Food experiments from my little kitchen

I was contemplating whether to just do a simple steam fish with soy sauce then I remembered I had the bottle of kecap manis sitting in my cupboard. I saw some cooking members making ikan bakar (grilled fish) using kecap manis but there were quite a number of ingredients and I would need to marinate for some time. After doing some Googling (as usual), I decided to try this recipe at Indochine Kitchen which has a simple sauce recipe - Fried fish with sweet soy sauce ! Did a few modifications here and there so I am not sure if it should taste the way it was but husband said it's good so I am happy. :) Ingredients Fish slices (I used red grouper, abt 2 pax servings) 1 clove garlic 1 small onion Cornstarch Soy sauce Chinese cooking wine  Some salt Pepper Chopped spring onions Sauce 3 Tbsp Kecap manis 1/2 lemon juice 2 tsp sugar 1/4 cup water Recipe 1. Marinate the fish slices in soy sauce, chinese cooking wine and cornstarch. (Estimated) 2. Slice the garlic and oni...

My son loves egg tofu very much. He always make sure I buy egg tofu whenever we go supermarket. So I have to find ways and means to incorporate egg tofu into my cooking. Minced meat egg tofu is a very common dish and I also cook it quite frequently using oyster sauce. But I wanted to make a different sauce this time so decided to experiment using tomato sauce and kecap manis which I seldom use and we love it! Ingredients 1 tube egg tofu Minced meat 1/2 onion 1 clove of chopped garlic  Tomato sauce Kecap manis Soy sauce Corn starch Spring onions Recipe 1. Chop the onion into dices and marinate the minced meat with soy sauce and cornstarch. 2. Cut the egg tofu into slices and pan fry them on the pan with some oil for at least 3 minutes each side to brown it. Remove and set aside. Make the sauce using tomato sauce, kecap manis and soy sauce. 3. Heat up the oil in the wok and add in the chopped onions and garlic. Let it cook for a little while till the onion look tran...