Pierre & I are so proud of Little One: she got accepted for Taekwondo class. I know it’s nothing special but she is only 3½ years old and the minimum age for this class is 5 years old with a few 4 years old accepted on a case to case basis. Last week, my friend,… Continue reading Cream Cheese Filled Buns (Steamed)

Chinese Steamed Buns are called baozi or popularly known as bao, bau, pow, pau. They are plain or filled buns (bread-like/brioche made of flour) that comes in various forms, with a variety of fillings (meat or vegetarian). In its bun like form, it is quite similar to the traditional Chinese mantou. In the Chinese culture,… Continue reading Chinese Steamed Buns

Lately Pierre has been lamenting AGAIN (see my posts on Moghlai Murgh, Beef Madras, Balti Butter Chicken, Prawns in coconut gravy & Grilled Broiled Prawns) about lack of haute Indian cuisine in Clermont-Ferrand (or more generally, France) and yearning for his luscious, lip smacking favourite restaurant, the Shahi Maharani in Singapore. So strong was his… Continue reading Reshmi Kebab (Chicken Kebabs)

A BIG THANK YOU To all who left a comment on my post Relief Haiti Support to help raise funds for them. At the end of 24 January 2010, I received a total of 137 comments. Although my initial offer was €0,10 per comment, I have decided to multiply by 5x this sum and give… Continue reading Donations for Haiti

The 2nd part of Daring Bakers’ January challenge hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen is making Nanaimo Bars. The Nanaimo bar is a Canadian dessert made up of a base containing graham crackers, cocoa, coconut and nuts, a middle custard layer, and a topping of chocolate. This no bake dessert is named after the West-Coast… Continue reading Nanaimo Bars

Canada, here we come! The 2010 Winter Olympics is coming soon to Vancouver. And in honour of this great event, Lauren of Celiac Teen, host of January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge chosed Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 Cookbooks. Nanaimo… Continue reading Graham Crackers

While twittering with my blogger friends the other morning, Pierre, my ever the tech geek, messaged me this from his office… upstairs. (yes, we do message each others even under the same roof) It seems the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is also looking into the 21st century cooking, coming up with Cornucopia, a “personal… Continue reading Cornucopia – The Next Generation Food?

Have you ever been served by rude waitress, cashiers or customer service people? I did, not just once or twice, but many times and I’m sure you did too. Sometimes they were so bad that you’d think they are suffering from a bad case of constipation. Perhaps they are lacking prunes or dried plums in… Continue reading Crispy Bacon Wrapped Prune (Devils on Horseback)

Last weekend, I belatedly asked Pierre what he wanted to have for his birthday on Monday (yes, I lower my head down in shame). Bear in mind, it was on Saturday that I asked him that question and the whole of Europe was still suffering and buried under the big bad FROST. Before he could… Continue reading Lemon & Orange Cheesecake

Since the earthquake disasters have hit Haiti on 12 January 2010, lots of well meaning people in the Twitter world retwitted what they thought was a good cause to call for help around the world, hélas some of these so called messages were just hoax and spams. I know it personally because this morning I… Continue reading Haiti Relief Suppport – Comment to help raise funds