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……
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Plantains are native to India and are grown most widely in tropical climates. This vegetable-banana tastes different at every stage of development. The interior color of the fruit will remain creamy…..
We both are so hooked on sticky date pudding ever since Mike took me to Kohi Cafe in Auckland. We would never miss to order one every time we went to any cafes that listed sticky date pudding on their dessert menu.
I hesitantly put a scoop of the dark gooey piece into my mouth. Looks can be pretty deceiving. My mind goes blank… WOW!!! They pretty moist with a strong hint of pineapple and caramelized brown sugar
Anyway, this would be my very first attempt to cook real New Zealand food for dear husband. He was a hundred times better cook than me, but he gave it up once the household appointed a new kitchen queen. Me. Hahahaha.
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My gear is a DSLR Nikon D700 paired with several lenses 50mm f/1.4 and 60mm f/2.8 as my prime lens for food photography. When out & about I take my my 24-70mm which is also the latest addition to the family. What can I say, it's an addictive hobby :D
