my way of Birchermüesli
March 16, 2010 – 3:28 pm | 12 Comments

 
I know how popular Birchermüesli is in Switzerland but it never looks appealing to me, I see them serving in the hotel breakfasts all the time but I never dare to try. The reason is …

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(Salted) Caramel popcorns with nuts
December 18, 2009 – 10:31 pm | 8 Comments
(Salted) Caramel popcorns with nuts

Will you buy a big bucket of popcorn when you go for a movie in the cinema?  Not sure if you will feel the same as me as I feel most of the time, the choice of the popcorn flavor is …

Mango pomelo sago dessert (楊枝甘露)
November 12, 2009 – 10:35 pm | 25 Comments
Mango pomelo sago dessert (楊枝甘露)

I have fallen in love with these two tropical fruits: mango and pomelo recently, if you have seen my earlier posts, you would now what I mean. I have made a mango & black n’ white glutinous …

Thai dessert: mango with black & white glutinous (sticky) rice
October 22, 2009 – 3:30 pm | 13 Comments
Thai dessert: mango with black & white glutinous (sticky) rice

 
I have seen these Thai yellow mangoes available in the supermarkets and the Asian grocery store here. They are the best the mangoes in the world. The green redish ones are more easily accessible here but they …

cake n’cheesecake
October 8, 2009 – 3:55 am | 15 Comments
cake n’cheesecake

Recently we went to a dinner party, I was so intrigued by this cheesecake made by my friend, Nesrin.  At first I thought that was New York Cheesecake but she told me that it is called Cake n’Cheesecake, …

zesty lemon limoncello cake
September 13, 2009 – 8:51 pm | 13 Comments
zesty lemon limoncello cake

Having done a few hours gardening today, it was like working out. After resting, all of a sudden I wanted to bake a cake but after baking two chocolate cakes in a row, we need to have …

almost flourless sinfully rich chocolate cake
September 8, 2009 – 12:22 pm | 24 Comments
almost flourless sinfully rich chocolate cake

Last night at 9pm I baked an Almost Flourless Sinful Chocolate Cake. All of a sudden, I felt like making something with chocolate, I have restrainted myself from baking lately due to my detox mindset. However, …

Christa’s Austrian apricot & prunes dumplings (Marillenknödel & Zwetschgenknödel)
August 28, 2009 – 8:37 pm | 9 Comments
Christa’s Austrian apricot & prunes dumplings (Marillenknödel & Zwetschgenknödel)

Apricots and prunes are in season, last week I was invited to a friend’s place for dinner. She was going to make Marillenknödel. To be honest, I was feeling skeptical of having a sweet dish …

chocoholic III: …melt…chocolate boutique in Notting Hill, London
August 7, 2009 – 1:04 pm | 12 Comments
chocoholic III: …melt…chocolate boutique in Notting Hill, London

When Chocoholic meets Shopaholic……………….
In my earlier post on Notting Hill, I mentioned that my main purpose of visiting Notting Hill was actually to visit …melt chocolate boutique, located in the fashionable area of Westborne Grove, the …

chocoholic II: chocolate exhibition Lucern Museum of History, Switzerland, Apr – Aug 2009
June 24, 2009 – 10:23 am | 12 Comments
chocoholic II: chocolate exhibition Lucern Museum of History, Switzerland, Apr – Aug 2009

I have recently been to a chocolate exhibition in Lucern Museum of History. The exhibition will last until August.
To all chocolate lovers, I hope you will enjoy these photos I have selected for you : …

chocoholic Part I: haute couture Beschle chocolatier in Basel, Switzerland
June 18, 2009 – 9:20 am | 4 Comments
chocoholic Part I: haute couture Beschle chocolatier in Basel, Switzerland

Back dated in February when I visited Florida, I was fortunate to go behind the scene of Steamy Kitchen’s TV show. She talked about chocolate that day because Valentine’s Day was approaching that week,and there I came …

wild strawberries with cream
June 11, 2009 – 4:12 pm | 12 Comments
wild strawberries with cream

Wild strawberry is also called Fraises des Bois, European Strawberry and Alpine Strawberry. It grows naturally in the North Hemisphere. The science name is Fragaria vesca.
The first time I came across these lovely wild strawberries …

perhaps the best crêpe in the world: La Crêperie de Hampstead
June 11, 2009 – 2:50 pm | 15 Comments
perhaps the best crêpe in the world: La Crêperie de Hampstead

 
A lot of Londoner would know Hampstead Crêperie because the long queue at night have not changed a bit since I was still in University, they had been in the press many times.
“Friend” of mine took me there …