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Everyone's food looks so comforting... yum

Right now, Marbled Banana Bundt Cake *yum*

my favourite thing from mcdonalds is the fries! the mcdonalds in holland don't have it but in malaysia, mcdonalds also sells bubur ayam (malay chicken porridge), ayam goreng mcd (spicy fried chicken) and i can't remember what it's called but it's a burger with a fat crispy chicken fillet (kind of like a zinger but bigger, crunchier). I love them all..

When I was younger, my mum cooked nearly everyday. When we ate out as a family, it was ALWAYS Chinese food so if I had to pick between Chinese and McDonalds back then, I would definitely pick McDonalds. It just seemed more 'special' because Chinese food=daily food. Now that I'm older, it's Chinese (or any restaurant) food all the way!

I posted this earlier today on the Elsewhere in Asia forum but it's a lot less active than over here so I'll repost and see if anyone can help -- Whilst there is nothing wrong with this recipe, it seems like a dumbed down version. It lacks the strong, more complex flavour of the real thing. The colour is also a lot lighter and there seems to be a little more sauce. The Gai pad Grapow my Thai friend (she makes her living cooking Thai food so I don't even want to ask!) made was very dark and the sauce was somewhat thick with what I assume was the pounded shallots+garlic+chilli combo (little bits everywhere). Recipe I used I tried it again with a lot more garlic, chillis and fish sauce . That helped but it's still not right! p/s: C.Sapidus, looks good!

The shark fin soups I've had also always had crab meat in them.

Whilst there is nothing wrong with this recipe, it seems like a dumbed down version. It lacks the strong flavour of the real thing. The colour is also a lot lighter and there seems to be a little more sauce. The Gai pad Grapow a Thai lady made was very dark and the sauce was somewhat thick with what I assume was the pounded shallots+garlic+chilli combo. The recipe I used I tried it again with more shallots,garlic and fish sauce . That helped but it's still not right! The recipe is very tasty but ....

jumanggy: the plum cake looks gorgeous! Wow!

OT: Just noticed that Gabriel Lewis has the same bowls as I do.... BTW, the gyudon recipe I used also asked for 1 tsp of sake. Hmm what's for dinner tonight...

You should! The dishes are terribly easy and only requires one pot (okay and another pot for rice,bowls and spoons/chopsticks). Hiroyuki posted a gyudon recipe on RecipeGullet. The recipes I used: Gyudon Oyakodon The Oyakodonburi especially tasted exactly like what my Japanese host mums used to make. I find one-bowl meals terribly comforting-especially during the winter!

Thanks Pontormo! I think this one contained wine -marinated pork. I'm in Arnhem (close to the German border) in The Netherlands so I'm really not sure where this salciccia came from.

Last night: Salciccia pasta

After looking for Italian sausage (of the American variety -lots of fennel) for over an hour, I finally founds some Salciccia at an organic butchershop. I tried googling but most of the links were in Italian. Is Salciccia similar to Italian sausage? What does a Salciccia sausage comprise of anyway? Thanks.

Hahaha I think I ate donburis a lot more often than sushi when I lived with my Japanese host families! I love sukiyaki but it's hard to get really fatty beef here and I don't have a hot pot (I live in a 2-pan household ) plus these Dutch people would probably consume a kilo of beef each . Yes the oyakodon was a little soupy because I put in too much dashi (I added one extra egg to counter this effect but still too soupy!). I liked it though. Dashi: 1 +2/3 cup Mirin: 4tbs Shoyu 7tbs Sugar 3 tbs (I think I only put 2 tbs) I didn't see your tip until today so my eggs were beaten a lot more throughly than recommended.

I've been missing my time in Japan the last few days so have been dabbling with Japanese home cooking. Easy and delicious Gyudon Oyakodonburi

My best friend from when I studied in Japan e-mailed me last week and made me nostalgic so we had Oyakodonburi on Friday: and Gyudon yesterday: The oyakodonburi was especially good.. I should've sliced the beef a little thinner or bought better grade beef as it was not as soft as the ones from Yoshinoya. I bought beef for braising (cheap, 4.65 euro for 388 grams) and sliced the first piece thinly but was getting tired and pissed off by piece 2!

