The Great Chef

Two days away and we will be celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival;  and here I am trying out another new type of Mooncake this time.  What intrigue me when I saw Sonia posted her Hydrandea Mooncake as it look so pretty and gorgeous looking.  I'm sure you will totally awe too looking at this unique flower mooncake! Hydrangea Mooncake  Recipe adapted from Sonia of Nasi Lemak Lover makes 6 Water dough 63g plain flour 25g unsalted butter 8g caster sugar 25g water Oil dough 62g cake flour 35g unsalted butter Filling 150g red bean paste   (or any of your favourite filling paste) Egg wash- 1 egg yolk + ½ tbsp milk Method For water dough :   In a mixing bowl, place the plain flour, butter and sugar in and rub till resembles crumbs, add in water then combine well, do not over mix. Wrap the dough with cling film and rest for 20 mins. Divide into 6 equal portions and shape it round. For Oil Dough : Rub cake flour with butter, slowly combine till soft dough. Wrap the...

I've never ever thought of making "Tau Foo Fah" (Soy milk custard pudding) at home because it is so easily can get it at the local market here.    But it is always fun to make it at home. Its all because of my girlfriend "J" .... after having the fragrant tau foo fah at our classmate friend's house in Kampar, she was so determine to do it at her home too.  And from there on, it has inspired me to follow suit.... You can always buy the Soya Milk at the shop but just to make sure that the soya milk is of concentrated and not too diluted type.  But if you are more hard working type, you can always make your own soya milk at home; but hopefully someone with strong hands to help you to squeeze out the milk ...  "TAU FOO FAH" (SOY MILK CUSTARD PUDDING) Recipe adapted from  Lena of Frozen Wings Soymilk ingredients:   300gms soya beans, soaked overnight 1.8L water 4-5 shredded & knotted pandan leaves Method 1. In 4 portions, blend the soya beans wi...

I was on holiday back to my hometown Kampar and Ipoh Perak two weeks ago meeting few of my secondary friends whom I have not met for over 30 years!  Time flies.... but it was really good to see them again. We were all on food hunting trip in Kampar and Ipoh, patronizing restaurant and cafe right one after another;  in a way like taste testing the food instead of having a hearty meal at each restaurant.  Kind of fun too. Of course every savoury meal we have tried out, we can't miss out to go for sweet dessert too.  We were at this 100% Natural Cafe in Ipoh to try out their dessert ("tong sui").  So we order each bowl of different dessert from the menu;  one dessert caught my friend's eye and she ordered this Pumpkin Sago dessert.  I never had anything like this before.  Just one mouthful of this dessert, I immediately fell in love with it.  It was so delicious and yummy. Pumpkin Sago Dessert Recipe sourced from  My Humble Kitchen   ...