baby mantis 小螳螂

Baby mantis visit our garden when I was out rearrange my cotton plant in front of our house. The baby mantis was stick to my shirt, lucky I didn't smash him. I took some photos and wanted to show to my son when he finished his school in the evening. He like animals & insects especially babies.

yuen bao dumplings 元宝饺子

Today is rainy day, I make some pot sticker for our lunch to warm up our stomach. The filling is pork and cabbage, with anchovies - "ikan bilis" broth as soup.

homemade double cheese beef burger 双芝士牛肉汉堡

Yummy burger made from scratch! Filled with beef patties, fried egg, lettuce and mayo!

stir-fried bitter gourd with black beans 豆鼓炒苦瓜

Another bitter gourd dish in our list - stir-fried bitter gourd with black bean paste. It is a vegetarian dish, very simple and nice to eat. I also use our organic home grown bitter gourd to cook this dish.

stuffed bitter gourd 釀苦瓜

This is another way to cook bitter gourd - stuffed bitter gourd with pork & fish paste, serve with fermented soy bean paste as dipping sauce. Eat more bitter gourd is good for our body as bitter gourd can cool down our body especially when we ate a lot of fried food.

pickled olive with vegetables 橄榄菜炒蔬菜

This is a colourful dish also very delicious to serve with rice. Chinese describe it as 下饭菜 means you can eat few bowls of rice with this single dish. It was easy, just chop all the ingredients and stir-fry with this "pickle olive".