This might be good as a filling but has to be soften just a little for cakes I think. It's like a very thick jam. Every Chinese New Year, we eat plenty of bite sized pineapple tarts. Recipe by Amy Beh: # 250g grated pineapple # 150g sugar # 1 tbsp lemon juice Bring to a boil grated pineapple, sugar and lemon juice. Let it simmer for 30 minutes or until it thickens. Sieve in half a teaspoon of cornflour. It goes well with pastry but it might be better to reduce the sugar if pairing the jam with cake.

I've been baking quite a bit lately! Here's what we'll have for tea today: Lemon shortbread

Haven't been here for ages so I only just came across your excellent blog, markemorse! Kaya is very easy to make but requires patience, fresh ingredients and constant attention (a bit like making Megan's Gateaux aux Crepes. Easy in technique but the minute you get distracted, you get burnt crepes oops). This is my mother's recipe for kaya: Kaya Nyonya Ingredients: 10 small eggs 500 g granulated sugar Pati santan from 1.5 coconut 4 pandan leaves Mix the eggs and sugar in a pot and stir over boiling water using a medium low heat until sugar melts. Sieve the mixture into a round stainless steel or enamel pot, add in the santan and pandan leaves.and stir over boiling water (double boil), of and on, until the mixture turns quite thick. Discard the pandan leaves. Cover the pot and steam over very low heat for about 3 hours.

This is for snowangel: Hor Fun (Ipoh Kuey Teow) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahe_fen

Ooohh Chufi, I want that chocolate chip recipe too! The one thing I want is the Dorie Greenspan book but it's so expensive over here *sigh* Tejon: Beautiful cookies!

Hi Jack! Quail eggs are available at the markets and also in some Asian shops, I think. And the poelier will definitely have duck, like markemorse said. You can also try the poelier stall at the market. p/s: Dutch food is quite easy to cook so you can always make it yourself! For example, stamppot is easy and I think lots of students like to eat it. Just freeze and eat it next week again ^^ p/s/s: I like the gevulde boterkoeken (with marzipan). Yummy~ I think Holland have amazing pastries

Thanks, Doddie! I'll PM you the layer cake recipe and I'll put the char siew bau recipe on RecipeGullet asap! Yes, I'm going back to the Netherlands in July. I think I will anyway but honestly, I don't really want to! It's no fun being poor and jobless there but sacrifices are normal, huh;)

Chufi, Pm-ed you (and SuzySushi) the layer cake recipe! Don't worry. I'm just not posting it permanently here:D And Pan, it's a long story - it's just one of those things made up in high school and which actually stuck..... Markemorse, I've also PM-ed you the chili garam chicken recipe.

Ooh, I definitely had a wonderful time blogging! Oh and Abra, I'm the one on the right! Since it's still open: Matcha with some freshly baked Korova cookies. Instead of 150grams chocolate, I used 100grams chocolate and 50 grams Reese's peanut butter cups. I think my oven was a little too hot too (the knob is broken so I don't know what temperature it really is!) as some were flatter with bubbly holes. I've made this 3-4 times in The Netherlands and it was really easy but it might just be too hot and humid here too.. it (the dough) literally melted in my hands but it still tastes very ,very good! What's cooking... Pounding the kerisik (toasted dessicated coconut) to add into the rendang Ta-da The nasi lemak (not really cooked yet) . You can see a screwpine leaf. Underneath the rice is a giant banana leaf. The rice is steamed. OK, I really should sign off for good instead of overstaying my welcome! Good bye! ETA: The funniest thing is dad just came back with a packet of nasi lemak and rendang for his lunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess this is what happens when you've been married for nearly all your life- you even think the same...