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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Dessert'

Aug 02

Nitro Ice-Cream @ Chin Chin Laboratorists

Deep in the heart of Camden is the newest funkiest ice cream parlour yet. Their special twist is making ice cream using liquid nitrogen, previously something only seen before by various celebrity chefs. The principle is pretty simple, you use liquid (read full article)

Dessert, London, Restaurant Review

Jul 19

Choc Choc Matcha Cheesecake

It's This month is all about matcha - an event organised by the matcha-obsessed Catty. Do check out all her wonderful matcha recipes, especially her matcha whoopie pies or more like matcha BURGERS! So, do join in the matcha fun and win yourself a t (read full article)

baked, cake, Dessert, recipe, Sweet

Jun 28

Ricotta Pound Cake

To be honest, I've never had a pound cake. I only know it's traditionally made with a pound of each of flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. I came across this recipe at Food Gal's and the amazingly moist texture caught my attention. It is made with ricott (read full article)

cake, Dessert, recipe, Sweet

Jun 07

Bumbleberry Pie

Summer is finally here and it's berry buy 1 get 1 free time! I came across this very berry pie at My Food and Life Encounters and the name of it was just too cute to resist! I was intrigued by its name, bumbleberry. It's not just another type of weir (read full article)

Dessert, recipe, Sweet

Apr 21

Food in Macau, Cheng Chau & Lamma Island

澳門 MacauMacau was a Portuguese colony and in 1999, it became one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong. It is the world's most densely populated place to live in and is well known a (read full article)

Asian, chinese, Dessert, Restaurant Review, Seafood, snack, Sweet, travel, Travel-eating. Hong Kong

Apr 17

Desserts & Snacks in Hong Kong

I can easily imagine this post to be the most popular one… we certainly managed to squeeze in a lot of snacks and after-dinner-sweets in our trip. We were really struck with how soft the buns here were (I’m referring to the bread buns of course†(read full article)

Asian, chinese, Dessert, Restaurant Review, snack, Sweet, travel, Travel-eating. Hong Kong

Mar 06

The Best Macarons?! Pierre Hermé in London

Reviewed by The Wild Boar I am somewhat of a noob when it comes to macarons but the general feeling I got is that Ladurée had the best ones in London. However, back in native Paris, naturally the competition was a fair bit tougher with Pierre Hermà (read full article)

Dessert, french, London, Product Review, Sweet

Mar 03

Tea & Chocolate?!

When I think of chocolate products, mint and orange come into mind, never tea. As far as I can remember, my only experience with tea and chocolate was the watery white chocolate and green tea filling that I made for macarons, which failed. Oh, and th (read full article)

Dessert, Product Review, Sweet

Feb 22

Valentine's Day Dinner Dessert - Strawberries & Creme Pattissiere

To wrap things up, I served strawbrries with creme patissiere and crushed meringue kisses that I made just before Valentine's day.This is really simple to make. You can prepare the creme and strawberries the day before, assemble everything on the d (read full article)

Dessert, egg, food photography, recipe, Sweet

Feb 13

Pineapple Rolls

These cookies are a must-have during Chinese New Year! Firstly, they are auspicious cookies because pineapples in Chinese Hokkien dialect is call 'Ong Lai' and the 'Ong' means 'Prosperity', 'Lai' means 'come. In Cantonese 'Wong Lai', the 'Wong' is 'y (read full article)

Asian, baked, cookie, Dessert, food photography, recipe, Sweet

Feb 10

When Green Tea Meets Butter Cookies

This is my 2nd favourite Chinese New Year cookie. First is always pineapple tarts of course (will be posting that recipe soon too). These babies are so sinfully buttery, they are crisp on the outside but tender on the inside...so good. Made some w (read full article)

Asian, baked, chinese, cookie, Dessert, food photography, recipe, Sweet

Feb 08

Baby Meringues...and a 'Married Life' Apron!

So...someone asked me what I did with 20 egg whites after making the cake with 20 egg yolks. Most of them are still in the freezer to be honest. I've used a bit for cookie glaze and some of it for... Meringues! I really didn't know what to do with (read full article)

baked, Dessert, egg, food photography, Product Review, recipe, Sweet

Feb 06

Chinese New Year Almond Cookies

"...my favourite cookie texture is where when I hold it, it doesn't crumble in my hand that I have to be so careful with it. But when you pop it in the mouth and press it against your lelangit (a Malay word for palate), it crumbles/crushes, followed (read full article)

cookie, Dessert, food photography, recipe, Sweet

Feb 03

A Not So Successful Cake with 20 Egg Yolks!

Kek Lapis or Indonesian Layer Cake is a really popular snack in Malaysia. We eat this a lot when we were young, not knowing what was in the cake then of course. It's really rich and bursting with wonderful flavours. It's been on my to-cook list for a (read full article)

baked, cake, Dessert, food photography, recipe, Sweet

Jan 12

Vegan Chocolate Avocado Cake with Avocado Buttercream Frosting

Still with me? hehe...When I saw this at Joy the baker, I was intrigued and at the same time skeptical. Avocado? No eggs? Healthy? I'm not usually a huge fan of healthy, low-fat desserts as they normally taste...well...low-fat, you know what I mean (read full article)

cake, Dessert, food photography, recipe, Sweet

Dec 24

Nigella's Clementine Cake

How I miss cherries and all those juicy berries, but all we have now are apples, pears and oranges. I have nothing against oranges but I hate peeling them. When I came across this recipe at Smitten Kitchen's a year ago, I was intrigued. It uses whole (read full article)

cake, Dessert, food photography, recipe, Sweet

Dec 13

Christmas Pudding, The Best That I've Ever Tasted?

A few weeks ago when I asked the wild boar what he wants to eat on Christmas besides the usual roast turkey and brussel sprouts, he suggested a Christmas pudding for dessert. As I wrote it down on my shopping list, he added "home-made". I of course i (read full article)

Dessert, food photography, Sweet

Nov 25

Steamed Egg with Milk Custard (鮮奶燉蛋)

My sister is here on vacation and she stays with me if she's not globetrotting in Europe. Very much like me, she has a sweet tooth, so after every meal, she'd ask me what's for dessert. I have to admit that I've been really lazy and on a semi-hiberna (read full article)

Dessert, egg, food photography, recipe, steamed, Sweet

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