My husband loves peanut sauce! He loves it in his french fries, satay (sate) chicken, siopao ( or bapao, steamed buns with filling such as chicken or pork) and his most favorite is ‘gado-gado’. That’s typcial Dutch boiled mix vegetables with plenty of peanut sauce on top! When I first got here (Holland) I thought […]

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I love morning glory or kangkong as we call it in the Philippines. Back in the 70s up to the late 80’s, since we had stores in the market, I remember we called it food for the poor because often times, people on tight budget were the ones who often buy them and the […]

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The prodigal kitchen novice is back, for how long I really don’t have a clue. Because I haven’t been cooking lately, either too lazy or I simply don’t have the time. Besides, husband’s into bread nowadays and cooking for myself alone isn’t fun. I also blame it on my new DSRL camera which I’m enjoying […]

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my recipe:
1 med. cauli flower cut into small florets
200 g beans, cut into bite size
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen peas
1 med. thinly sliced onion
1 tsp mashed garlic
1 tsp grated ginger
4 tbsp ghee or oil
3/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp vindaloo paste
1 tbsp coriander powder
2 tsp sugar
2 slightly opened cardamons
3/4 cup plain yoghurt
2 small tomatoes, cut […]

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It’s my friend chef babyrambutan’s birthday tomorrow and I’d like to dedicate to her this salad, since she likes spicy food …
“we’re thousand miles apart and I couldn’t come to bear you gifts, I thought of making you a spicy salad instead”
Yam Neua or thai spicy beef salad.

1 lb cut beef […]

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Christmas 2005 dinner was quiet, well…not that it was not the past 5 years, but since there are only 3 of us in this small family (husband, dad-in-law and me) it’s always been a challenge to come up with an idea to at least ’spice up’ the christmas dinner table
so I thought of inviting […]

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Street food, one can call this in Thailand.
When you see small barbeque stands on the streets, the chance of finding this is great. It’s called Som Tam in thai, some also call it Papaya PokPok! (w/ thai tonation, that’s funny to hear.)
I wasn’t that enthusiastic the first time I saw it since the papaya was […]

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