November 2010

Mixed Feelings About Momofuku Noodle Bar

November 30, 2010

Wide awake at 3am in the morning in New York, I invite you to relive my first visit to the famous Momofuku Noodles Bar… Sit with me at the bar counter for a view of the kitchen and the way the chefs and cooks work behind the counter… I have to admit my first exposure [...]

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Bourke Street Bakery’s Ginger Brulee Tart

November 23, 2010

For the last few days,I held the Bourke Street Bakery cookbook close to me like a bible. I would be poring over it in the kitchen,on the couch before the TV and finally before I turn in for the night in bed…. There are many good things in the book that get you excited. The [...]

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Bourke Street Bakery’s Passion Fruit Meringue Tart

November 21, 2010

During my previous trip to Sydney, I had lugged back the very hefty but highly raved baking cookbook, Bourke Street Bakery- The Ultimate Baking Companion. Authored by chefs Paul Allam and David Mcguinness, this is possibly one of the most generous and truthful cookbook I have come across in a long time – a true baking bible. The forward [...]

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Egg Dumpling – 煎蛋角

November 16, 2010

I was watching Masterchef US on TV last week . One of the elimination challenges was to cook a perfect egg dish using just one precious egg. The contestants had to prepare a dish that sheds spotlight on the egg itself. Simple as it sounds , most contestants were striving to ensure that their dish [...]

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Pandan Kaya Souffle – A Failed Experiment

November 12, 2010

A failed experiment that needs further tweaking and I am not suprised nor discouraged by the outcome. It is normally easier to modify a savoury dish but baking calls for better precision. So when it occured to me to use the Pandan Coconut Custard to make this souffle dish, I was already deliberating about the [...]

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Hershey’s Kisses Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

November 8, 2010

Please believe me when I tell you that this cookies are awfully delicious. Do yourself a big favour, bookmark and bake this cookie soon! It is that good. A cookie made with almost equal parts of peanut butter and fat and kissed by a Hershey chocolate droplet- anyone should be able to pull this off and [...]

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Yau Char Kuai – Fried Bread Dough Served with Thai Coconut Custard

November 6, 2010

We have a saying in Chinese that goes like this… 吃饱饭没事做. Literal translation of that is ‘Having nothing better to do after being fed’. The phrase is normally used to describe people who choose to engage in frivolous, meaningless deeds. As I kneaded the dough with perspiration beads forming on my fore head, that phrase resonated [...]

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Pandanus Hotcakes With Coconut Custard

November 4, 2010

Wendy of Table for 2…or More is one of the first few food bloggers I had gotten to know when I started blogging a year ago. She was one of the first few who started to drop by with encouraging comments and useful advice at my blog. I still recall when I first visited her [...]

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Su Jae Bee – Korean Style Mee Hoon Kueh

November 1, 2010

I know many envy me when they hear that I get to travel to Korea for business. My response is usually more lukewarm. I am not a star struck fan of Korean Dramas – I have probably only watched one Korean drama over the last 2 years. The smooth faced actors and actresses are all perfectly [...]