This Steamed Tofu with Pickled Chilli is a simple Chinese home-style dish featuring silky steamed tofu topped with homemade quick-pickled green chillies and a fragrant ginger, garlic and spring onion dressing. Finished with hot oil and light soy sauce, it's packed with bold flavours despite using just a handful of ingredients.
This Thai Fried Chicken is crispy, savoury and packed with fragrant garlic and pepper flavour. Marinated bone-in chicken is coated in a light tempura-style batter and deep fried until golden and crunchy.
This Steamed Sea Bream with Salted Soybeans & Chilli Hoisin Sauce is a classic Cantonese whole fish dish featuring delicately steamed sea bream finished with fragrant coriander, spring onions and a rich savoury sauce of fermented soybeans, hoisin and chilli bean paste. Perfect for sharing, it's traditionally served with steamed rice and green vegetables.
Beautifully Fragrant & Spicy Thai Chicken Stir Fry with Ginger is a comforting, deeply savoury dish packed with warming aromatics and punchy Thai seasoning. Built around wood ear mushrooms, julienned ginger and a robust fermented soybean based sauce, this stir fry delivers layers of umami, gentle heat and sweet salty balance. This Beautifully Fragrant & Spicy Thai Chicken Stir Fry with Ginger is perfect for a cold winter evening and comes together in minutes once prepped.
Chicken Rendang, or Rendang Ayam, is one of the most iconic dishes of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Tender chicken slowly simmered in a rich rempah spice paste, coconut milk and toasted coconut, this dish is deeply aromatic, creamy and intensely savoury. As the sauce reduces, the oil separates and the flavours concentrate, creating that signature nutty, fragrant rendang finish.
Singapore Style
Hainanese Chicken Rice is one of the most iconic dishes in Singapore’s hawker centres, originally brought by Hainanese immigrants and adapted into a national favourite. This Hainanese Chicken Rice recipe follows the classic Singapore style method, gently poaching a whole corn fed chicken in ginger and spring onion infused stock, then using that fragrant broth to cook fluffy, aromatic rice.
The magic of Hainanese Chicken Rice lies in precision. The chicken must never over boil. Instead it is simmered briefly, then left to sit in the hot stock to cook through gently. The rice is cooked in rendered chicken fat and stock for rich flavour, and the dish is served with vibrant chilli sauce and fragrant ginger and spring onion oil.
This Malaysian Prawn Laksa is a rich and aromatic noodle soup made with a homemade laksa paste, fragrant coconut broth, juicy prawns and shredded chicken. Finished with fresh herbs, lime and chilli, it's a comforting bowl packed with authentic Southeast Asian flavours.
Chilli Chow Mein Style
Leftover Veggie Stir Fry Noodles are one of the best ways to use up surplus vegetables from your fridge. This Leftover Veggie Stir Fry Noodles recipe follows classic Chinese wok technique, soaking dried egg noodles properly, drying them before stir frying and building a simple chilli soy sauce that coats every strand without making them soggy.
Inspired by Hong Kong style chow mein, this dish proves that Chinese cooking is resourceful and versatile. The key is never losing your sizzle, keeping the noodles separate and balancing spice, soy and sweetness for a glossy finish.
Vietnamese Coconut Braised Pork Belly is a comforting dish where chunks of pork belly are slowly simmered in coconut milk with caramelised onions and ginger. The slow braising allows the pork to become tender while the coconut milk reduces into a rich, savoury sauce balanced with fish sauce, chilli and palm sugar. Often served with steamed rice, this simple dish highlights the deep flavour that can come from just a few key ingredients.
