My mom is half Chinese. So no surprises that she cooks Chinese inspired dishes like the steamed fish. Normally, my mom would prepare this with either the white pomfret or the ‘kurau’ fish. The latter is better known in Hokkien as ‘ngor he’ and lesser known by its English name, Threadfin, in Singapore. It is commonly believed by both [...]

My daughter is learning to read by herself. Not only does she pretend to pronounce words by making the phonetic sounds of only the FIRST letter, but she also makes up the story for herself by looking at the pictures. It can be quite hilarious but to encourage her, I will say she’s doing a [...]

With summer fruits in season, I just can’t help it! I have to buy the strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, grapes, kiwis, peaches, nectarines and the usual apples and bananas everytime I go to the supermarket. So it is not surprising when I misjudge how much fruit my family can eat in a week and end up finding [...]

If you’ve been wondering why there were no new articles last week, it’s not because the heat fried my brains but we decided to go on a road trip. We promised the kids that we’d bring them to Disneyland before they came to America and now was as good a time as any to keep [...]

One of my favourite desserts as a kid was the Suji. Although I don’t have very much of a sweet tooth, this is one dessert that I consider extraordinary. Made from semolina or sugee flour, my late grandma would prepare this especially for the kids.  It’s a truly simple one and its prepared in 15 minutes at [...]