Golden Salted Egg Yolk Cornflakes 黄金鹹蛋黄玉米片

Salted egg yolk, butter,  curry leaves and chili padi are perfect combo. Any recipe won't go wrong when using these ingredients.  When i saw my friend made this, what a brilliant idea, combine all these ingredients with cornflakes. These cornflakes are so addictive , crunchy, salty, sweet, curry aroma and a hint of spicy, so good !

Sweet and Spicy Prawns 嘻哈大笑 (干煎虾碌)

This prawn dish is sticky and fragrant, one can't help licking the sticky and yummy sauce coated on the prawn. And this prawn dish also a common dish that very often served during Chinese New Year as in Cantonese, the word for prawn is Ha (虾); or in Mandarin, it sounds like 哈, which means laughter and happy, Hi Ha Tai Siew .

Sweet and Sour Pig Maw 酸甜猪肚

Hi all, sorry for not updating my blog for almost 2 months. Just realized that my blog also celebrate 10th years anniversary this year. After 10 years , time for me to slow down . I still cooking and baking, mostly bake sourdough , my new favourite ^_^. I still trying out new dishes and new cakes sometime. Like this simple sweet and sour pig maw, a dish that was inspired from a restaurant located at Klang.

Pineapple Chiffon Cake 凤梨戚风蛋糕_金鸡报春

I have some leftover pineapple filling from making pineapple tarts , so just simply use it to try out a chiffon cake. Surprisingly it turned very nice, moist and especially like the small bits of  pineapples (i used homemade pineapple filling, so not sure you can have same effect if use store-bought pineapple filling).

Crumble Salted Egg Yolk Cookies_CNY2017_ 香脆咸蛋黄饼干_金鸡报春

A totally new recipe from me ! Why it called as crumble cookie , because this cookie has bread crumbs, an ingredient hardly see in cookie making. These cookies are crumbly, buttery, salty and sweet, so aromatic ! And it is easy to bake too.

Homemade Chinese Pork Jerky (Bak Kwa) New recipe_2017 CNY_ 肉干_金鸡报春

After made this Bak Kwa several years, see old recipe here . I have simplified the recipe and have less seasonings. Now i prefer this new recipe instead.

Penang Lobak (meat rolls)_2017 CNY_ 槟城炸卤肉卷_金鸡报春

This is a real Penang Lobak that shared by my Penang friend's mother. When i first tasted this yummy rolls, I immediately requested for the recipe, and glad that her mom so kind sharing with me of her truly Penang Lobak recipe with her special method (scroll down to see what special ^_^). And this roll is perfectly to serve during CNY.

Rooster Pineapple Tarts_2017 CNY cookies_凤梨酥_金鸡报春

The first post of 2017 dedicate to my favourite pineapple tart. Made them into rooster shape since coming CNY is a rooster year.

Crispy Deep Fried Niangao with Sweet potato and Yam 酥脆番薯芋头炸年糕

Sandwich Nian gao or Chinese steamed sticky rice cake with sweet potato and yam then deep dry is one of the most popular snack during or after CNY in old days. When i was young, my mother always prepared this snack for us. My mother only used the simple plain flour batter. But this time i am sharing this recipe using many type of flours to create a crispy crust of Nian Gao. I tried this recipe as it just happened that i have all these flours on hand.

Teochew Vegetarian Rolls / Kwang Chian 潮州灌腸 /光煎

This was a vegetarian dish that I cooked during CNY. Usually we practise full day vegetarian meal on CNY day 1. And i always just cook Loh Hon Chai to enjoy through out the day. But this year, i cook an extra new dish, a Teochew traditional snack called Kwang Chian after i saw a recipe in Chinese newspaper. I have never had this snack before, after tasted it, i just simply like this snack, taro and Chinese five spices nice fragrance, crispy beancurd skin after deep fried, nice aroma of peanuts, yum yum.

Chinese style Braised Orange Duck 香橙焖鸭肉

This was one of the dish that i cooked during CNY, even brought to a family gathering. I just simply twisted from the French cuisine orange duck breast to this Chinese version. I am glad that it turned out good especially the gravy has a bit of tangy flavor from the oranges used.

Pineapple-Shaped Tarts 凤梨酥_2016 CNY cookies 年饼_金猴报春

This pineapple tart is still using the same old recipe, my best melt-in-mouth pineapple tarts. But this time i changed from sweetened creamer to real stuff -F&N full cream condensed milk . Also shape them like a pineapple fruit.

Stir fried Mixed Vegetables with Fresh Lily bulb_ 缤纷百合_2016 CNY dish_金猴报春

We can easily get fresh Lily bulb from the market during this time (CNY). I like to just simple stir fried it with mixed vegetables, it taste crunchy and sweet.

Traditional Kuih Kapit (Love Letters ) 传统鸡蛋卷_2016 CNY cookies 年饼_金猴报春

My first ever traditional Kuih Kapit a.k.a Love Letters. I am not sure how many of you willing to try out this traditional Kuih Kapit which bake over charcoal grill, as it was really not easy task. Anyway, I still want to keep this traditional recipe on my blog here as to pass down this traditional recipe to younger generation.

Nut-Hugging Bear Cookies 小熊抱杏仁饼干_2016 CNY cookies 年饼_金猴报春

When i first see this cookie, immediately bookmark to make them because they are so adorable. It was shared by a Japanese chef Maa . Before i can make them, i have to get the cutter first.Later i realized that not just any bear cookie cutter is suitable to make them, some are too short and some are tall.

Hong Kong Style of Savoury Steamed Yam Cake 港式腊肠芋头糕_2016 CNY dish_金猴报春

Whenever i have some good yam, sure use it to make a good steamed savoury yam cake. This time i made slight changes from the usual yam cake since CNY is approaching (  讨个好意头嘛）, added Chinese sausages or Lap Cheong and mushroom, similar like Hong Kong style of Lo Pa Gao aka radish cake.

Sweet and Sour Chrysanthemum Pork_2016 CNY dish_糖醋菊花里脊(吉祥年菜花开富贵)

This sweet and sour pork dish could be served at CNY re-unioon dinner as it look auspicious with chrysanthemum flower shape, something special than normal sweet and sour pork.

London Almond Chocolate Cookies 伦敦杏仁巧克力曲奇饼_2016 CNY cookies 年饼_金猴报春

Before blogging, i did make this cookie during CNY. But don't know why, i just stopped making this cookies after i started blogging, maybe due to too many new recipes to try out ^_^ Since few readers requested me to share this recipe, so this year i made them again.

Waxed Meat Claypot Rice (Lap Mei Fun) 腊味饭_2016 CNY dish_金猴报春

The best time to enjoy Lap Mei Fun is during CNY time, as we can easily get good quality of imported waxed meats especially from Hong Kong. I got some good one during my recent short visit to Ipoh.

Tempura Stuffed Lotus Root 炸莲藕盒

I always feel bad when i need to throw away lotus roots after we enjoyed the lotus root soup, as kids didn't like it. So I like this idea of using it to deep fry, we have to eat them all.