This combination may sound weird to you, but in Malaysia (and according to the recipe book that Makmah gave me) there is a fried rice recipe where you use salted dried fish (ikan masin) and kailan (which you can read more about here). These 2 ingredients are difficult to find here in Athens, and I…
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Egg Fried Rice
I have not posted fried rice recipes for a long time, even though I have Makmah’s Present recipe book to utilise from. I made a roast chicken recipe that had leftovers the other day and I decided to make an egg fried rice recipe (and use the leftover chicken, shredded into small chunks) for…
Honey Lemon Ginger Roast Chicken
Don’t really have a good introduction to this recipe – I just had a few lemons and ginger at home, and I remembered the first time I attempted to make “Lemon Chicken” in university (during the time dinosaurs roamed the earth) and how disastrous it was. Ready made Tesco breaded chicken and lemon juice from…
Skordalia (Garlic Bread Sauce)
There are many ways to make Skordalia – some variations include the use of potatoes, but mine uses bread. Well, Kalliope uses bread for her Skordalia. Some people add walnuts in the sauce to make it nuttier and more dense. This version is walnut-less, but I shall attempt to make it one day with walnuts…
Bakaliaros (Salted Cod Fried in Batter)
I like to call this dish ‘The Greek Fish & Chips”. The first time I had this was about a decade ago in Thessaloniki, and it was served with a wonderful garlic sauce called Skordalia (find the recipe here) and a piece of fried spicy green pepper. I really do think the owner of the…
Makan-makan Athens: Eastern Flavours: Part 1
I spent an afternoon recently with Alison from Viv@ellada in downtown Athens, wandering about and trying different food. Alison will have a post about ‘cheap places to eat’ in Athens that I will link up here soon. (Update: Here it is! ‘Had Enough Of Souvlakis?“)I have decided to compile here some of the places that…
Beef Bone Soup (Sup Tulang)
There was a sudden cold spell here in Athens recently. Although, cold for me means anything that goes below 10 degrees, and it did fall to about 8 degrees at night. I always crave for a hot bowl of noodle soup whenever it gets cold, and I was lucky to have bought some beef…
Pasta from Scratch
I got a pasta maker for my birthday! I have always wanted one (I am absolutely crazy for kitchen gadgets) and I spent Sunday morning doing research on how to make pasta and noodles from scratch. This is my very first batch, my very first attempt at homemade, fresh egg pasta! I would love to…
Strawberry Cheesecake
I had a lot of strawberries at home, and I wanted to use them up before they go bad. A good friend of ours has recently just been discharged from hospital, and I thought a wonderful cheesecake would add a little ‘sweetness’ in his life and help him with his recovery. This particular cheesecake is…
Banana Cupcakes with Pandan Coconut Frosting
Last night, Metadrasi had a “kopi pitas” party, which is a New Year’s tradition, where you cut a bread cake where a coin (florin) is baked into it. Whoever gets the piece with the coin gets the luck for the rest of the year. I didn’t get a coin, but it was a great get-together…
Chicken Rice Hainan-style
Chicken Rice Hainan-style is one of my ‘from home’ comfort foods – I remember having this occasionally at the coffee-house of Holiday Villa in Subang growing up. The flavours of ginger and soy sauce shine through in this simply cooked dish, and I love that it is a hearty and filling dish that can be…
Strawberries in Red Wine
It has been a long time since I last bought or had any strawberries in the house, since the horrible incident of migrant slave labourers that were shot at by Greek farmers in the Southern Peloponnese here in Greece. I tend to avoid eating strawberries here in Greece unless I know that they do not…
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