Whisks I use

In the course of my cooking adventures, I’ve ended with a selection of different whisks, and I’ve been trying to understand the differences in how they each work.
First of all, I have a standard metal balloon whisk purchased from Daiso, which has served me very well. I use this for beating egg whites by hand. [...]

Where to buy takoyaki pans in Singapore?

This question has come up a couple of times in the list of search engine terms that have led to my blog. I haven’t answered the question directly in any of my postings so far (except in the now-defunct ‘Q&A’ page), so I’ll put it up here now.
Firstly, try the Japanese department stores – Takashimaya [...]

Blender bottle

I came across this in a cookware shop in Britain, Lakeland, which always has interesting and high-quality equipment and gadgets. It’s a plastic bottle with a pouring spout that has a coiled metal ball inside that helps to shake up the contents. Just snap shut the leak-proof spout and you can [...]

Making coconut milk II

When I first started finding out about different types of coconut graters, it was with the intention of finding the best way of preparing coconut shreds to make coconut milk.
As you can read here, the method used in my family is to use a traditional aluminium grater. As you’ll notice, it’s a pretty scary [...]

Traditional coconut graters

Some time back I wrote about different types of graters, especially those used for grating coconut. [Also read here how we make coconut milk at home.]
One thing that fascinated me was the various styles of traditional coconut graters used in different cultures, and on a recent trip to the National Museum of Singapore, I was [...]

Consumer watch updates

A bumper posting for those of you in Singapore :).
Ceramic vegetable peelers & other kitchen tools
Razor Sharp, which I mentioned in my posting on ceramic vegetable peelers, is selling a handful (only a handful, literally) of Kyocera and Cuisipro items at great discounts.
Fortunately, this includes a ceramic vegetable peeler at less than half price for [...]

Kitchen tool of the year: ceramic vegetable peeler

I’m sticking my neck out here but I’m going to venture that this will be the highlight of my kitchen tool discoveries for 2008.

Ceramic knives were something totally new to me and did not attract my attention despite walking past the shelf full of them at Tangs many times. It took a trip out [...]

Fresh wasabi & Isetan shopping delights of the day

Given the paucity of bento gear outside of Daiso, I was impressed to see on sale in Isetan’s household section bread-slice-shaped sandwich cutters similar to the one used by Lunch in a Box. They’re hanging on a shelf with other fun-shaped cutters underneath a TV playing a promotional video of some Japanese kitchen gadget.
Isetan supermarket [...]

Muffin shapes and sizes

When I made those green tea, red bean and pine nuts muffins, I decided to try out different shapes and sizes, using the various types of silicone baking cups I’ve collected.
The square and diamond shapes remind me very much of the style of cake presentation from the Hong Kong-produced cookbook of tea cakes (i.e. sweet [...]

10cm pan: fried eggs & blini

I’ve been eyeing these cute little Tefal pans for a long time, but thought it was gratuitous to buy yet another piece of kitchen equipment, and it’s not as if we don’t already have an ample supply of skillets at home. But I finally caved in and now I think these 10cm pans are actually [...]