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 

Black Sticky Rice Pudding

Black Sticky Rice Pudding

Inspired by the dessert I had at Kedai Mekan a few weeks ago, this black sticky rice pudding reminds me of the sticky rice porridges my mom used to make for me as a kid, meets mango sticky rice. It’s topped with coconut cream and 

Strawberry Sandos

Strawberry Sandos

These Japanese-inspired strawberry sandos are just absolutely delightful and only require 4 ingredients! And who knew freshly whipped cream was SO good?? Peak strawberry seasons (read: now) is the perfect time to make these – you can also use other fruit like kiwi, oranges. I’ve