3 hungry tummies
Blog URL http://3hungrytummies.blogspot.com
Located Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Tags food, cooking, asian cooking, stories about food, recipes
3 grown ups sharing a small kitchen in inner city Melbourne. All determined to eat very well for under $10/meal each. A place to share recipes, stories and cooking tips and, of course, to convert "meal in a box"
addicts and takeout regulars.
Latest Blog Posts
- Mint omelet broth 薄荷蛋湯 on Nov 20, 2009 in eggs chinese soup
I hear you say "mint omelet in anchovies broth dirty bastard!" and see the disgusted expression that goes with that too! That was exactly what one of the tummies did - the disbelief and agony followed, thinking he would be eating some strange food to...
- Chrysanthemum and Chinese date tea 菊花紅棗涼茶 on Nov 19, 2009 in herbal tea chinese
I think this is quite an appropriate time for me to start a leung cha 涼茶 series as the weather is heating up rather quickly here. Leung cha in Cantonese (or liang cha in mandarin) meaning "cool tea" is widely available from shops specialisin...
- Asam Laksa 亞參叻沙 on Nov 19, 2009 in seafood malaysian noodle
Asam laksa (asam meaning tamarind in Malay) also popularly known as Penang laksa, is a lesser know member of the laksa family outside of Malaysia and Singapore. It is a fish and tamarind-based noodle soup believed to be invented in the "street food c...
- Cantonese chili oil 港式辣椒油 on Nov 17, 2009 in sauce chinese
This is condiment that you might get when you dine at a Cantonese restaurants. It is quite different from the Sichuan chili oil as wet spices are being used here, more like a less glamourous version of X.O sauce I think (I'll be posting t...
- Lo Mai Kai 糯米雞, glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaf on Nov 17, 2009 in chinese rice chicken
One of the tummies took me out for yumcha at our favourite Chinese restaurant at the Spring street end of Little Bourke street yesterday. The restaurant was buzzing despite being a Monday afternoon, but the service was still wonderful and we were eve...
- Just a little prettiness 3 on Nov 16, 2009 in just a little prettiness
Saw these old fashion roses (Kentucky Derby if I'm not wrong) at our local flower shop after our Sunday lunch. One of the tummies was kind enough to buy them for me as a token of his appreciation of my hard work in the kitchen. They perfumed the whol...
- Hainanese beef balls in tomato sauce 海南茄汁牛肉丸 on Nov 16, 2009 in beef malaysian
It has been a while since I cooked any Chinese or Malaysian dishes, both cuisines that I know so well. In a way cooking it for the first time in almost a month is like returning home after a long absence and the feeling is a rather wonderful one. Thi...
