Annual Christmas dinner was at my Uncle's place. As usual, it's pot luck and as usual, I bring the dessert. Though last year I took my quinoa with chickpea, spinach and haloumi but that didn't go down so well. Most of my family isn't that adventurous when it comes to food. So I'd best stick to more...

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 Christmas eve dinner was with a vegetarian household with 3 kids under the age of 12. So I was thinking to make something interesting but not too weird. A quick trip to the Asian grocery store resulted in this of idea. Inari sushi pockets with teriyaki flavoured mock-duck. This Inari dish was very...

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Here I was thinking my previous post would be the last one for the year as I was due to travel for the rest of the year. That was abruptly cut short, thanks to Cyclone Evan who hit Fiji on the 17th Dec 2012. We experienced the brunt of this category 4 hurricane...

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Yesterday, Summer officially started in Sydney. Not just the 40*C heat wave, but the festivities and eating way too much!  Happy birthday Winky Poo! :) December party no. #1 - my nephew's 10th birthday  Nathan has always loved LEGO. At a very young age, he was completing LEGO sets way beyond his years....

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Home alone on a week night. I had all good intentions to do nothing! Spend some quality time with my sofa and the TV. Maybe bring some popcorn to the party. It started off well. Cooking shows! Yah – then Poh comes on. Which is great, coz I love her shows. She started...

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I've said it before, but I'll say it again, how good is goat’s cheese!? I had a bit left in the fridge I wanted to use up and it just so happen to come across this recipe on taste.com.au. Good thing about savoury muffins, they make a great snack or a breakfast on the run. I...

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I was asked if I could make Grandma’s Bean Curd. My reaction... "Ehhhh… I don't know how your grandma makes bean curd, buddy!". No! that tofu dish you get at the Chinese takeaway shop. GRANDMA’S bean curd! Me: Sure! Note to self – must Google Grandma’s bean curd. After searching around I got this gist of this infamous...

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After reading Much a Munch’s recent blog post – I got inspired. I've never cooked with Pandan flavouring before, but love the unique fragrance. This weekend I went past the Asian grocery store and combed the isles looking for some sort of Pandan flavouring. I found Pandan extract. A little vial size container, only 90...

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