Jan-chan’s Tidbits

In preparation for Valentine’s Day dinner (we decided to eat at home this year), I’m trying to make a yummy lasagna for Al. My brother loves lasagna but my mom never makes it at home. The only time we get it is when we have dinner at my Aunt Kit’s place because it’s always part of the Christmas menu. Last year, however, we didn’t go to her place for Christmas dinner so Dave was starved of his favourite pasta dish.

Anyways, I didn’t expect to get the barista job so quickly so instead of having all day today to make the sauce, I had to go in for training. Thank god lasagna is a lovely make ahead dish, so I did all the work for it on Saturday night. Continue reading »

So after that wok incident (remember my dad burned it…), I took a slight turn and made baked char siu baos instead. As you can see from the picture, they looked pretty good don’t they? ~^__^~ Continue reading »

Alright last time I showed the picture of the steak I made for the twins. Here’s the recipe, from Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food magazine, with some of my own tips added. It’s super easy to make especially if you have those electric grills at home. Continue reading »

I was just browsing Jessica’s (Su Good Eats) blog and came across the translated version of the char siu bao (bbq pork bun) filling recipe. She used it in her baked char siu bao and it works fine for the steamed ones too. Here it is:

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So after doing a “char siu bao” (bbq pork bun, the ones you see at dim sum) in Google, I found a few recipes that looked promising. Out of about 3 that caught my eyes, I picked the one that seemed the easiest for my first experiment.

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