🥘 A Meal Worth Sharing| Badge of the Month | October 2025

I’m one of “those people” who believes that anything homemade is cooked with love, so I do a lot of cooking. Lately as the weather has gotten cooler, we’ve had beef bourginon and apple braised pork roast, which are easy and delicious. This is another one of my go-tos, a bean soup that was the favorite of a late colleague of mine at NLM. It has some really interesting spices (coriander, cumin, garam masala, and cayenne pepper) and three kinds of beans (canellini, chickpeas, and lentils). It’s truly delicious.

My father introduced the (dry) beef noodles to me when I was still in primary school.

Back then, the price was $2.50 a bowl and the portions were large.

Add a few scoops of chili to the noodle before slurping on the noodles makes it more enjoyable, although it may be a little too spicy for some individuals.

Throughout the years as I grew older, I continue to patronise the same store, eating the same beef noodles for 6 to 7 times a week. 

Watching it shrinks slightly in volume and increasing in price ($2.50>$4>$4.50>$5.50).

Then, covid happened, the price increase to $7 but the standard drop. The outlet can’t sustain with the increase in price and reduced customer. Hence, it close down shortly after 2 years.

Still missing the beef noodle till this day.

These days, this is the convenient meal I use most often.
It's a type of sparkling wine made from rice. After running 5 to 10 km after work, I drink it in a glass full of ice to ease my hunger and thirst.

By running and eating lightly, I'm recovering my health, so I find myself turning to it most often.

Something very simple for me, but tied to a lot of fond memories. Outdoor or camping gatherings in the summer, with friends and family where we boil corn on the cob in huge cauldrons.

My favorite dish is home-made kheer.
I love how something so simple, made with milk, rice, and sugar, can bring such warmth and joy. Every spoonful reminds me of patience, celebration, and the comfort of home.

 

My favorite dish is home-made kheer.
I love how something so simple, made with milk, rice, and sugar, can bring such warmth and joy. Every spoonful reminds me of patience, celebration, and the comfort of home.

 

 

This looks amazing -- do you eat it hot, cold, or both??

My mom makes the best frosted sugar cookies.  She is a master decorator and they are the most beautiful cookies!  They have been a staple of many family gatherings for all seasons and a super special treat for special occasions (baby showers, weddings, birthdays, etc.).  Anyone that has had one has told her to go into a cookie business with them, but for now we just get to enjoy them!

My favorite dish to have is my mother’s pot roast (mom’s cooking for the win, 100%).

My favorite dish to make - because it turns into a group activity and my niece is always up for the adventure - is apple strudel. 

My husband makes great butter chicken with naan and rice. I love it! 😊

My favorite dish is home-made kheer.
I love how something so simple, made with milk, rice, and sugar, can bring such warmth and joy. Every spoonful reminds me of patience, celebration, and the comfort of home.

 

 

This looks amazing -- do you eat it hot, cold, or both??

Initially hot and then cold after putting in refrigerator for some time. I personally like it cold!

Being a foodie, there are many dishes I love, but this question made me realize the one I love the most… and for me, happiness is Fafda–Jalebi! 💖 I usually enjoy this as a Sunday breakfast dish.

In the photo, the straight yellow savory item is Fafda — made from gram flour, carom seeds (ajwain), turmeric powder, and salt. It’s typically served with papaya sambharo, its a lightly spiced, shredded raw papaya salad.

The round yellow ones are Jalebi, a sweet treat also made from gram flour, deep-fried into spirals, and soaked in fragrant sugar syrup, often flavored with saffron or cardamom.

Being a foodie, there are many dishes I love, but this question made me realize the one I love the most… and for me, happiness is Fafda–Jalebi! 💖 I usually enjoy this as a Sunday breakfast dish.

In the photo, the straight yellow savory item is Fafda — made from gram flour, carom seeds (ajwain), turmeric powder, and salt. It’s typically served with papaya sambharo, its a lightly spiced, shredded raw papaya salad.

The round yellow ones are Jalebi, a sweet treat also made from gram flour, deep-fried into spirals, and soaked in fragrant sugar syrup, often flavored with saffron or cardamom.

