CHÈ BẮP | Vietnamese Sweet Corn Soup

CHÈ BẮP | Vietnamese Sweet Corn Soup

A friend introduced me to che bap a few years ago and it’s always reminded me of the corn “tea” I grew up drinking, which was just the residual water left over from boiling corn, and I am so for it! It kinda reminds me 

Mango sago

Mango sago

Mango sago is one of my favorite desserts and it only takes 5 ingredients to make! There’s a few different ways to make it, some people combine the sago and mango all together, personally I like the look of layers so I keep them separate. 

Nan Gua Bing, Chinese pan-fried pumpkin cake

Nan Gua Bing, Chinese pan-fried pumpkin cake

Nan Gua Bing, chinese pan-fried pumpkin cakes are these delightful little treats made by mixing steamed kabocha squash with glutinous rice flour, to make a dough with a mochi-like texture. They can be pan-fried plain or filled with some red-bean paste, I also like to 

Mini Persimmon Galettes with Cream Cheese Spread

Mini Persimmon Galettes with Cream Cheese Spread

I generally dislike baking *but* the two pastry-like things I do like to bake are scones and galettes because they’re both pretty forgiving. I also think that galettes > pies. Disclaimer: I am definitely not a baker but these are some persimmon galettes I brought 

Muah Chee

Muah Chee

Muahchee is a popular snack in  Southeast Asia, including in Singapore, where it can often be found in hawker stalls. This glutinous rice flour dessert is similar to Japanese mochi and is originally from Fujian. It’s commonly coated with a mixture of roasted peanuts, sesame 

Mee Jiang Kueh

Mee Jiang Kueh

This Hawker eats series is in collaboration with my friend, Em, who’s the mastermind + owner of Dabao Singapore. I’ve never had a Mee Jiang Kueh before but Em had shared this video of a 72 year old Singaporean uncle who started his Mee Jiang