First of all, don’t expect too much. In this way you will not be disappointed at the end of the meal — a thing which is very harmful to the digestion. A day before the party, assess your host at his true value. Calculate, and I am afraid this is a little cynical, just what [...]
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the duties of a guest
Posted in food, quotes, tagged reading on 25 February, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
a movie, three cakes, forgotten work
Posted in encounters, food, tagged bakes, birthday, family life, food, lion, Peanut, performances, work on 8 November, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Court decided to give me a break last Thursday, which allowed me to take Friday off to make it a super long weekend. So on Friday, we dropped Peanut off at school, then took Lion for his MMR jab at the paede’s. After, we dropped Lion off at my parents and went to the [...]
an egg stained red, a slice of cake
Posted in encounters, food, tagged bakes, birthday, family life, food, lion, motherhood, Peanut, relationships, work on 5 October, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Happy Birthday to me
cheesecake!
Posted in food, tagged bakes, family life, food, Peanut on 1 August, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My relationship with cheesecake begun when I was about 15 or 16, at Billy Bombers in Holland Village, where I used to meet a friend for drinks and dessert after dinner. We’d sit together in a booth and share a slice of cheesecake, order California Dreaming on the jukebox maybe 2 or 3 times, and [...]
salt caramel
Posted in encounters, food, tagged birthday, food, motherhood, Peanut on 25 July, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I made these lovely soft caramel candies yesterday afternoon as follows: In a saucepan, heat 180ml of cream with 1/2 teaspoonful of vanilla essence, 1/2 rounded teaspoonful of fine sea salt and 30g of butter until it begins to boil. Remove from neat and keep warm. Heat 1/2 cup of corn syrup (or golden syrup) [...]
lion turns one!
Posted in encounters, fillers, food, tagged bakes, birthday, family life, lion, motherhood on 2 June, 2011 | 1 Comment »
apple cake
Posted in food, tagged bakes, family life, lion, Peanut, relationships on 25 April, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Other Half’s mother’s birthday falls on this week. We did an early celebration for her on Friday night with dinner at a Cantonese restaurant. Then on Sunday, I baked the following cake for her so that the kids can go over and blow out the candles with her: Cream 185g butter together with 1/3 [...]
happy birthday to daddy
Posted in food, random thoughts, tagged bakes, birthday, family life, lion, motherhood, Peanut on 19 April, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I meant to make this entry some time last month but time just slips away from me these days. I made this cake for The Other Half’s birthday this year: Toast 3/4 cup of coconut for about 5 minutes and leave it to cool. Cream 90g of butter and 1/2 cup of sugar until light [...]
here goes another new year
Posted in encounters, food, tagged family life, food, lion, mela v. world, motherhood, Peanut, relationships, work on 6 February, 2011 | 2 Comments »
At any point in time of this long weekend, at least one of my family members came down with the viral flu. On Chu Xi, The Other Half came down with the puking / diarrhoea during the first reunion dinner with my Mother-In-Law and Sis-In-Law at our place and spent the 2nd and 3rd reunion [...]
from start to finish in 12 pictures
Posted in food, tagged bakes, family life on 27 December, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It all starts with words on a page… Then there is dried mixed fruit swimming in alcohol over 2 days or so… After putting the kids to bed, prepare a steamer half-filled with water and bring the water to a boil. Then turn off the fire and melt the butter, sugar, honey and spices over [...]