 

 

Great photo! Always love learning about new cuisines 😋

One of the best and my favorite dishes that my mom makes is Aloo Paratha.

Whenever I come back home from a trip or want to invite my friends over to have fun and relax, Aloo Paratha is the dish I ask my mom to make. 

It is usually served hot with butter on top, curd (yogurt), and pickle.

For me, a meaningful meal is my mother’s homemade biryani🤤. It’s not just the flavors—the perfect blend of spices —but the memories it brings back of family gatherings, laughter and the joy of everyone coming together around the table. Every bite reminds me of home, tradition and the love that goes into cooking for those you care about.

Food truly connects us and dishes like this carry stories, memories and warmth that go far beyond nourishment.

Loser’s lunch, cheap ramen with American cheese, and a can of chicken or tuna. Cheap, tasty, full of calories and protein, great when you are 21! Still cheap, still tasty, still full of calories and protein, but enough salt to swell up an elephant's ankles, absolutely something you should not eat at 41! 🤤

Meaningful because having money for food is a privilege, it's important to always remember that and stay grateful.

A very simple one, roasting marshmallows on a fire. A small sweet treat, that brings such joy to young and old. What a treasure trove of memories.  

Another foodie here, and I’m already thinking ahead about what I should make for the holidays!  One staple in my family is Springerle cookies.  These are German holiday cookies that are shaped with a special rolling pin and flavored with anise oil.  My mom makes them every year, and I’m pretty sure she got the recipe from my great-grandmother.  They don’t have a lot of ingredients (just flour, baking powder, powdered sugar, eggs, and anise extract), but they do take some time and patience to make!  Once you roll them out you have to cut them and let them sit over night before baking them the next day.  I still remember when my mom taught me to make them...the trick is putting just the right amount of pressure on the rolling pin as you roll out the dough 😊

Any meal that you take time to prepare and enjoy with your loved ones! But if i had to pick one, I think I would go with Raclette with some friends or family and a bottle of red ! This meal is so comforting during automn or winter and you get to spend time chatting with everyone as you have to wait for each of your individual small pan to grill. Pros: It smells delicious in the house during dinner. Cons: it still smells the same the morning after 😂 

I’m from Jaipur, a beautiful city in Rajasthan, which is counted among the world’s top five travel destinations.

Being a true Rajasthani at heart, I absolutely love sharing dal baati churma — a traditional dish that has been passed down through generations in our culture.

Whenever we come together to celebrate and enjoy each other’s company, dal baati churma is always at the heart of our gatherings.

I love making a big pot of chili to share with family and friends. It is a meal that my mum used to make for a fall weekend when we closed up the family summer place and many of my aunts, uncles, and cousins would be there to help and then enjoy the chili. I hated kidney beans as a child, but now would never make a chili without them.

North indian biryani

A meal from Bob’s Sub Shop down the road from my university.  My go to was the senior turkey with easy oil and easy mayo with a diet Pepsi from the machine (you had to make sure you had change on you for the drink and quarters to play the claw game and win a stuffed animal).  There used to be a bakery across from where you ordered the subs that made the bread for them and had the best frosted cookies.

The sub shop is still there, sadly the bakery has moved on, and I still crave a cookie or two if I get lunch.  Eating there transports me back to college, fun times with friends, and hiking in the woods behind campus.

Made sure to visit this thread after lunch haha!

Plain roti with dhall (lentil curry) + teh tarik (malaysian milk tea) is something that’s special to me. This was the go-to breakfast when I was growing up in Malaysia. Nothing hits quite like it!

My favorite dish is home-made kheer.
I love how something so simple, made with milk, rice, and sugar, can bring such warmth and joy. Every spoonful reminds me of patience, celebration, and the comfort of home.

 

 

This is delicious!! Definitely one of my faves :)

I’m from Jaipur, a beautiful city in Rajasthan, which is counted among the world’s top five travel destinations.

Being a true Rajasthani at heart, I absolutely love sharing dal baati churma — a traditional dish that has been passed down through generations in our culture.

Whenever we come together to celebrate and enjoy each other’s company, dal baati churma is always at the heart of our gatherings.

 

Wow. Add Rajasthani Kadhi, Gatte and Lahsun Chatni to the combo as well. Best meal ever!