Steamed Tofu top with Fried Egg & Fried Anchovies

As soon as I opened my fridge, I realized I have only eggs & tofu to cook for dinner. I love anything about steamed food. But I'm not going to have both steamed egg & steamed tofu. Will you? I also knew I need to have other ingredients for steamed egg but I don't have any. I remembered I have fried tofu in one of the restaurant in KL. It served with fried anchovies & fried shallots. That was truly delicious. So, I turned the flavour into more creative one. And the tofu actually soaked up the flavors of the sauce. I think I'm going to change my cooking method from now on.

Here are the ingredients:
Serve 2
1 pack of Chilled Bean Curd
1 fried egg

~ Garnishing
1/2 rice bowl of fried anchovies
1/2 rice bowl of fried shallots with oil
~Seasoning
2 tbsp of abalone sauce
1 tbsp of light soya sauce

How to cook:
1. Steam bean curd for 5 minutes, drain away excess water.
2.  Arrange egg on top of bean curd & pour the seasoning onto it.
3. Garnish with the fried anchovies & fried shallots with oil. Serve.

Siam Noodle Soup

It seems I’m going crazy lately. I can’t get enough! Searching recipes for the last couple of months in front of my laptop doesn't fulfill my desire on baking & cooking. Till I found a jar of Mee Siam Paste in our local supermarket lately. It was Superb when I tried this paste. Personally, this is the star of the soup. I loooove this paste. I used extra in this soup, about another tablespoon. It’s a very forgiving spice and not actually that hot at all, so feel free to add more or less to taste. And it's HALAL tho.

Here are the ingredients:
Serve 1
Seasoning (for soup)
3 tbsp of Woh Hup Mee Siam Paste
1 1/2 tsp of soya sauce
a dash of pepper
2 rice bowl of water

1 rice bowl of vermicelli (soaked) | * yellow noodle also can
few leafs of romaine (sliced) | *any of your favourite vegetable also can
few slices of tofu
1/2 of hard boiled egg
2 mushrooms (sliced)

(for garnishing)
1/2 of sliced shallots

How to cook:
1. Bring water to boil, put in all the seasonings under medium heat.
2. Put in vegetable & mushroom, till cooked.
3. Pour the soup into the vermicelli bowl, fill on top with tofu & hard boiled egg.
4. Garnish with shallots & serve.

Note: You may want to add some seafood, but make sure all cooked before pour into the bowl. Add extra spoonful of Mee Siam Paste if you love spicy.

Cinnamon Hot Chocolate

I found this recipe for White Hot Chocolate when I visited a book fair last year and I was waiting for a special occasion to try them. Today I decided that a Tuesday evening was occasion enough. I mostly wanted to make them because they’re so stinking pretty, but it turns out they’re delicious too. Lately I’ve been on a chocolate kick. The rich brown cinnamon stick pairs perfectly with the light almond essence flavour to quiet my hunger before going to bed. Try it yourself! Its delicious!

Here is the recipe:
Serve 1
1 cup of milk
2 cinnamon sticks
2 whole cloves
30gm plain dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces
2 drops of almond essence

Here's how:
1. Heat the milk with the cinnamon & cloves in saucepan until almost boiling.
2. Stir in plain dark chocolate under low heat until the chocolate melted.
3. Strain into a blender, add almond essence and blend on high speed for 30 minutes until frothy.
* Alternative way, you may use hand electric mixer or wire whisk
4. Pour into a glass & serve immediately.