Beer Battered Fish

Simple can be delicious. I will keep this recipe as long as battered fish is concerned. Go with chips or serves as finger food! Ingredients (serves 4) 1 cup self raising flour 1 cup dry ale(beer) 1 tbsp sea salt 4 x 100gm white fish ( I use baramundi fillet ) Method 1 Sift flour…

Baked Fish N’ Vegs Parcel

Often I have my fish baked with simple marinades together with any vegetables available for just a meal. It is also my nutritious way as the fish and vegs are not overcooked. Ingredients ( serves 1 ) 200g basa fillet( I piece or any white fillet ) some french beans( blanch with carrots a few…

Stuffed Mushroom W’ Chicken

I always wanted to try cooking stuffed vegetables like mushroom,capsicum,tomato, egg plant etc with savory fillings as they really look pretty, colorful and captivating.They seem simple to prepare. For the first time, I am trying on some chinese ingredients for marinade. Ingredients (serves 4) 4 large field mushrooms(remove stems,chopped finely) 250g minced chicken 1 tsp…

Butter Cake For Chloe

Little Chloe’s 1st birthday today so I heard and her daddy has to work this evening as well. It was a coincidence that I was going to bake some cake today.This butter cake turns out moist and delicious having found this recipe when browsing through some cookbooks. Good for an afternoon tea. Ingredients (serves 4)…

AppleBerries Crumble

Lying in the freezer was a box of some frozen berries and also some ice cream. Put them together for a crumble? Easy. Didn’t intend for a photo shoot as the ingredients weren’t really sufficient. But why not? Ingredients A (serves 4) 1 cup frozen mixed berries(thawed) 1 cup strawberries(halves) 4 green apples 4 tbsp…

Economical Bee Hoon(vermicelli)

I was going thru the internet for a fried bee hoon recipe closes to the hawker days back home. I found this one and gave it a go. I have frequent quite some chinese eateries here and yet to find one anywhere close as this recipe.The fried bee hoon tasted so much like the ones…

Braised Fish Mackeral In Ginger Sauce

No fuss about this fish recipe. With soy sauce, sesame oil, oyster sauce and a little drop of shaoxing wine will do the works. Goes well with plain porridge and steamed rice. Ingredients (serves 2) 2 thick slice mackeral fish(350g) 2 tbsp oil 2 tbsp sliced ginger some spring onion chopped Seasoning 1 tbsp shaoxing…

Woodman Point (Chilli Onion Fish)

No, we didn’t fish but spent an evening at the jetty watching people fishing. We were happy to be given some fish by a couple we didn’t even know. “Thank you”, we said so gladly and bid them “See ya”. As you know we don’t get to eat whole fish much in Perth. So the…

Onslow (Salt Mining)

Onslow, the name speaks for itself. Everything is slow and kinda “Ghost Town”. One of our recent trips up north on the way to Karatha and Hedland, while approaching Onslow, a beautiful coastal town in the Pilbara region north of Perth, with less than 600 people,  only one gas station, a supermarket, this tiny town…

Chinese Style Roast Chicken with Garlic

I baked this Chinese style roast chicken marinated with garlic mixture seasonings. This recipe is simple but requires quite a bit of time. Patience is rewarding. Ingredients (serves 4) 1 whole chicken 300g garlic, chopped 100g ginger, chopped Seasoning 50g sugar 100g salt 50g chicken powder 1 tsp szechuan peppercorns Method 1 Mix the garlic,…