http://thefoodsite.net Where to Eat, What to Eat, What to Cook, Enjoy your Food, Plan your Meals Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:32:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do you ever get that sudden chocolate cookie craving which simply must be fulfilled, otherwise you feel all so irritable and down and depressed? Well, I get that A LOT. Not because I am a very depressing person. Or that I eat loads of comfort food. But it is usually due ... http://thefoodsite.net/2008/11/the-cookie-monster-bakes-double-chocolate-chip-cookies/ I've been meaning to learn to make our own hamburgers so that we do not need to eat those store-bought frozen hamburgers which are oily and full of MSG. Considering hamburgers merely consist of ground meat, how hard can it be right? Besides, The Food Critic is really crazy about hamburgers. ... http://thefoodsite.net/2008/11/homemade-herbed-hamburgers-two-ways-to-eat-it/ About two months ago, I was fast running out of food blogging material and in quite a panic. What am I going to blog about now? I can't just update the blog once a week. Not when I have established a pattern from the start that at the very least, ... http://thefoodsite.net/2008/11/cheap-and-good-yam-rice-along-busy-lebuh-mcnair/ First, before I start, let me write something about The Food Critic aka My Personal Chef and his hate-hate relationship with desserts. He hates most desserts. Cakes, pies, cookies and yes *gasp* even chocolates. Which explains his difficulty in putting on weight. So, each time I decided to bake something, I'd end ... http://thefoodsite.net/2008/11/an-apple-crisp-recipe/ Beware: This post contains pictures of fried chicken that are definitely NOT healthy nor oil-free nor low-fat so be prepared for some artery-clogging but worth-every-bite sorta recipe! I love fried chicken. There's no two ways about it. If you follow this blog, I am sure you've probably read my ravings of ... http://thefoodsite.net/2008/11/spicy-southern-fried-chicken/ I have heard of this famous Koay Teow Th'ng (flat rice noodles soup) stall from friends several times over. I've friends who'd go there for breakfast or lunch all the time without tiring of her food. And I wondered why. You know I am not all that crazy about koay teow ... http://thefoodsite.net/2008/11/the-koay-teow-thng-stall-along-busy-magazine-road/ Why, you fry it, of course! Fried rice is as common as it is everywhere when you eat outside and you can do it at home too. Don't need to fork our RM3.50 for a measly plate of rice outside with little ingredients and sometimes, lousy taste. Here's what I do when ... http://thefoodsite.net/2008/11/how-to-make-rice-taste-more-interesting/ I had an emergency yesterday. Not a serious-life-and-death emergency but a completely different kind! I was hit by a sudden craving for chocolate cake. So, what do I do? Well, I went on over to Jessie's blog for her 5 minute chocolate cake recipe and also checked out this recipe at Dizzy ... http://thefoodsite.net/2008/11/my-emergency-5-minute-chocolate-cake/ For Penangites who frequently eat in Pulau Tikus area, I am sure they would have heard about Top Top Restaurant which used to be at a shop along the main road of Burmah Road.I remember it used to be quite swanky (at least by my student days standard) and eating ... http://thefoodsite.net/2008/11/dinner-at-a-restaurant-inside-a-house/ I have been reading too many of Jessie's (The Hungry Mouse) meaty posts and finally, I gave in and tried one of her pork ribs recipe. Except that I didn't follow the recipe. Again. I just borrowed her recipe and substituted some of the stuff...okay, okay, so I practically added a whole lot ... http://thefoodsite.net/2008/11/spicy-pineapple-pork-ribs-at-the-food-site/