Lisa's Lemony Kitchen

Malaysian finger food of glutinous rice and spicy coconut and prawn filling.    

Delightful dessert of watermelon, strawberries with a hint of rose in the cream

Easy to bake Pecan Pie Cake. Posted on 12th April 2013 February 2013 Dear Son, I know this is a bit late to appear on my blog, but You are turning 18, I wanted to have that “Mom-Son” sit down and talk, where I do all the talking and you do the listening. I know that was not going to happen, as you will be there in person but, you will be thinking of your next move in your DotA game, yes, son, it is not cool Perhaps 20 years from now, you will be reflecting on what I am about to tell you, and there is zero chance that you might remember, so I ‘penned’ whatever I wanted to say here…. you can read and re-read, whenever you feel like it (if you ever read this! Dear Son, You just turned 18… the age where your dad and I ceased to exist in our common law. No one requires ‘Mom or Dad’ signatures on any documents or reports anymore. No banks, Tax office, University etc will call us, write to us, or talk to us. To them, we are HISTORY, someone from your past, and not required in...

Authentic and the best wonton noodles with springy egg noodles, and savory dark sauce served with Wontons on the side! Posted 4th May 2013 It was early February... the weather was hot and humid. It was one of those typical 'very' hot summer days in Perth. The summer days when I feel like doing nothing... "what shall we have this weekend?" I popped my usual question to H . I wasn't actually 'asking'... it was an indirect request for him to take over 'the stove' for the weekend... "I don't know..." would be his response every time... ...for some inspiration ~ we'd take out a stack of cookbooks off the shelf, and start to browse...going ~ "This looks good..." "Oh! this looks yummy...." or  "It is been a while since we ate this..." So that particular early February weekend, we had a craving for?.... wonton noodles . Though it was a lengthy and tedious preparation...in Chinese ...

Quick and easy chicken San Choy Bow is one of our favorite simple dinners! Posted 15th March 2013 “Great cooking is about being inspired by the simple things around you, like fresh market produce, and various spices. It doesn’t necessarily have to look fancy.” >G. Garvin Totally agree 100 percent with Chef Garvin's quote, when it comes to Sung Choy Bow. No exciting colors...as a matter of fact, Sung Choy Bow looks rather dull ...everything seems to be in the shades of orangey-brown...pardon me if I say ~ it is in the 'Boring' food category.  oopsie... We had been having Sung Choy Bow every year on either Chinese New Year's Eve or on the 15th day of CNY celebration... and every year I would snap a photo or two... but it never made it here..... why??? ...however dull or boring it may be... as it turned out.... photographing Sung Choy Bow was a real  'pain'... mind-boggling and challenging... well, to me, it is!! . sorry peeps, hope you will no...

Deep fried drummettes and wings recipe. Another one of my 'Deep Frying' frenzies... (made this last month...phew)   ...and these gorgeous bites have long settled and landed happily in my tummy and now it is showing on my tummy and butt.  Putting on kilos is so easy... but to shed is so HARD!!!! especially after I hit the big FOUR ZERO years ago...*sigh*... have a low metabolism plus I noticed that it gets slower with age...  makes it doubly hard for me to lose those unwanted kilos... So yeah. .. am avoiding deep-fried food for now . . **Care to share with me your secret?? on how you maintain or lose the unwanted kilos and boost your metabolism???** I have been invited to submit this post to  Aspiring Bakers #28: Chicken Feast ( February  2013)  hosted by Small Small Baker ... thank you for the invite :D

Made of a variety of ingredients such as deep-fried hard beancurd, julienne cucumber, steamed potato, julienne carrots, julienne yam beans, and crispy prawn fritters.

Posted 8th FEbruary 2013 I longed for crispy Prawn Fritters, one of the 'must have' condiments to be added to my favorite Malaysian food called Pasembur Pasembur  is a Malaysian Indian salad consisting of shredded, julienne vegetables like cucumber, yam bean, carrots,  bean sprouts, hard-boiled egg, steamed or boiled potatoes, and 2 types of prawn fritters ~ crispy and non-crispy ...hopefully, photos and  text will be ready for my next post...which will be none other than  Pasembur ...) I have been experimenting! I have been frying almost every week!! just to get that crispy, crunchy texture... It is so "UN-like" me, to be frying food! Kids and H were like "Woah...  Unbelievable!!!! Mom is frying again!!" ... they were surprised...shocked...but I know deep down... way deep down inside their hearts... they were delighted, perhaps jumping with joy that I was in the mood for deep-fried food. I fried Loh Bak (my previous post), Banana fritter...