Pork

  • Hawker Food,  Noodles,  Pork,  Prawns,  Under $2

    Hawker Staple: 水饺面 Dumpling Noodle/ Sui Gow Mee (Dry)

    Who loves big, fat, juicy dumplings? Me, that’s for sure! Many of my overseas friends have asked me, “What’s the difference between Wonton (云吞) and Sui Gow (水饺)?” They go by the same name in English for simplicity’s sake- dumplings (just like there’s “Aunt” and “姑母”,”姑妈”,”姑姐”,”姨母”,”姨妈”,etc which all mean “Aunt”)- but are indeed pretty different. Wontons are much smaller, and its primary ingredient- depending on where you’re from- could either be a whole prawn or just little morsels of minced pork. Dumplings, on the other hand, are larger, chockful of ingredients like minced pork, prawns, water chestnuts, mushrooms, black fungus (wood ear), carrots, etc added for crunchiness. Some recipes even…

  • Airfryer (Philips Airfryer!),  Hawker Food,  Pork,  Under $2

    Hainanese Pork Chop with Philips Airfryer

    I love Hainanese Pork Chop and haven’t had a good one since forever. I remember having this at OG restaurant when I was a little girl where they served Chinese and Indonesian set meals in stainless steel trays at $6.90 per set. Ah-mm and 88 loved bringing us to OG.. those weekend outings were one of my best childhood memories! The meat section of my refrigerator is kinda bare this week but I was determined to cook. I was also determined to cook something which hasn’t been posted on the blog. And so.. I determinedly went poking my nose into the refrigerator (literally) and spied Ah-mm’s tray of minced meat…