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Posted by Sam Han on April 23, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Assam Laksa is one of Penang’s signature street food fare (others famous street food include but not limited to Penang Char Kway Teow and Penang Prawn Mee Soup). It is a Pescatarian-suitable dish that contains no meat except for fish. This appetite-inducing-sweet-spicy-sour fishy (in a good way) noodle soup is well known in Penang, an … Continue reading →
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Posted by Sam Han on July 17, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Back in the days when there-was-no-life-before-social-media (oh really?), when human communications were not maintained through social status updates and responses in the form of likes, pluses or retweets and reciprocal engagements, back when internet was a whole new world to me, where I could buy recipes for US$5 sent via mailto (subscribed user@pacific.net), I stumbled … Continue reading →
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Posted by Sam Han on July 8, 2017 · 2 Comments
My family and I have been under the weather lately and being quite the traditional mom when it comes to dietary supplement, Chinese herbal concoctions seemed the most appropriate way to soothe and pamper peaked bodies in my household. As I believe this herbal tea to have a good number of excellent actions to aid … Continue reading →
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Posted by Sam Han on June 21, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Every now and then, I would go through my provisions and make a dish out of the selected ones ahead of their “best use before” dates. The condensed soup has been sitting in my cupboard for ages. It is time for it to come out of the closet. Pictured below were other ingredients I had … Continue reading →
Filed under Casserole, Chicken, Cuisine, Dinner, Lunch, Noodle & Pasta, Poutltry, Recipes, The Bonding Tool Blog, Uncategorized, Western · Tagged with Campbell's condensed mushroom soup, Casserole, chicken pasta bake recipe, dinner, home-cooked, Home-cooked Meals, lunch, mushroom and cheese pasta bake, Pasta Bake Recipe, Penne Pasta Bake Recipe, Penne Pasta Bake With Rotiserie Chicken And Condensed Mushroom Soup Recipe, recipe, recipe with condensed soup, Samantha Han, The Bonding Tool Blog
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Posted by Sam Han on June 14, 2017 · Leave a Comment
This dish is inspired from my first visit to Japan in 1986. I was walking along the streets near my hotel and found a tiny eatery serving ramen. Being new to Japanese cuisine then, I ordered what looked familiar to me, Pork Chop Ramen! I later suspect if that was authentic Japanese food as the … Continue reading →
Filed under Asian, Braise, Casserole, Simmer & Stew, Brunch, Chinese, Cuisine, Dinner, Eggs, Home-cooked, Homecooked Meals, Japanese, Lunch, Noodle & Pasta, Pork, Recipes, The Bonding Tool Blog, Uncategorized · Tagged with Asian Meals, Chinese noodle soup recipe, egg noodle, Egg Noodles With Pork Chop Recipe, home-cooked, Home-cooked Meals, Japanese Cuisine, pork chops, pork noodle soup, Ramen, recipe, Samantha Han, The Bonding Tool Blog
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Posted by Sam Han on May 18, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Just when you thought Truffled Fries are passé! Ingredients: 4 – 6 large Dry/Floury Potatoes (see note), skin on or off to your desire. Ice Cold Water. Oil, enough for deep frying. Salt (fine sea salt or truffle salt), to taste. 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon Truffle Oil (premium quality recommended). Black Pepper, optional. Parmesan, … Continue reading →
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Posted by Sam Han on May 4, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Mother’s Day is fast approaching but we’ll be celebrating this weekend instead, as on its actual day, my second grandson will be having his BAEK-IL 백일 (100th day celebration). Back on track, have you planned your Mother’s Day home dining menu or book that restaurant she’s been wanting to go? Please note that flowers and … Continue reading →
Filed under Brunch, Cuisine, Dinner, Home-cooked, Lunch, Noodle & Pasta, Recipes, Restaurants & Food Reviews, Scallops, Seafood, The Bonding Tool Blog, Uncategorized, Western · Tagged with home-cooked, recipe, Samantha Han, scallops, sea scallop, seafood, Spicy Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce, Spicy Garlic Lemon Butter Sea Scallops, Spicy Garlic Lemon Butter Sea Scallops Recipe, The Bonding Tool, The Bonding Tool Blog
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Posted by Sam Han on March 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Pork is my favourite meat and in future years, it may become the only meat I’ll eat. That’s because I have developed sensitivity to the gamey smell of other meats like beef and especially that of lamb and mutton. Chicken, the frozen ones, are also showing potentials of going into my taboo list, thus I … Continue reading →
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Posted by Sam Han on March 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment
It all started when I wondered what I could do with the frozen leftovers from last Christmas (my family does not celebrate Thanksgivings). My freezer still had several packets of 1) thickly sliced turkey breast/thigh meat (that can easily be diced and converted into chunks), and 2) cheese sausages packed in pairs. As a lazy … Continue reading →
Filed under Braise, Casserole, Simmer & Stew, Cuisine, Dinner, Home-cooked, Homecooked Meals, Lunch, Meat, Poutltry, Recipes, Salad & Vegetable, The Bonding Tool Blog, Turkey, Uncategorized · Tagged with gumbo recipe, One Dish Meal, recipe, recipe with Lea & Perrins Sauce, recipe with leftover turkey, recipe with rice, recipe with sausage, recipe with Tabasco Hot Sauce, recipe with Tabasco Pepper Sauce, recipe with Tabasco Red Pepper Sauce, recipe with Worcestershire sauce, rice dish, Sam's Hot & Piquant Gumbo, Sam's Hot Piquant Gumbo Recipe, Sam's Piquant Gumbo Recipe, Simmer & Stew
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Posted by Sam Han on March 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Question: Who lives by these rules? 1. Never quit. 2. Be yourself. 3. Don’t put too much flour in your brownies. My father was invited to visit her a few times after that. Once, he had heard that she was recovering from a serious car accident, and he stopped by to drop off a package … Continue reading →
Filed under Bakery & Pattiserie, Confections, Cuisine, Desserts, Eggs, Recipe Reviews, Recipes, Snacks & Miscellaneous Foods, Stories, The Bonding Tool Blog, Uncategorized, Western · Tagged with baking, brownie recipe, brownies, cakes, Desserts, Katharine Hepburn's Brownies Recipe, Pattiserie, recipe, Samantha Han, The Bonding Tool Blog
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