December 31, 2008
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It’s that time of the year again to take stock of one’s life and review the year that has passed. It’s almost hard to believe that I left Europe a year ago. It feels more like a lifetime away. I … Continue reading
December 27, 2008
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I read quite a lot of stuff – magazines, books, blogs, newspapers, news websites – but the best literary companion is always a book that I can stuff in my bag and carry around with me wherever I go. A book … Continue reading
December 25, 2008
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A decorated chocolate cake from Lana, the pioneer of the chocolate sponge cake with fudge topping in Singapore. Imagine, my first birthday cake was from there. My dad bought this cake yesterday and I was surprised to see the Christmas … Continue reading
December 24, 2008
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I got this information from a Chinese food website and it tells us the foods to avoid before consulting a Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor. I hope you’ll find it useful. 1. Don’t drink cow’s milk and soy bean milk. Drinking … Continue reading
December 22, 2008
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OK OK, since the mystery of the previous post has been already revealed by my careless mistake of titling the photo, here’s an early revelation of the answer. This package arrived on Saturday and I was very excited to receive … Continue reading
December 21, 2008
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Guess what this is? Answer to be revealed in next blog post! 🙂
December 19, 2008
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Went to try the famed fried rice at Chen Fu Ji the other night at their flagship outlet located at Riverside Point. I don’t know if I’m missing something, but I really wasn’t impressed by it. I didn’t think the … Continue reading
December 16, 2008
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An American couple, both high school teachers, decided to try an experiment for a month – they wanted to see how they would fare spending only $1 a day per person on food. For breakfast they survived on plain oatmeal … Continue reading
December 11, 2008
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If you’re interested in food writing, I’d recommend Michael Ruhlman’s books ‘cos after having read two of them, The Soul of a Chef: The Pursuit of Perfection and The Reach of a Chef: Professional Cooking in the Age of Celebrity, … Continue reading
December 9, 2008
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Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. ~ Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste, 1825 Sui Mai’s comment in my previous post made me understand why she married her boy – a durian-loving angmoh … Continue reading