Hayden 1st Bday

Happy Birthday ! Hayden.
We celebrated Hayden 1st Birthday on the 1.1.2010
around 40 guests were invited for the party.
Mama prepared S'pore Hainanese chicken rice with fried duck & a home made cake for the Birthday boy.

Dar Bday '09

Happy Birthday !
Dar turns 1 year older on 28.12.2009.

Karen New Year 09, Frankfurt , Germany.

We were invited to the Karen New Year in Fechenheim.

Nilar, with her 2 children and Jaivyn
My family pic with the 2 boys.

Hubby giving talk in the morning.

Jaivyn and the Crosstrainer

first time see him peddling the crosstrainer like expert, tat's why shoot a video of him doing it.
He keep saying arh arh..
and when he saw the video, he says R R

Europa Park trip

Masala Chicken Curry

My hubby espcially loves this dish. He can eat 2 bowls of rice with the gravy alone.
Recipe will be up soon.

Steamed Ribs with Fermented Black Beans

I used Lee Kum Kee garlic black beans instead of fermented black beans, taste equally nice.

Ingredients:

500g pork ribs or pork slices
20g minced ginger

2 tsp minced garlic

2 chillies (chopped)

2 tbsp fermented black beans (dou jiang)

1 stalk spring onion (chopped)

Marinade:

1 tbsp light soya sauce

a little sugar, salt

a little wine, pepper

1 tbsp potato starch

2-3 drops meat tenderizer

Seasoning:

2 tsp oyster sauce

1 tsp sugar

a little vinegar

a little sesame oil, wine

Method:

1) wash pork ribs. marinate pork ribs for about 30 mins.

2) heat oil and fry ginger, garlice, some chilli and fermented black beans till fragrant.

3) add seasonings and stir well. add to the pork ribs and mix well.

4) transfer into the steamer and steam over high heat for about 20 mins.

5) remove and scatter spring onion and chilli on top. Serve.