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The Delicious Appreciations of Pick Yin

Not exactly predictable.
Has enough brains for codes
(but can be completely clueless on other more important matters).
Likes her Joe (and her man?) black, her chocolate dark and her food spicy.
“Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu.” — Seneca

Total Posts   191      Last Updated   23 November 2015 12:00 PM (GMT +8)

Wednesday, November 19, 2003


Blog Reads





Food Blogs


  • Alan’s Travelling Foodies
  • Alice and Jared Zhao’s Eat Duck I Must
  • Amanda Areias’s Give Me Flour
  • Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs’s The A+M Blog at Food52
  • Amanda Opaluch’s The Cilantropist
  • Angie Tee’s Sea Salt with Food
  • Anh Nguyen’s A Food Lover’s Journey
  • Anita Chu’s Dessert First
  • Ann’s Pig Pig’s Corner
  • Anne and Jason’s The Shoebox Kitchen
  • Aran Goyoaga’s Cannelle Et Vanille
  • Asha Pagdiwalla’s Fork Spoon Knife
  • Asley Rodriguez’s Not Without Salt
  • Beatrice Peltre’s La Tartine Gourmande
  • Bee Yinn Low’s Rasa Malaysia
  • Billy Law’s A Table for Two
  • Bree Hester’s Baked Bree
  • Cenk Sönmezsoy’s Cafe Fernando
  • Celine Steen’s Have Cake Will Travel
  • Chika’s She Who Eats
  • Cheryl Porro’s Cupcake Blog
  • Coco’s Roost
  • Daniella Tsi’s Beyond [the Plate]
  • Dario Milano’s Food Pixel
  • David Lebovitz
  • Deb Perelman’s Smitten Kitchen
  • Dorie Greenspan
  • Elle’s Fresh
  • Elise Bauer’s Simply Recipes
  • Emiko Taki’s Kitchen M
  • Emma’s Poires Au Chocolat
  • Erica Lea’s Cooking for Seven
  • Eva Marie Kosmas’s Adventures in Cooking
  • Evan’s Kitchen Ramblings
  • Fisher and Paykel’s Our Kitchen
  • Giao Trac’s Kiss My Spatula
  • Giulia Scarpaleggia’s Juls’ Kitchen
  • Gregoire Michaud
  • Hannah’s Honey and Jam
  • Harini Prakash’s Tongue Ticklers
  • Helene Dujardin’s Tartelette
  • Hong and Kim’s Ravenous Couple
  • Irvin Lin’s Eat the Love
  • Jackie Baisa’s Jackie Writes
  • Jaden Hair’s Steamy Kitchen
  • Jamie Oliver
  • Jamie’s The Unseasoned Wok
  • Jennifer Yu’s Use Real Butter
  • Jessica’s How Sweet It Is
  • Joanne Khoo’s Hakka Chan
  • John Bek’s heneedsfood
  • Joy Zhang’s Joylicious
  • Ju’s The Little Teochew
  • Jules Clancy’s Stonesoup
  • Julie Marie Craig’s Always with Butter
  • Jun’s Indochine Kitchen
  • Jun Belen
  • Kaitlin’s Whisk Kid
  • Kamran Siddiqi’s The Sophisticated Gourmet
  • Karen’s Citrus and Candy
  • Kathreinerle’s PHOTISSIÈRE
  • Katie Goodman’s goodLife {eats}
  • Katie Quinn Davies’s What Katie Ate
  • Kelsey and Shaun’s Happyolks
  • Kristin’s The Kitchen Sink Recipes
  • Kulsum Kunwa’s Journey Kitchen
  • Lai Kuan’s Food 4 Tots
  • Lakshmi’s Pure Vegetarian
  • Lara Ferroni
  • Leela’s She Simmers
  • LeeMei’s My Cooking Hut
  • Linda’s Call Me Cupcake
  • Lindsay and Taylor’s Love and Olive Oil
  • Lisa H’s From My Lemony Kitchen
  • Mai Khot’s A Cup of Mai
  • Makiko Itoh’s Just Hungry
  • Marc Matsumoto’s No Recipes
  • Matt Wright’s Wrightfood
  • Melissa Clark
  • Michelle’s Une-Deux Senses
  • Mowie Kay’s Mowielicious
  • Nicky and Oliver’s Delicious Days
  • Nikole Herriott’s Forty Sixth at Grace
  • Patricia Scarpin’s Technicolor Kitchen
  • Pei Lin’s Dodol and Mochi
  • Peter Georgakopoulos’s Souvlaki for the Soul
  • Prerna’s Indian Simmer
  • Ree Drummond’s The Pioneer Woman
  • Rita Suttarno’s Mochachocolata Rita
  • Rosie Alyea’s Sweetapolita
  • Russell van Kraayenburg’s Chasing Delicious
  • Sabra Krock’s Spoonful
  • Sam Henderson’s Today's Nest
  • Sara Forte’s Sprouted Kitchen
  • Sarah Britton’s My New Roots
  • Šárka Babicka’s Cook Your Dream
  • Shayma’s The Spice Spoon
  • Sherie Lee’s maameemoomoo: A 1/2 Food Blog
  • Shirley’s Køkken69
  • Sneh Roy’s Cook Republic
  • Stella Parks’s BraveTart
  • Steph’s Momofuku for 2
  • Stephane’s Zen Can Cook
  • Stephanie Shih’s Desserts for Breakfast
  • Stephcookie’s Raspberri Cupcakes
  • Swee San’s The Sweet Spot
  • Sylvie Shirazi’s Gourmand in the Kitchen
  • Tara O’Brady’s Seven Spoons
  • The Kitchen Generation
  • Todd and Diane’s White on Rice Couple
  • Trissa’s Trissalicious
  • Trotamundos’s Food and Cook
  • Vanille’s At Down Under
  • Xiaolu Hou’s 6 Bittersweets
  • Yossy Arefi-Afshar’s Apt. 2B - Baking Co.
  • Zurin’s Cherry on a Cake




