How to Wrap Pork Spring Rolls or Lobak for Chinese New Year

Written on January 21, 2011 – 7:11 pm | by Riceballz |

Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and its the time of the year where we will all be busy cooking, baking, buying gifts and cleaning house for the big day. We made some spring rolls for Chinese New Year last year, and it was a smashing success! We are making it again next [...]


Tools: Car and Fish Egg Shaper

Written on October 4, 2010 – 10:29 pm | by Riceballz |

Picked up this egg and car egg shaper from 100 yen to kickstart my bento project. 2 designs for RM4.90, not too bad for something so cute. Let me show you how I do to cutify (it means making things cute, in my dictionary) the eggs. –> Click here for more photos and details! You [...]

How to Clean a New Hard Anodized Nonstick Cookware

Written on May 31, 2010 – 1:21 am | by Riceballz |

What is Hard Anodized Nonstick Cookware? According to wisegeek.com (here and here): Hard anodization is an electro-chemical process that hardens aluminum. Aluminum is placed in an acid bath and given an electrical charge. This combination causes a controlled oxidation to occur. The aluminum combines with oxygen at the surface to produce aluminum oxide. Hard anodized [...]