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Cooking log 18 : Going Cantonese ! Siu Yuk + Char Siu

I made Char Siu and Siu Yuk today. Correction, the prep started 3 days ago. I often wonder how much home recipes would survive pass this age full of instant food and microwaves, where the younger generation lives on mass produced food and identifying them as the taste from home. When i first came to…

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Cooking log 17 : Braised Pork on Rice + Braised tofu & Soup

Sunday evening!! Braised pork is on rice!! Today i took out the braised pork from Cooking log 16 with excitement, and drooling figuratively. To add more balance dietary wise, i braised some tofu using the braised pork sauce and added a simple Tomato & Egg soup for dinner. The Tomato & Egg soup is very…

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Cooking Log 16 : Taiwanese Braised Pork

Amidst the self isolation period to fence off(?) the Corona virus, I got so bored at home that this blog is coming back to live again. First thing first, i am doing fine in Japan. My team had been working from home for 2 weeks now and the company let us expense to a reasonable…

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Cooking Log 15 : Teriyaki Chicken with Rice + Edamae (542 kcal)

Happy New Year!! It’s been a long while since i last posted about my cooking because i had been busy. Finally made it to new year holiday to have a few days to myself! I did something very simple today. Grilled myself some chicken thigh and shitake mushrooms, simmered them a bit in soy sauce…

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Cooking log 13 : Yakiniku Lunch at Home (613 kcal)

Work was so crazy last week. Craziness is going to resume tomorrow. Today is Sunday. Good food on weekend mends the spirit. I had some pork shoulder slices and vegetables pan grilled then stir in a big spoon of Yakiniku sauce. Nothing fancy but still yummy. Spirit mended, finger crossed. I am only two weeks…

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