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Our sourdough bread: we do not add eggs, milk, butter, animal sourced dairy (except bread which contains cheese), additives, sugar, colouring and flavourings.

22/08/2026

πŸͺ I sold hundreds of these cookies back when I was a home baker.

The secret was never the dough. It was the chocolate. 🍫

Anything under 70% cocoa goes flat and sweet in the bake. You want 70% and above for that deep cocoa hit.

πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ These days I reach for Whittaker’s 72% Dark Ghana. High cocoa, rich flavour, made in New Zealand. Chopped small so it runs through every bite, plus big chunks hidden in the middle for the molten centre.

🧈 Melted butter for the chew. Walnuts for crunch. Sea salt on top while they are still warm.

πŸ‘‰ Full recipe on quickchefdad.com

Whittaker's Chocolate Lovers

20/08/2026

My honest , non-paid review of Tramontina Tri-ply clad stainless frying pan after 3 months of using.

Stainless steel pan takes some time to get use to, the pre-heating to achieve "non-stick", use a tad more oil than real coated non-stick pan.

I find tri-ply works well on especially on induction stove as the heating coil usually stays in the centre of the pan, but with tri-ply, the sides get hot too.

Interested to get this Grano stainless steel pan? click here:

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18/08/2026

Herbal Chicken Soup 药材鸑汀
Herbal soup cannot get easier than this. 🍲

The herb pack does the work for you. Every medical hall and supermarket sells one. Drop it in with the chicken and the pressure cooker handles the rest.

Clear, light gold broth, sweet from the dates and longan. The medicinal notes sit behind, never in front. Chicken falls off the bone.

πŸ— What goes in
Whole chicken, cut into chunks
One chicken herbal soup pack
Ginger
Water
Salt and Shaoxing wine
Coarse salt or plain flour, for cleaning the bird

πŸ”ͺ Method

Clean the chicken properly. Trim the fat pads, scrape out the blood clots along the backbone.
Rub with coarse salt or flour, rinse well, then cut into chunks.
Blanch until the grey foam rises. Rinse off the scum.
Chicken, ginger and herbs into the pressure cooker. Hold back the goji berries.
Water in. Cook on high pressure.
Natural release only. A quick release clouds the broth.
Goji berries in, simmer, then season with salt last.

Timings, water ratio, the herb list and the stovetop version are on the blog πŸ‘‰ quickchefdad.com

What other herbal chicken soup does your family always cook?

17/08/2026

I own faster ways to make coffee. I do not use them. The slowing down is what gets me into the zone before emails, clients and the rest of it come at me.

Then I sit down and start. Ready.

What is your morning routine before work?

15/08/2026

My younger boy loves grilled cheese sandwich. And over the long weekend he asked if he could make that.

14/08/2026

πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡­ If you love cooking Thai food at home, this is worth checking out.

I dropped by Thai Supermarket at Aperia Mall for their β€œThai Home Essentials: Top Picks by Thais” campaign, in partnership with Thai Trade Center Singapore.

There’s a good mix of Thai ingredients and kitchen essentials, including frozen Moo Ping and G*i Ping, Thai sausages, halal-certified pantry staples, mortar and pestle sets for making Som Tum, bamboo baskets for steaming Khao Niao, and even Mookata grill sets. 🌢️πŸ₯’

The campaign runs till 30 August 2026.

Spend $50 or more on qualifying products and you’ll also receive a complimentary Thai street food dish or dessert voucher, redeemable at the in-store F&B stalls from 11am to 7.30pm daily.

πŸ“ Thai Supermarket, Aperia Mall

11/08/2026

Pork Wanton θ±¬θ‚‰ι›²εž
One bowl, one run, about 120 wantons. πŸ₯Ÿ

No arm work, no hand mixing. Boil for soup wantons, deep fry for crisp ones, freeze the rest.

πŸ₯© Filling
Pork collar, minced once on a coarse plate
Softened pork lard
Dried sole fish powder ε€§εœ°ι­šη²‰
Spring onion, finely chopped
Ginger and spring onion water
Light soy, oyster sauce, sesame oil, Shaoxing, sugar, white pepper, cornflour
Wanton wrappers

πŸ”ͺ Method

Steep smashed ginger and bruised spring onion in ice water. Strain.
Mix cold pork with the seasoning until tacky.
Add the ginger water in stages, then cornflour and lard until glossy.
Fold in spring onion. Chill.
Boil a test ball. Taste. Adjust before wrapping.
Wrap, press the air out, seal.
Boil until they float, or deep fry until golden.

Exact weights, mixer speeds, timings and freezing notes are on the blog πŸ‘‰ quickchefdad.com

Mixed with Kenwood

Potato and Luncheon Meat in Tomato Ketchup Sauce ι©¬ι“ƒθ–―εˆι€θ‚‰θŒ„ζ±ζ–™η† The tomato sauce dish every Singapore kid grew up on. πŸ…Old s...
10/08/2026

Potato and Luncheon Meat in Tomato Ketchup Sauce ι©¬ι“ƒθ–―εˆι€θ‚‰θŒ„ζ±ζ–™η†
The tomato sauce dish every Singapore kid grew up on. πŸ…

Old school Chinese home cooking. A can of luncheon meat, a couple of potatoes, and ketchup doing the heavy lifting. Our mothers made this on the nights the fridge was thin, and we still ate two bowls of rice.

πŸ₯” What goes in
Potatoes, cut into chunks
Luncheon meat, cubed
Onion and garlic
Tomato ketchup, light soy, sugar, white pepper
Water or stock
Cornflour slurry
Spring onion

πŸ”ͺ Method

Fry the potatoes until lightly brown and almost cooked. Set aside.
Fry the luncheon meat until the edges turn golden. Set aside.
Drain most of the oil. Soften the onion, then the garlic.
Potatoes back in. Ketchup, soy, sugar, pepper. Stir.
Add water or stock and simmer until the potatoes turn tender.
Slurry in for a glossy finish.
Luncheon meat back in. Toss, garnish, serve with rice.

Exact amounts, frying times and how to keep the luncheon meat from going soft are on the blog πŸ‘‰ quickchefdad.com

Who grew up with this dish?

06/08/2026

θ…Šε‘³ι₯­ Chinese Sausage and Cured Meat Rice
Claypot rice flavour, rice cooker effort. 🍚

Cured meats go in with the rice and render their fat through every grain. A warmed sauce goes over the top at the end for the glossy finish.

πŸ₯© What goes in
Jasmine rice
Lap cheong, sliced thin on a diagonal
Duck liver sausage ιΈ­θ‚θ…Šθ‚ 
Cured pork belly θ…Šθ‚‰
Pork lard
Light soy, dark soy, sugar, sesame oil, hot water
Spring onion

πŸ”ͺ Method

Mix pork lard through the rinsed rice so every grain takes a coat.
Water to the normal line. Stir the sliced cured meats through.
Cook on standard rice setting.
Warm the sauce in a small pot while the rice cooks. Taste and adjust here.
Pour the sauce over the hot rice. Spring onion on top.
Fold through fast, lid on, rest 3 minutes.
Serve.

Exact ratios, sauce amounts and steps, read πŸ‘‰ quickchefdad.com

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