My recent whereabouts & Carrot Coriander Soup Recipe
February 5, 2012 – 12:22 am | 2 Comments

Feeling pretty bad that I cannot post regularly lately, one of the reasons is that I have finally decided to take some German lessons. I have always had phobia to learn German due to previous …

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effortless grilled chicken Wings with Asian spices
March 21, 2009 – 1:00 am | 7 Comments
effortless grilled chicken Wings with Asian spices

When I was thinking which recipe to submit to BloggerAid, I was struggling if I should submit this grilled galangal chicken wings or the Chinese Potato Pancakes with a Swiss touch, quite a tough call! …

korean style braised beef brisket (galbi jjim)
March 19, 2009 – 10:02 pm | 11 Comments
korean style braised beef brisket (galbi jjim)

Snow Hiking at Muottas Muragl 2456m, Samedan-Engadin, St Moritz
Just came back from St Moritz and catching up with things and back to normal daylife. Every time when I have been away and back home, I …

chinese sweet potato dessert (蕃薯糖水)
March 15, 2009 – 10:19 am | 10 Comments
chinese sweet potato dessert (蕃薯糖水)

When I was trying to make the Western desserts, I seem to have almost forgotten my hometown desserts. Well, I have to say my family do not eat desserts very much, my mom does not have sweet …

sweet potato rice congee (地瓜粥/ 蕃薯粥)
March 12, 2009 – 10:42 pm | 7 Comments
sweet potato rice congee (地瓜粥/ 蕃薯粥)

Feel miserable the whole day because of the headache keeps coming and going. Just having the Ginger, Lemon & Honey (GLH) tea and Chinese Herbal tea, Xia Sang Giu (夏桑菊) are not enough. Time to eat …

Immune boost drink: Ginger, Lemon & Honey (GLH) tea
March 12, 2009 – 12:20 pm | 5 Comments
Immune boost drink: Ginger, Lemon & Honey (GLH) tea

Thanks to Carmen’s advice, my best buddy in Basel. It is so good to have someone who have the same mother tongue and with similar cultural background. I told her about my headache and she said her mom had always made …

Chinese herbal tea (涼茶), Xia Sang Giu (夏桑菊)
March 11, 2009 – 2:29 pm | 16 Comments
Chinese herbal tea (涼茶), Xia Sang Giu (夏桑菊)

Don’t know why after dinner last night, I had a headache all of a sudden, so I went to bed a bit earlier than usual. Fell asleep but woke up a few times in the …

Zoo Zürich: Happy Feet and many more….
March 9, 2009 – 12:51 am | 15 Comments
Zoo Zürich: Happy Feet and many more….

After consecutive days of heavy rain/ wet snow, we finally had a reasonably sunny day in Basel. We have spent a few good hours in Zoo Zürich yesterday. In fact, we have arrived a little late …

what’s for lunch today at borough market, london?
March 4, 2009 – 11:27 pm | 12 Comments
what’s for lunch today at borough market, london?

Last Thursday I have spent a long lunch at London’s Borough market. It’s opened on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Saturday would be the best day to go but Thursday was the only day I could go. Nevertheless, I enjoyed …

roast rack of lamb: two different mustard sauces to choose
March 4, 2009 – 1:21 am | 14 Comments
roast rack of lamb: two different mustard sauces to choose

Early on in January, I received an unexpected email from Carman, a long-lost friend that she was coming to Europe and perhaps she could spend a few days in Switzerland. I was very happy indeed and invited her to …

white chocolate soufflé with orange liqueur sauce
March 2, 2009 – 12:41 am | 8 Comments
white chocolate soufflé with orange liqueur sauce

After the great success from last night’s Chocolate Soufflé, Peter asked if we can make a soufflé with white chocolate, he is absolutely a white chocolate lover, after I said why not, he immediately went to the kitchen and started melting the …

bittman’s foolproof chocolate soufflé
March 1, 2009 – 2:01 am | 8 Comments
bittman’s foolproof chocolate soufflé

 
Yesterday when I was waiting at the airport lounge, I watched the podcast of Bittman’s Chocolate Soufflé in my iPhone and tonight I was tempted to try it out.
It was 11pm, a bit late to make but tomorrow is …

non-alcoholic cocktail: lime, grenadine & tonic
February 28, 2009 – 12:09 am | No Comment
non-alcoholic cocktail: lime, grenadine & tonic

I was initially going to make lime soda to go with our Pad Thai but the normal Swiss supermarket does not have soda water, so we bought Indian Tonic Water instead. And here I have come …

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