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  • Tangyuen (Glutinous Rice Ball)

    I'm still not too sure whether Tangyuen is eaten during the Mid Autumn Festival (中秋節) alongside mooncakes to celebrate the full moon. Tāngyuán is a Chinese dessert made from glutinous rice flour. The glutinous rice flour…

  • Corn Fritters & Cupcakes

    So you wake up on a Saturday morning with pangs of hunger. There's nothing in the fridge apart from an (almost rotten) avocado, bits of frozen corn, a slice of old bacon and one egg. Nope. There wasn't much in the wallet…

  • TWENTY FIRSTS, BAR OPENINGS & FAREWELLS...First of all, Happy 21st birthday to my beloved flatmate... We spoilt her rotten! A hid 21 presents around the house and I left her a trail of chocolate to her Tiffany's gift…

  • MANGO SAGO... AGAIN!I had Grandma over for dinner last night so I thought I would make a repeat of the Chinese dessert, since I had a box full of Mangoes at home. (Long story - but my flatmates broke my father's favorite…

  • "I WANT TRIFLE!"And whatever my baby wants, my baby gets (as long as she makes it herself! HA) Tonight's dinner was vietnamese-ish, recipe from this month's Gourmet Traveller magazine (my vice) Shrimp and pork summer r…

  • QUICHE LORRAINE - a combination of an alcohol free lifestyle and being 'povo'As I was packing up on a Friday afternoon in the office my boss asks "so what are you getting up to this weekend?". I stared at my copy of Gour…

  • Sticky Toffee Pudding with Date Ingredients: 170 g Dates, stoned and chopped 1 teaspoon Bi carb soda 300ml boiling water 60g butter 170 g castor sugar 2 eggs 170 g self raising flour half teaspoon of pure vanill…