What is the substitute for Lime Juice ?
Posted on | September 9, 2011 | No Comments
What is the substitute for Lime Juice ? Lemon juice can be substituted for large limes, while a mixture of lemon and orange juice (2 parts to 1) approximates the acidity and flavor of the smaller lime.
Limes are smaller and taste more sour than lemons.
Slices of lime. Read more
Different Types of Ice (Ais) Kacang
Posted on | December 11, 2010 | No Comments
Ice Kacang or Ais Kacang (ABC short form for Air Batu Campur – in Malay) is a very famous dessert served in South East Asia especially in Malaysia and Singapore.It is served by shaving the ice (ais) with a ice shaving machine and shaped like an ice mountain and served with sweetening and colorful syrup, red beans, nuts (kacang), grass jelly, sweet corn, attap chee (palm seed), agar-agar, cendol (occasionally), and with a drizzle of evaporated milk or condensed milk on top. Nowadays it is very normal to have ice cream to be served on top of the ice kacang (ais kacang).
Ais (Malay language) = Ice; Kacang (Malay language) = Nut or bean
Voted by Lonelyplanet as World’s Best Street Food – Ice Kacang 
, hence make sure you taste one when you are travelling to Malaysia and Singapore during a hot summer day, and it just feels so good to have a refreshing dessert to boost up your journey.
Ice (Ais) Kacang with shaved ice, Sarsi syrup, sweet condensed milk and ice cream topping. Read more
What is Rice Wrapper (Paper) ?
Posted on | June 26, 2010 | No Comments
Rice Wrappers (Paper) – These thin, almost translucent wrappers are rolled around delectable fillings to make spring rolls, or lumpia, as they are called in the Philippines. Obtainable in Asian market/Asian grocery stores, they will need to be either dipped for a second in boiling water or brushed with beaten egg white to make them pliable enough to roll.
Rice Wrappers (Paper) is also used for wrapping summer rolls (spring rolls) in Vietnamese cuisine, rice wrapper (paper) is called banh trang.
Rice Wrapper (Paper) Read more
