A lovely box of Dalloyau macarons from C who bought me this in Tokyo. And the macarons come individually wrapped! With a 200 year (or is it 400…?) history, Dalloyau is one of France’s oldest and most respected maison de gastronomie and they created
I haven’t yet regained my appetite from the strenuous trek in Bhutan and my tastebuds seem to have gone haywire after eating too many fiery Bhutanese meals. I was craving for some appetite-stimulating food since the start of the day. Kimchi stew for
YH bought me half-a-dozen organic passionfruits from D’Kranji Farm two weeks ago. From the sound of their farmstay, I feel like booking a villa one of these weekends to stay and farm-hop. By the time I took delivery of the fruits, they were fully
It is fun taking photos of food. More fun than making the food and twice as fun as eating the food, I feel. The place in my flat where I take most of my photos and where I get plenty of
Shirako (cod fish sperm sacs) in a ponzu sauce. C and I went to Chiharu for dinner several days ago and had shirako as part of our omakase meal. Eating sperm sacs does sound a little squeamish but I find this
We had another hearty home-cooked meal at the Tangs over the weekend. Fried chicken wings. Sambal sweet potato leaf. Stir-fried eggplant with minced pork. Fried eggs – Rich, runny yolks with unctuous whites and crispy sides. And best of it all, an awesome
I’m not Teochew but I like Teochew porridge alot. Comfort food, really. We have been frequenting this Teochew porridge place called Xu Jun Sheng Teochew Cuisine at Joo Chiat Place. We had dinner here again last night. Our standard orders
I made seafood paella for dinner last night. Or what I think is seafood paella because I can’t quite remember how paella tastes like. It didn’t turn out so well. I didn’t cook the carnaroli rice long enough before adding the
Inspired by the 3-layer chocolate mousse D made last weekend, I tried making one last night. Mine has only one layer of bittersweet chocolate. I used Green & Black’s Organic Dark Chocolate with 70% cocoa. I am not a fan of chocolate-based
Made a batch over the weekend and scoffed most of them. Great with coffee in the morning. The weather is awfully warm, I’m dying for some breeze.
I wish I had purchased a DSLR camera much earlier to take better photos of the mind-blowing meals that TBH and I have been eating at the Tangs over the last couple of years. We learnt how to ‘eat well’
Yay! I am finally out of work hell. Okay, not entirely but the light at the end of the tunnel is glowing quite brightly now. Feeling relieved and somewhat light-hearted, I was in the mood to make lunch today. Roast chicken thigh,
I baked my grandparents an orange loaf cake (the recipe called for some Grand Marnier)today. They have a daily habit of eating afternoon tea at 3pm – a cup of teh with biscuits, or kuehs, or cakes from the bakery