Sweet little egg-foam sponge cakes with meringue topping. Very light and delicate! Comes together quickly and is super easy to eat. This dessert seems familiar and modern, perhaps a homespun version of fancy Japanese patisserie, but it’s a centuries-old treat: muskot are referenced in a Thai court poem from the first quarter of the 19th … Continue reading
A much-needed bowl of something to soothe. This is the holiday leftover meal from my family, along with pie (of which more later, hopefully). And it just seems like a joke to provide a recipe, but since most leftover turkey noodle soups tend to be more pasta-style I thought I’d provide this friendly suggestion. It … Continue reading
A soothing, simple bowl of well-flavoured rice and stock topped with fresh herbs and maybe some cooked shredded meat. This is a savoury yet light dish with lots of bright leafy herbs, but listen: sharing this dish at this time of year, for me, is about a change of palate and a hint of nostalgia. I … Continue reading
Springy egg noodles slicked with hot, savoury Chiu Chow chilli oil, topped with everything you like. Fast and satisfying. It is deeply remiss that I have been keeping this recipe from you. I suppose it’s not so much a recipe as an arrangement, a friendly suggestion, one of those things which makes people say, ‘Huh, … Continue reading
From the archives: a fragrant salty-sweet rice pudding I remember my Pearents making. They didn’t much go in for sweets, preferring fresh fruit or my attempts at baking, but they’d sometimes make huge batches of this, scooping it out from a pot in the fridge and reheating perfectly in the microwave. It’s easy, comforting, and you can control exactly how … Continue reading
Let me be clear about what this isn’t: crystal clear chicken stock. This isn’t classic French cooking, alright? That’s not how we do things around here. What this is: a very basic unsalted chicken stock which much more flavourful than any fresh stock you can buy. The catch, of course, is the time–at least 3 hours. … Continue reading
There are a lot of cakes on this blog. They tend to be a bit fancied up; I s’pose I worry that no-one will be interested if I post a very simple cake with not a single grain of spiced sugar or chocolate chip or pistachio or layer in sight. But then, I absolutely wanted to … Continue reading
Classic comfort food perfect for any weather: silky wontons containing pork flavoured with Thai aromatic paste, springy egg noodles, rich broth, and plenty of fried garlic oil. It warms and fills without being stodgy, which is particularly good for this breezily crisp yet sunny spring weather. (You understand, of course, that stodge isn’t inherently bad, but sometimes you … Continue reading
More noodles–and the first stir-fried noodle dish on this blog! These are spicy noodles perfumed with basil, improvised by Leela at SheSimmers. Leela writes that she cooked up this dish on the fly, calling it kuay tiao phat niraman, or nameless (anonymous) fried noodles. It’s a little bit like phat kee mao and a bit like … Continue reading
A version of khanom jeen nam ya: lightly creamy, gently hot and aromatic curry sauce with chicken served over rice noodles with plenty of vegetables on the side. If you’re not familiar with khanom jeen nam ya, I’m sorry. Let’s fix that soon. You’ll want to get to know this versatile dish, particularly if you’re into noodles, … Continue reading
The Furious Pear Pie 
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