    Everything Else


  • Alexa and Steff’s NYC Escorts Confessions
  • A List Apart
  • Be a Design Group: Graphic Design as a Group Experience
  • Blake Everingham’s Everomp
  • Dan Cederholm’s SimpleBits
  • Dan Washburn’s Shanghaiist
  • Dave Shea’s Mezzoblue
  • Dawn’s Post-Norm: Version II Vegas
  • Douglas Bowman’s Stopdesign
  • Greg Storey’s Airbag
  • Heather Armstrong’s Dooce
  • Jake Dobkin and Jen Chung’s Gothamist
  • Jason Kottke’s kottke.org
  • Jeffrey Zeldman’s The Daily Report
  • Jeremy Hedley’s Antipixel
  • Jon Hicks’s //hicksdesign
  • Joseph Holmes’s NYC
  • Khoi Vinh’s Subtraction 7.0
  • Les Mills Kia Kaha
  • Makiko Itoh’s Maki is Not a Nameless Cat
  • Meg Hourihan’s meg.hourihan.com The Non–Food Blog
  • MissIzzy’s Sarong Party Girl
  • Overheard in New York
  • Positive Fanatics – An Ikea Blog
  • Randall Munroe’s Nerd Cartoon
  • Rion Nakaya’s rion.nu
  • Sam Javanrouh’s Daily Dose of Imagery
  • Singabloodypore
  • Tracey’s Shutterbug
  • Tracey’s sh1ft.org
  • Veerle Pieters’s Blog
  • Veer: The Skinny
  • Waiter Rant



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    posted by PickYin @ 11/19/2003 08:07:00 PM Comments (0)

    Saturday, November 08, 2003


    Food


    Recipes | Step by Step | Out and About





    Recipes


    Bread   |   Breakfast   |   Cakes   |   Cupcakes   |   Condiments   |   Cookies   |   Desserts   |   Drinks   |   Meat   |   Noodles, Pasta and Rice   |   Pies and Tarts   |   Poultry   |   Seafood   |   Soups   |   Vegetable






    Bread

  • Braided Lemon Bread
  • Brioche (Tangzhong Method)
  • Chinese Steamed Buns
  • Leftovers "Pizza"
  • Rose Levy Beranbaum's Basic Brioche


    Breakfast

  • Baked Eggs with Mushrooms, Tomatoes and Sausages
  • Best Egg Salad
  • Crispy Fried Egg
  • Garlic Chili Prawn Sandwich with Avocado Cream
  • Gordon Ramsay's Perfect Scrambled Eggs
  • Jacques Pépin’s Classic French Omelet


