My new kitchen tool 我新添的厨具

 Something I took for granted back home, I can't locate it here. A small toaster oven. The ones here are too big. In the end, I bought a small electric grill pan. Can't have it bake as crispy as the mini toaster oven like my harsh brown. Use it for my breakkie this morning. Yum :)

在家乡当成理所当然的厨具在这里找不到。迷你小烤箱。这里没有小型的。只好买了电烤盘。没法像小烤箱烤得香脆，不过也行。早上的丰富早餐。

Italian Lagsana 意大利千层面

Wanted to use half of the veg meat sauce I made for lagsana, so spent time reading different recipes and the origins. I found that the one I used to do is of the Northern Italian style using béchamel sauce with meat sauce and lagsana sheets. The southern Italian recipe uses ricotta cheese instead of béchamel sauce. The ones that uses parmesan for each layer is the American style. Those in American cafes are too much loaded by cheese for my palette. So I decided to stick with the béchamel sauce. Turn out good.

想用一半刚做的素意大利肉酱做意大利千层面，就开始研究不同的食谱。发现以前常用意大利白酱做的是属北意大利口味。南意大利风味的是用意大利乳清奶酪。每层都用parmesan 的是美式口味。在美式餐厅出现的千层面是我味蕾无法接受的超重乳酪味道，把其它的味道都盖过了。还是用白酱吧。吃起来感觉还可以。

The start of my culinary exploration sharing

I have always loved to experiment the kitchen with different recipes or re-enact the taste of a dish that I tried. Leaving Singapore for Melbourne, some of my friends back home wanted to know my recipe. It's difficult to find a recipe online that is exactly the same as how I cooked it. So, I decided to start my own blog for them as easy reference. These vegetarian recipes are modified from recipes of cooking the real dish, some with my own addition of ingredients. So, let the journey begin! :)

小洁厨房的开始

一直都爱在厨房里试各种食谱。一群朋友都想知道我一些拿手菜的食谱，就开始了今天的第一章：意大利面酱。本人不喜欢方便酱的味道，少了意大利餐厅浓郁的味道。当了素食者也一段时间，所以介绍的菜肴都是从原本食材煮法改良过的素食。
现在居住地的厨房较简单，所以一些需快炒的菜有一定的难度。只要不把友人的厨房砸坏，我还是会试。 开始咯 :)