My Cooking Journey Review

My Cooking Journey Review

I'm not a chef; in fact I'm the worse cook in the family. But this journey is my sharing and my experiments that even the worse cook can still pull off a good meal. Inside there are recipes and step by step guides, along with my testing tools.


Making Japanese Style Egg Salad Sandwich for the First Time

26 Sep 2021 2 minute read 1 comment littlenewthings

With a twist, of course! For those who know me well enough by now is that I usually will not follow recipe ingredients to the tee, rather if I can re-use whatever I have in my kitchen, I will definitely do so.     And of course, knowing that egg sal...

Super Easy Tempeh - Sourcing Protein Without Bloodshed 🤣

2 Apr 2021 3 minute read 1 comment littlenewthings

Hi everyone! It has been a while since I last posted a food experiment post and today, I can present to you, a successful experiment making tempeh / tempe for the first time!     Tempeh / Tempe (in Bahasa Malayu), has been a very much well loved c...

Overly Ripen Bananas? Try this Vegan Chocolate Banana Walnut Muffin Recipe Instead

28 Jan 2021 2 minute read 0 comments littlenewthings

Yep. This is my first time creating a vegan based muffin; thanks to the discovery of overly ripe bananas and a 6 months shelf life left cake mix stored in the drawer! It was fun and required some detailed research before the experiment can begin; es...

Making Diabetic Friendly Keto Chocolate for the First Time

23 Dec 2020 3 minute read 2 comments littlenewthings

Christmas is around the corner, but there are just so many commercialised treats that are glazed too much with either carbs or sugar. Unless you have been under the rug or brainwashed by mainstream media, you would have realised that sugar, though t...

Making Lentils with Totally Non-Spiciness for the First Time

2 Oct 2020 2 minute read 0 comments littlenewthings

This is actually quite an old article I shared back in 2018, which was part of a cooking competition. You can check the original post from my site, or the STEEM or HIVE blockchain. (We could cross post at the time; and HIVE was later re-broadcast the...

Making Corn Bread from Scratch with YouTube Recipe - Worth my time?

14 May 2020 5 minute read 5 comments littlenewthings

Hello everyone! I hope all of you are doing well during the season of Social Distancing and partial lock-downs! As for me, I have been busier than usual in this period when the test of being a remote support tech totally takes its toll.  Nevertheles...

Testing YouTube Recipe: Japanese Fluffy Milk Dinner Rolls - Does it work?

26 Apr 2020 5 minute read 0 comments littlenewthings

I must say, I am a n00b when it comes to making bread... And when it comes to quarantine at home for 40 days already, I am hoping that this can be rectified.  Just so happened that I came across this YouTube video that made making dinner rolls so eas...

Dalgona Coffee (Original Recipe): Is it really that great?

18 Apr 2020 2 minute read 10 comments littlenewthings

This is my round 2 post of my Dalgona Test Challenge that I have mentioned on another challenge platform a few days back. And if you have not noticed, I actually tried out doing the Black Coffee version instead of the traditional version first becau...

Dalgona Coffee Craze (Black Version): Worth my time?

18 Apr 2020 2 minute read 1 comment littlenewthings

As far as I have checked, Dalgona coffee only works when it is used under same amount of sugar and instant coffee; and for a person who has cut down on sugar quite a bit but has been exposed back to sugar the last 1 year, I really have to find option...

Making Souffle with a Milk Frother - Does it Work?

27 Mar 2020 3 minute read 0 comments littlenewthings

Hey everyone! As you know that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are now being imposed into Movement Restricted / Controlled Order, particularly in Malaysia; and through this time other that working from home, one has got to stretch their musc...