    Cakes

  • Best Birthday Cake
  • Blood Orange Chiffon Cake
  • Cappuccino Fudge Cheesecake
  • Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
  • (A Better) Chocolate Chiffon Cake
  • Chocolate Chiffon Cake
  • Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
  • Chocolate Peppermint Cake
  • Chocolate Yuzu Lime Cheesecake with Lime Curd
  • Dark Chocolate Raspberry Buttercream Cake with Ganache Drizzle
  • Double Chocolate Layer Cake
  • Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Squares
  • Everyday Chocolate Cake
  • Fruit Cake
  • Generra Cake
  • Gooey Cinnamon Cake
  • Lemon Layer Cake with 7-Minute Frosting
  • Lime Yogurt Cake with Blueberry Sauce
  • Magnolia’s Red Velvet Cake with Whipped Vanilla Frosting
  • Marble Butter Cake
  • New York Cheesecake
  • Nigella's Chocolate Fudge Cake
  • Pandan Chiffon Cake
  • Pandan Chiffon Cake (Improved)
  • Pandan Ombre Cake with Gula Melaka Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting
  • Plainly Perfect Pound Cake
  • Red Velvet Cake
  • Salted Caramel Chocolate Fudge Cake
  • Kai Tan Koh/Ji Dan Gao (Steamed Egg Cake, 鸡蛋糕)
  • Tiramisu Cake


    Condiments

  • Chili Jam
  • Cranberry Jam
  • Homemade Kaya
  • Onion Marmalade
  • XO Sauce


    Cookies

  • Blueberry Pecan Oatmeal Cookies
  • Chinese New Year Peanut Cookies (花生饼)
  • David Leite's Consummate Chocolate Chip Cookie
  • Gingersnaps
  • Momofuku's Cornflake Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Pineapple Tarts (凤梨酥/菠萝酥)
  • Semperit Cookies
  • World Peace Cookies


    Cupcakes

  • Banana Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes
  • Double Chocolate Cupcakes
  • Lemon Meringue Cupcakes
  • Magnolia's Vanilla Cupcakes
  • Root Beer Float Cupcakes


    Desserts

  • Best Chocolate Pudding
  • Best Cocoa Brownies
  • Blackberry, Raspberry and Blueberry Ice Cream
  • Dark Chocolate Ice Cream
  • Dark Chocolate Soufflé
  • French Vanilla Ice Cream with Cherries
  • Heavenly Pavlova
  • Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Meyer Lemon Bars
  • Nutty Chocolate Pavlova
  • Pots de Crème au Chocolat
  • Raspberry Rose Soufflé
  • Seri Muka
  • Seven Minute Frosting
  • Swiss Meringue Buttercream


    Drinks

  • Blueberry Oatmeal Breakfast Supershake


    Meat

  • Aromatic Christmas Ham
  • Char Siu (Cantonese Barbecued Pork)
  • Chinese Crispy Roast Pork Belly (Siu Yuk 烧肉)
  • Clay Pot Dong Bo Rou (东坡肉)
  • Hakka Salted Egg Steamed Pork (咸蛋蒸猪肉)
  • Kong Bak Pau (扣肉包)
  • Lamb Burger
  • Maqluba Lamb Roll
  • Mutton Peratal (Dry Mutton Curry)
  • Simple Steak with Mushroom Sauce
  • Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb with Warm Mint Caper Sauce


    Noodles, Pasta and Rice

  • Angel Hair with Garlic Oil and Beef Bacon
  • Bak Chor Mee (肉脞面 - Minced Pork Noodle)
  • Bolognese Sauce
  • Cantonese Savory Glutinous Rice Dumplings/Zongzi (粽子)
  • Chicken Dumpling Noodle
  • Chicken Porridge
  • Chicken Soup Fried Rice
  • Fennel Squid Ink Pasta with Baked Cod
  • Garlic and Olive Oil Pasta
  • Garlic Prawn Pasta
  • Ginger Scallion Noodles
  • Nasi Minyak (Ghee Rice)
  • New Year Noodles
  • One Pot Chicken Rice
  • Penang Char Kuey Teow (炒粿條)
  • Quick Olive Oil Biryani
  • Roasted Mushroom Risotto
  • Sarawak Kolo Mee
  • Smoked Duck and Sundried Tomato Aglio Olio Angel Hair
  • Tamago Kake Gohan (卵かけご飯)
  • Thai Noodle Salad
  • Vegetarian Briyani


