’re not that close, but we like to talk recipes together. My mum is a great cook. If Ah-mm’s cooking is comfort food, mum’s dishes are restaurant quality. When we visit...
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Chinese New Year Cookies: Hougang Nonya Kueh :)
Disclaimer: Not a sponsored advertorial. I’m writing this because I love Hougang Nonya Kueh’s yummy bakes, the people behind them, their 30-year tradition and the passion they have in continuing their...
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Lotus Root Pork Rib Soup
Soup isn’t quite a big deal in my family when I was growing up. My childhood memory of soup is boiling water with omelette, tang hoon and spring onions, flavoured with soy sauce. That soup is...
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Prawn Noodle Soup (Malaysian Style)
When I was a little fat girl, I had very little worries. My studies were not fantastic, but I was doing ok, above average I think, in all subjects except Maths. I had great friends, fish balls and...
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[GIVEAWAY] Emicakes CNY Pineapple Tarts!
Quick post! This Chinese New Year, Emicakes is giving away 5 containers of soft and yummy pineapple tarts to budgetpantry’s readers! Emicakes is known for their durian cakes (and character cakes!),...
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Air Fried Kale Crisps
I’ve always heard of kale chips and have always wanted to try making them, but kale is so hard to find in Singapore. They are not available at NTUC, Sheng Siong or Giant, at least I’ve never seen kale...
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Shrimp and Egg Fried Rice (with Bak Kwa) 蝦仁蛋饭
The husband cooked us a delicious Valentine’s Day dinner of chicken chop, baked potatoes and bacon and peas last night! So this morning when he asked for a DTF style fried rice, I couldn’t possible...
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Oyster Sauce Chicken 蚝油鸡
After all the Chinese New Year feasting (I allowed myself to eat for two days), it is back to simple food! Oyster sauce chicken has always been one of my favourite dishes. There’s a stall in Clementi...
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Avocado Egg Mayo
The husband is one who doesn’t really try new food if he had a choice. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times my creation has been met with, “很奇怪。。。” (“that looks really strange..”) before he’s...
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Salted Egg Crayfish
This is my experimental dish! I recently posted a salted egg yolk prawns dish that I cooked for reunion dinner, using Knorr’s salted egg yolk powder. It didn’t wow me although it looked good. I will...
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Air Fried Tofu Puffs
Recently, I’ve been thinking of ways to cook tofu. I’m not exactly a fan of tofu in its purest form – soft and silky with not much of a texture at all. Don’t get me wrong. I do eat steamed tofu or...
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Pork Rib Apple Soup
*Sorry for the lousy picture. It was taken at 8.30 pm, where there’s no sunlight! Soup has got to one of the most fail-proof dishes. Really, there is only ONE true component to making tasty soup:...
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Salted Egg Sotong (Squid)
I promised myself that I will improve on the salted egg sauce from the earlier Salted Egg Crayfish recipe. For that recipe, I used salted egg yolks which were steamed and mashed, along with pumpkin...
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Food review: Monochrome Fusion Bistro
Invited review Monochrome Bistro is a new café located in Chinatown, just a couple of shop houses from the popular Tong Heng. It is a black and white themed restaurant and many of its signature items...
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Laksa Fried Rice
Today, I’ve decided to blog about a simple dish today: Laksa Fried Rice. Of course, this dish is only simple if you use instant laksa mix. I’ve loved Prima Taste’s Laksa Fried Rice paste since I...
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Steamed Wine Chicken with Wolfberries
I’ve been wanting to make this dish for the longest time, ever since I re-introduced the Chinese wok back into my kitchen. My wok has always been put away because it takes up so much space in my tiny...
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Emicakes x budgetpantry: Mother’s Day Giveaway!
Since my kitchen bo bian have to close right now (ok I tried to cook pasta on Friday and it hurt like mad), what better things to do than hold a giveaway? This Mother’s Day, Emicakes is giving away...
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