The Sweets Spot

Thanks for dropping by. This is my little sanctuary to keep recipes I've tested or created, cooking tips and food photography. It is a playground where I can be myself, expressing the creative part of me through cooking, writing, photographing or sometimes simply by playing around with designs and web widgets. These things are so addictive to me that I could spend hours and hours in front of my laptop with just a cup of coffee and a jar of cookies.
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Etcetera | Dec 5, 2011 | 0 Comments

The Cook Sunday Brunch

Vibrant deep yellow color of the laksa broth dashed with bright red chili patches, half immersed swirl of egg noodle and plump juicy prawns firm to the bite sends you to a street food hawker somewhere in Malaysia or Singapore. A bowl of perfection. We were like foodies in a food heaven……

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Desserts & Treats | Nov 29, 2011 | 1 Comment

Pecan pie my way

After unsuccessfully making cardboard-hard ginger cookie man for Bri’s Thanksgiving party at school – my excuse? didn’t really feel like it so I baked them half-heartedly – managed to push myself to bake this pie. The pie crust can be tricky, depends on the recipe you have. Mine was not too crumbly, a bit on the hard side even. But the fillings worked great. Pecans fillings. Hubby loves pecans

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Desserts & Treats | Jul 21, 2011 | 2 Comments

Double Dose Dark Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes

I’m such a sucker for anything chocolate. Especially when they are melted inside a gooey moist chocolate cake topped with creamy buttery dark chocolate icing. The down side about chocolate cravings, it will never stop after one bake.

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Beef & Lamb | Jul 21, 2011 | 5 Comments

Easy Peasy Taco Spring Rolls

Basically the idea is replacing the hard shell taco with spring roll wrapper. Then it is up to you to go the healthier way by oven cook them or cooking it the original way, deep frying them which probably add a few hundreds more extra calories with the same end result. Both of them will still be crispy and delicious.

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Etcetera | Jul 14, 2011 | 0 Comments

Summer Flower Salad @ Table No.1

After stumbling upon an article on a magazine about the chef’s latest creation, fruit & flowers summer salad, I told myself I had to go there. We’ve been thinking of going there for a dinner and a few drinks several times but something always came up. I know I love the place and having heard from friends about this place, I definitely have to try it.

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Etcetera | Jul 10, 2011 | 3 Comments

Yummy Yumberries

This is the season I’ve been waiting for the entire year. Yumberry season. The locals call it “yang mei” or simply “red berry” and it’s very popular in Shanghai, probably more than Kumquat fruit. The fruit is only available in the beginning of summer time, right after winter after the plum rain seasons. Only just briefly.

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Curry, Soups & Stews | Jun 27, 2011 | 5 Comments

Hot & Sour Fish Indonesian style

Asem Asem Ikan atau Asam Padeh Ikan. Green tomatoes are such a rare commodities here in this city. So when I spotted them snuggled in the corner of fresh veggie section I quickly grabbed a handful of them. Green tomatoes means sambal lado mudo, ayam cabai hijau, or something fresh and sour with fish………….

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Balinese | Jun 23, 2011 | 6 Comments

Balinese Salad

Two most popular signature Balinese dish is Bebek Betutu (dirty duck) and crisp-roast suckling pig. If I could list five signature dish, it would be those two dish above, sambal matah, seafood satay (sate lilit) and lawar. Lawar is a popular and most common vegetable dish in Bali

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Bread & Breakfast | Jun 11, 2011 | 3 Comments

Savoury Cheese & Bacon Muffins

A non-sweet muffin recipe, one of those recipes which is very typically New Zealand that I’ve been meaning to reinvent. Last trial on savory muffin was quite a while ago where I tried baking bacon and wild spring onions – freshly picked from the grassland of Inner Mongolia.

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Beef & Lamb | Apr 11, 2011 | 5 Comments

Bubur Gurih Glewo Buntut

Ceritarasa Cookbook is a collection of alternative recipes from William Wongso’s cooking program on Metro TV. I got this special cook book as a giveaway after joining a cooking class featuring Indonesian food hosted by Ritz Carlton Portman in Shanghai. William was a guest chef at the hotel.

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Etcetera | Mar 27, 2011 | 0 Comments

Indonesian Food Festival in Shanghai

To all foodies in Shanghai…. the enjoy a culinary journey from Indonesia presented by the master himself, William Wongso and a team of chefs from Ritz-Carlton Jakarta.

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Beef & Lamb | Feb 3, 2011 | 4 Comments

Green Herbs Khoresh

Herb Khoresh is a particular dish that I find so uniquely middle eastern. For a start, I love the idea of mixed fragrant herbs as a dish. Put them together in a dish and add beef/chicken/lamb for the extra kick.

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