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Sauteed Cuttlefish with Assorted Ingredients

Sauteed Cuttlefish with Assorted Ingredients

Ingredients (Serves 4) 1 cuttlefish 15g ham 30g bamboo shoot 1/2 egg white 2 fresh Chinese mushrooms 1/4 green bell pepper (about 20g) 1 slice ginger 1 chilli 4 cups oil 1 tsp corn flour suitable amount of sesame oil

Cold Udon with Radish and Egg Yolk

Cold Udon with Radish and Egg Yolk

Ingredients (Serves 4) 200g udon 30g bonito 1 tbsp minced ginger 1/2 ginger 3 stalks spring onion 1 egg yolk

Fried Onion and Big Prawns with Sauce

Fried Onion and Big Prawns with Sauce

Ingredients (Serves 6) 6 big prawns 1/2 onion 2 cloves garlic 10g ginger 5 cups oil a little sesame oil

Chicken with Fermented Black Beans and Bell Peppers

Chicken with Fermented Black Beans and Bell Peppers

Ingredients (Serves 4) 160g chicken breast meat 1 stalk spring onion 30g onion 10g fermented black beans 30g green bell pepper 1 egg 30g red bell pepper 1 cup oil 15g garlic 1 chilli 1/2 tsp corn flour 1 tsp water suitable amount of sesame oil

Skincare Regimen…!

Skincare Regimen...!

  Contrary to popular belief, skincare does consist of more than just “water, soap, moisturizer” (and some people do not even bother with the moisturizer part!). And a lot of people always wonder where their favorite (usually Asian) stars get that pristine perfect clear white skin that seems so unachievable to us “normal people.” Well, time to [...]

What is Feng Shui?

What is Feng Shui?

  ‘Feng’ translated means ‘Wind’. ‘Shui’ translated means ‘Water’. You pronounce it as: Fung Shway. This Chinese believe system of Feng Shui study how cosmic energy called ‘Chi’, can influence the well-being, harmony of the people and its surroundings. By stipulating the correct place and orientation of the house, by the institution and by the garden construction, there will be a [...]

Can you catch up on sleep?

Can you catch up on sleep?

  You haven’t slept or slept too little for a couple of nights? Then it’s time to recharge yourself… but if you haven’t slept for 3 days, it doesn’t mean you have to sleep 3 times longer then what you have missed. Too bad, it doesn’t work like that.

Why we have tears when we cry?

Why we have tears when we cry?

  Humans are the only mammals which are able to cry and produce treas at a emotional stimulus. Till today the science can’t give an explanation why there are tears if we have pain and feeling sad. Some anthropologists believed it’s a initially defense mechanism for panic situations: the eyes will be cleaned and as [...]