So I made Black Vinegar Pork Ribs

Ever since I tried this dish at my aunt's place, I been wanting to try make this dish. Then one day, while flipping my friend's cookbook, I happened to chance upon the recipe for this dish and wah la ... my attempt at recreating Black Vinegar Pork Ribs


It turned out to be better than I was expecting ... well during the process, I was expecting it to be disaster but in the end, it turned out to be quite all right ...

Look presentable and the black vinegar taste was quite power ... enveloping the ribs. The only problem was that the pork meat itself was quite stiff and tough...

But then it's goood enuff that I'm not sharing!

Grrrr ... WOOF WOOF

so I made Salted Egg Crabs

I could never understand the reason for people wanting to eat crabs ... there so little meat and so many hard shells to crack. It was until that day when I had Salted Egg Crabs and I understood why it's worthwhile to crack, suck and dig for crab meat ... the salted egg sauce combo with crab meat (and shell) is simply heavenly.

I been wanting to try to try to do a crabs dish and today happened to be the day where my folks and I head down to Tiong Baru wet market to chop prawns for the Reunion Lunch Pot Luck. Yes I'm making Wasabi Prawns again.

so Two Birds with One Stone ...

First of all, I didn't realize Salted Eggs come in Black .... I even asked the Ah Ma serving me if she got the right ones cos there are some brown ones by the side ... it turned out that the brown ones are Century Eggs (kinda Ironic isn't it?)

And the Black ones are actually White Salted Eggs

I was even more surprised that the Salted Eggs were still in liquid form ... not the harden ones we get when we buy porridge ... it's just like normal eggs except the egg yolks are a bit more harden ... I wonder what's inside the Century Eggs.

anyway ... had to steam the Salted Egg Yolks first. Then start work on the Crabs!!

My Friend asked ... so who washed the Crabs? Was it my Mom?

Anyway, it wasn't ... it was the Crabs seller ... had to ask him to kill & wash the Crabs for us as we really don't know how to. I used to stop my Grandma from killing and cleaning the crabs until I had to be locked in a toilet with my parents holding the doors. Now I regret not learning how to do it.

But it's still a rather cruel sight to see how the crabs are being dismantled ... Haiz ... I wonder if I will ever be able to do it. Anyway I told the Crab Seller that I was going to make Salted Egg Crabs and he just shaked his head and ask me "nice meh?" ... He must be thinking this punk is goign to waste his crabs



anyway, I coated the crabs with Corn Flour ... at that point, my Dad came in and mention that I should have added Egg White to make the flour stick to the crabs. It was too late and the recipe didn't state that so I quietly ignore him.


After which, pour them into hot oil for some deep frying session.



This is the tricky bit ... I wasn't sure how long should I fry the crabs. I been told that I shouldn't cook too long as they are easily cook. However at this point, my Dad came in and mention that the shells had not been cracked and it might not get cook that easily ...

as again, the recipe didn't mention anything about cracking the crabs shell and it was way too late to do anything ... so I quietly ignored him again ...

Had to rely on my "cooking sense" and agar agar (estimate) the frying. Overall, it went quite well until one of the Claws screamed during the frying!

I kid you not!

It was like those horror movie where what you thought was dead wasn't! the Claw kept screaming and screaming ... I was so tempted to tell it that "if you keep screaming, I am not going to pick you up from the boiling hot oil" but I wise up and suspect that there must be a space inside the Claw and it might be leaking air out so therefore it was screaming ...

there there .. don't be afraid to fry Crabs after listening to my experience.

My assumption was more or less proven correct when one of the later crab claw actually exploded. Yeah Exploded! Lucky it shot at the wall instead of me ... or I would really freak out. Think Revenge of the Undead Crabs !!



After the Crabs had been cooked, drain and dry the excess oils from them ... while moving on to frying the Salted Egg Sauce

Minced the Steamed Salted Eggs ... fry the minced garlic and add in the salted Egg. Once they blend together and emit a nice food smell. It's time to add those crabs and the seasoning in.

and Fry them together!

at that point, my Mom came in and said that my cooking style looked like a professional Chef. Even stated that if I leave my current job, I could try cooking as a career.

... cold joke aside, the frying was rather difficult as the crabs are still in large pieces ... which meant my Dad was right but as again, too late and maybe it might have been better mixing the salted egg with the seasoning first before adding the crabs (which the recipe didn't state it in that way)
The Finished Product!

Personally, I wasn't that impressed with the Salted Egg sauce. I didn't blend it that well and it wasn't as yummy or memorable as the first Salted Egg Crabs dish that I had.

But My Mom said it was good ... as good as the restaurant one (you know la, Moms tend to overstate things). She also mention that the crab meat was just nicely cooked and tasted pretty good ... which I agreed.