    Pies and Tarts

  • Basil Strawberry Lime Curd Tart
  • Blueberry Pie
  • Bourke Street Bakery's Ginger Brûlée Tart
  • Chocolate Ganache Tartlets with Muscat-Poached Peaches
  • Dark Chocolate Raspberry Pistachio Tartlets
  • Lemon Meringue Tart (Tarte au Citron Meringuée)
  • Lime Curd Tartlets with Raspberries and Red Currants
  • Momofuku Milk Bar's Banana Cream Pie
  • Quiche Lorraine
  • Roast Onion Shallot Tart
  • Strawberry Pie
  • Tarte Framboises (Raspberry Tartlets)


    Poultry

  • Ayam Percik
  • Ayam Masak Merah (Spicy Red Chicken)
  • Brine-Roasted Turkey with Gravy
  • Buttermilk Roast Chicken
  • Chicken Burger
  • Chicken Kicap
  • Chicken with Rice and Mushrooms
  • Chinese Chicken Rice
  • Fried Chicken
  • Ginger Chicken
  • Ginger Honey Chicken
  • Ground Spice Chicken
  • Hakka Salted Steamed Chicken (客家盐鸡)
  • Hakka Tofu Sung (Salted Fish Tofu with Minced Meat, 客家豆腐鬆)
  • Kung Pao Chicken
  • Mag's Spiced Tomato Chicken
  • Rendang Ayam Pedas (Spicy Dry Chicken Curry)
  • Roast Chicken with Lemon and Rosemary Roast Potatoes
  • Spanish Chicken with Chorizo and Potatoes
  • Spicy Flat Roasted Chicken with Sweet Peppers
  • Tomato and Marjoram Roast Chicken


    Seafood

  • Baked Cod with Lemon and Cilantro
  • Cod Teriyaki
  • Greg Malouf's Aegean Fish Doctor's Stew
  • Hakka Yong Tau Foo (客家釀豆腐)
  • Har Lok (虾烙): Tiger Prawns with Spicy Fermented Bean Sauce
  • Ibrahim's Tom Yam Kung (ต้มยำกุ้ง)
  • Pan-Seared Scallops with Avocado Puree, Burnt Butter and Quail Eggs
  • Salted Egg Prawns


    Soups

  • ABC Soup (罗宋汤)
  • Balthazar Cream of Mushroom Soup
  • Chicken Soup


    Vegetable

  • Dry Spiced Aloo
  • Pear Salad
  • Stir Fried Snake Beans




    Step by Step


  • Hollandaise Sauce
  • Pandan Gula Melaka Layer Cake and Decorating Tips
  • Poaching an Egg
  • Muruku Making Diwali 2006




    Out and About


  • Alexis Bistro: Jazz, Comfort Foods and Gossips
  • Australia 2010 Part 1: Melbourne
  • Beautiful Chocolate Pralines at Chocz KLCC
  • Bourke Street Bakery, Sydney
  • Breakfast and Brunch
  • Breakfast at La Bodega Deli
  • Boys and Girls at the Park
  • Caffè HABITŪ (the table) at G.O.D. Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
  • Christmas 2006: Singapore
  • Christmas 2007: Our Tree
  • Christmas 2007: 'Tis the Season
  • Delicious by Ms. Read
  • Hong Kong Part I
  • Hong Kong Part II: Zongzi/Bakchang (粽子/肉粽)
  • Hong Kong Part III
  • Il Fornaio, St Kilda
  • Landscapes and Koi Carps at PATIMAS
  • Lunch at Lemon Garden Cafe
  • Monopoly Night at Najah's
  • Moving Out: Perdana Condo
  • Muruku Sale at Statschippac Singapore
  • Our Home: Part I
  • Our Home: Part II
  • Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
  • Santhi and Bernard: A Wedding Feast
  • Seed Cafe at One Utama
  • The Garden
  • Wesak Day at Bugis
  • Yuletide Approaches: Ornaments, Figurines and The Nativity Scenes



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    posted by PickYin @ 11/08/2003 08:39:00 PM Comments (2)