Nutrition info: Calories in Duck Rice
In Singapore you can find Duck Rice prepared in two ways: Roasted or Braised. Roast Duck Rice: The duck is prepared by putting spices such as pepper, salt, star anise, cinnamon ginger, spring onion and garlic inside the duck, coated with vinegar and malt sugar and hung out to dry. The ducks will be roasted until their […]
Nutrition Info: Calories in Char Siew Pork Rice
“Char siu” means “fork burn/roast” named after the traditional method of cooking long seasoned strips of pork on a fork over fire. Char siew pork rice is served with slices of char siu, sliced cucumber, white rice and covered in a sweet gravy or dark soy sauce. Generally you can choose steamed white rice or […]
Nutrition Info: Calories in Fish Ball Noodles
Fish Ball Noodles is a dish containing fishballs served with noodles of different kinds is an extremely popular Singaporean dish. The dish can be served either in a soup or “dry” with the soup on the side. In the dry variety the noodles are cooked with lard, soya sauce, chilli and/or tomato sauce. The type […]
Nutrition Info: Calories in Fish Balls
What is a fish ball? An edible, 1 – 2 inch ball-shaped patty made of pulverized / pounded fish. They are generally white or yellow in colour. They are a staple of Chinese cooking and are used in a wide array of dishes. They are cooked by frying, boiling or steaming, added to noodle and […]
Nutrition Info: Calories in Avocado Shakes
Do you love them or hate them? Avocados are a fruit (yes a fruit) that are really hit or miss with most people as far as taste and texture go. As for me – I love them. I unfortunately just don’t live in a part of the world right now that is conducive for mass […]
Nutrition Info: Calories in Lor Mee
Lor Mee is a local Singapore dish inspired from Hokkien heritage. It consists of thick flat yellow noodles (lor mee) in a starchy broth of braised stock soup containing pork, fish cake, braised egg and slices of chinese five spices sausage. It can be served with vinegar, minced garlic/ginger, chilli paste, half a boiled egg […]
Nutrition Information: Wonton Soup
‘Wonton’ is a word transcribed from Cantonese. In mandarin, it is called 馄饨 (pronounced as “hoon toon”) which simply means irregularly shaped dumpling. The other more simplified name is 云吞 (pronounced as “yun toon”), directly translates to cloud swallow. Either way, they all mean tiny dumplings! The wonton skins or wrappers can be made […]
Nutrition Info: Oyster Mee Sua
Oyster Mee Sua is a famous must-try Taiwanese snack from the Shilin night market on par with the popular Taiwan bubble tea. Taiwanese called it as O-Ah-Mi-Sua It is salted wheat flour vermicelli covered in a layer of thick starchy broth to give it a smooth slippery texture, with oysters, shredded chicken meat, topped with […]
Nutrition Information: Cendol
Cendol is a sweet, icy dessert found across most parts of Asia. The very simple recipe consists of only five ingredients and can be purchased at road side vendors, hawkers, food courts, coffee shops and restaurants. It consists of a mound of shaved ice with green chewy pandan-flavoured cendol on top that resemble green worms, […]
Nutrition Info: Char Kway Teow
Char kway teow is a favourite south east asian dish prepared in many variations depending on if you are in Singapore, Malaysia (Penang, Perak, Sarawak) or Indonesia where it’s known as Kwetiau Goreng. For me personally, it was the first Singapore hawker food that I tried – I even remember that I purchased it at […]
Nutrition Information: Fried Bee Hoon
Fried Bee Hoon is a popular Singaporean meal often taken for Breakfast and is simple enough to be cooked at home and also found in local food courts. ‘Bee Hoon’ is the name given to rice vermicelli or thin noodles made from rice. This meal consists of the bee hoon as the base and then […]
Nutrition Information: Beef Hor Fun
Beef Hor Fun is a popular Singaporean meal coming from Cantonese origin. It is made by stir-frying beef, wide rice noodles (hor fun), bean sprouts and black bean sauce. It comes in two varieties: Dry-fried (fried without sauce) or Wet-fried (fried with a sauce). Apparently the secret to cooking it successfully is that it must be […]
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