Red Honeyed Chicken/Ayam Masak Merah Madu

The first time I tasted this dish was at my Malay friend house years ago. Kak Zuliah mom cooks the very best Ayam Masak Merah Madu/Red Honeyed Chicken. This is common dish found in Malay restaurant or food stalls. This dish has a sweetish savory flavor made from tomatoes and honey and it goes really well with rice. I like this dish and will always order it if the restaurant or food stalls have it in their menu. I just love the thick sauce with sweetish honeyed flavor. I think by pre-frying the chicken enhance the taste of this dish.

I made this dish when we had guest over for dinner the other day and everyone just love it especially Carlos. I am actually surprise that he requests me to cook it again next week. Normally he is not very keen of eating dishes like this. I think it might be because I omit some of the spices like cinnamon, cardamoms and cloves when he is not a fan of it.

Dan Dan Noodles

Dan dan noodle is a classic dish originated from Chinese Szechuan cuisine. It consist a spicy meat sauce with preserved vegetables in it and it is served over noodles. You can use either pork or beef for the meat sauce and since I like this noodle on the dry side so I just omit the broth part. I never try the original Szechuan noodles before but I understand that they were pretty spicy. I did put some chili in mine but please feel free to adjust the amount of spiciness to your preferences. I find this meat sauce is pretty good to eat with rice too.

Strawberry and Pandan Chiffon Cake

I’ve been craving for chiffon cake for some time now and finally made one the other day. I wanted to try out the strawberry powder I purchased online on this cake. Since I like pandan flavor too so I combined them together. I think the strawberry powder flavor overpower the pandan flavor a little bit. Nevertheless, it turns out pretty good. I like the look of this cake. It makes me happy ;)

Chicken and Spinach Calzone

I prepared this for our lunch over the weekend. A little change from our regular homemade pizza I decided to make calzone. Normally calzone is made from pizza dough but I made this with Pillsbury biscuit dough. I always have a tube of biscuits dough in my fridge for days like this when I wanted to make something quick. These were a nice size and easy to eat just with our hands. You can change this recipe to include any fillings you like and it is a great use for leftovers meat you have in hand.