It was quite a new experience but now I am so tired and still have so many plates to wash !!! Not sure when will I ever do this again ... unless there are willing victims who dare to leave his or her name in the comments box.

Before I end this post, this dish wouldn't be possible without the recipe from this blog ... so go check it out if you would like to attempt this dish.

Success! Wasabi Prawns

I once "taught" my ex maid how to make Wasabi Prawns from a Sunday Newspaper article and ever since then, she would make this dish when the family actually ate at home ... it got till a point that I felt it was once too often

anyway ... she left and this dish had been on my mind ... and ever since I was making that hamburger dish (at the previous post), I been toying with the idea to make this dish again. That is without the help of my dear ex maid ...

The first attempt was a failure ... never read about it ? cos i don't post things that failed ... the biggest problem with that first dish was the mayo sauce ... it turned out to be way too bitter and there isn't any wasabi taste to it ... and I suspect that the prawns ain't cook yet but my Mom reassure that they are

The main problem with the first failure was that I didn't follow the recipe and I was doing too many things at once (did a curry cheese burger and U can guess how that turned out).

So this time round, it was only this Wasabi Prawns (and bugogi beef but I m quite good with that already). Before the prawns even get peeled, I followed the online recipes to the T and discover what was missing from the previous attempt! it was the secret ingredient ! and when I discovered what it was that gave the sauce a 180 degree turned, I knew why my maid kept making this Wasabi Prawns ... it was quite easy and beside the mayo, the secret ingredient is the only other important ingredient that must be included in this special sauce ... yeah you can dump the wasabi powder away.

why throw the wasabi powder away? u might ask ... cos actually I still can't get that wasabi taste in this mayo sauce ... haha actually technically this Wasabi Prawns was a failure but the Mayo Prawns was a success ! but lets not be so strict with me

doesn't it make you drool ?? wanna get some ?? please queue up ... I already got 3 different request after reading my msn nick : )

My Own Teriyaki Burger

Wanted to make bugogi beef with raw lettuce wrap but just as I was checking my fridge before heading out to supermarket, I realized I still got left over mince beef from the failed Pepper Lunch Curry Beef Hamburger attempt 2 days ago...

I always wanted to make Mos Teriyaki Beef Burger as it seems simple enough tho over priced at the fast food restaurant. I was only short of breadcrumbs n hamburger bun so decided to not waste food (tho some part of the mince beef had already turned black but overall it looked eatable) and tried my hand and creating the teriyaki burger.

it turned out to be quite good.


Toasted the bun with butter and it was crisply muncher. The beef was good too ... with breadcrumbs, onion, garlic, egg n milk ... it cook well and was relatively easy to make.

I learnt not to make the beef patty too large as when I tried to flip it, it just broke into pieces. The smaller patty had no problem. Didn't overdose on the teriyaki n mayo sauce too. So it didn't rob all the taste but still left it's presence there when I took a bite.

Overall, a happy experience ... now I want test subjects to try ! anyone dare ??

Cost Breakdown
Come to think of it, the burger is quite cheap to make ... I would say it cost abt 1.50 for one burger

beef patty cost abt 50 cents as one pack of mince beef cost abt 5 bucks n 10 patties can be made.
lettuce cost abt a few cents. 10 at most
garlic, onion, breadcrumbs, egg n milk cost abt 40 cents
buns cost less than 50 cents.
teriyaki n mayo sauce cost less than 40 cents.

imagine the profit that the company is making : ) plus they get the material at cost price and as they say it, the more processed the cheaper the food get ...

does it look like it's making face at you?

Now I know why they can find pictures of Mary on Glass Panel or walls ... I found a rather unhappy pancake starring back at me ... just before I ate it

ah fat flip pancake

I love pancakes (so much that I had pancake at Mac for breakfast and then realize that I am makin it for lunch again). I love Korean Pancakes and after a visit to the Korean Mini mart at Orchard Cineplex, I am all so ready to make some pancakes : )


the mix ... yup like rojak, ingredient can be anyhow added into a Korean Pancake ... for today's experiment, we used chong, crab meat and baccon (good to oil the pan)

now the moment of truth ... can i successfully flip the pancake ?


do u think the flip will be successful ?? play the video to see

there were a couple of times when the pancake didn't fall properly but I'm sure you don't want to see those mistakes ... so let jump till

the final try

the most ya ya video of this post : )

and here The End results : )


taste quite yummy even tho the flour mix was the cheapest on the rack ... taste like waffles which my Mom agrees ... overall, the most fun in making the pancakes was the flipping bits ... hehehe and the eating parts hahaa