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Hot and Sour Tofu Soup is a very popular Chinese soup. It's my family favourite. With wine added, it's really so good. A good winter warmer. Cheers, shalinee ______________________________________ http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com

mexican mama, thanks. In Malaysia, it's called Mi Hoon. It's called Mi Fen in Mandarin.

tofu is a very healthy food. It's high in protein and very good for vegetarians. I love it fried with char siu chicken which is a very popular Chinese way to cook chicken. Cheers, shalinee ____________________________________ http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com

mexican mama, that's a lovely bihon dish.

I love tofu. It's such a healthy food.

my favourite vegetarian dish....Okra Fried With Egg. It's very simple, easy and quick to cook. Goes great with plain rice. Okra is good for bowel movement. Cheers, shalinee _____________________________________ http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com

mexican mama, that's such a lovely noodle dish. Is Pinoy Pancit Canton and Bihon a Vietnamese dish?

Asians love noodles. There are many types and all of them can be cooked in many ways. I love most of them. There's one very popular Chinese noodles called hand-pulled noodles. Tastes awesome. It was challenging to make it but it was fun and worth all the effort as the noodles were really...

Peanut butter mochi balls coated with sweet soya bean powder. A very popular Asian dessert. It's super easy to make. Just add 1C mochi flour (glutinous rice flour), 1/2C (a little less) water and 1t oil together. Knead until smooth. Make into small balls, flatten and fill with some peanut...

I grew up eating a lot of root vegetables. My mom cooked them in many ways. One of them is to make vegetable fritters. I have tried my own version and found it goes great with salad, yoghurt and some coulis. I only used carrots, parsnip and sweet potatoes. Peel and grate them into a big bowl...

Chinese take a lot of tonic soup using herbs for health purposes. Most of them are very delicious. My family love chicken tonic soup. The easiest is to use the ready spices/herbs in packages. A delicious one is using Bak Kut Teh spices which you can easily get from Oriental shop. Just add a...

Mexican Mama, thanks for the term in Philippines.

my simple way of making a healthy salmon salad. Tastes very nice but simple to prepare. Just salmon, tomatoes, herbs and your favourite dressing cheers, shalinee

Ever thought of cooking an Asian meal for friends? I have just invited 4 friends over for a meal recently. So, I prepared a lovely meal for 6 from the recipes that I have been posting. Cooking an Asian meal is not difficult. Just need some organisation and planning. More picture at Keep Learning...

mexican mama, what is it called in the Philippines?

I have here a very popular Malaysian snack....curry puffs (or pasties). We grew up eating lots of these. Now that I'm far from home, I have to make them. I make them often but this fried spiral type was my first attempt. It came out successful and tasted great. There are 2 parts to it. Part 1 on...

sounds very delicious. Fried rice is actually so fun to make cos you can go wild with creativity in the ingredients while yet simple and fast.

Fried rice is my family favourite. It really easy to cook. The fastest is to use Spam. More picture and recipe how I did it.Keep Learning Keep Smiling » Delicious Spam Fried Rice Cheers, shalinee

one of my favourite vegetable is eggplant that my mom always cooked when we were young. She never had any recipe so I have to figure it out and guess it. Came out very nice too, though I may have missed out something along the way. Keep Learning Keep Smiling » Healthy Vegetarian Fried Eggplant...

This is another lovely Asian dish, Fried Brandy Beef With Celery, which I cooked for dinner yesterday. I'm not very good in cooking beef but this dish came out surprisingly delicious. Best to eat with just hot plain white rice. More pictures and recipe at Keep Learning Keep Smiling » Fried...

I used to make a lot of noodles. The alkaline powder or solution is used very sparingly to give it a chewy texture. Sometimes I use & sometimes I don't depending on the types of noodles. You can get a nice chewy texture by using bread flour like what masteraznchefjr said. Homemade noodles is...

In UK, butter are mostly sold in 250g blocks, which is 1 cup. It is easy when comes to making cakes.

Coffee makes the world go round. I love coffee. To have coffee cakes just makes my life cheery. I tried my hands on making a swiss roll for the first time. It was a total success. And to make espresso coffee swiss roll that came out successful just made my day. Sharing my joy here. More photos...

I had hash brown, espresso coffee cake and a cup of coffee.

My latest craze is kimchi. It's so appetizing. It goes so well with almost all Asian dishes. I made fried chicken with kimchi & my family loved it so much with just plain rice. It came as an inspiration after eating at a Korean Restaurant. More pictures and recipe at Keep Learning Keep Smiling »...