white asparagus salad with soy vinaigrette dressing
May 13, 2012 – 11:55 pm | 5 Comments

Hubby has gone for a long business trip for 10 days, I am using this opportunity to eat as little meat and carb as possible.
Today is Mother’s Day, to be honest, Marc is not even …

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Mini Tomato Mozzarelline Skewers
June 13, 2011 – 10:03 pm | 13 Comments
Mini Tomato Mozzarelline Skewers

In Switzerland, it is very easy to buy mozzarella, in all sizes. These mini mozzarella (mozzarelline) is perfect to serve as a snack with an aperitif. I have a lot of basil leaves at home …

How to make your own marinated olives
May 6, 2011 – 9:35 pm | 6 Comments
How to make your own marinated olives

One of my neighbours always has some marinated or non-marinated olives at home, because their daughters love them so much. I have always want to make myself some as the way she told me sounds …

Gyudon (牛丼), Japanese Beef Rice Bowl
May 20, 2010 – 4:51 pm | 16 Comments
Gyudon (牛丼), Japanese Beef Rice Bowl

When I crave for some Japanese food at home, cooking one bowl rice dish is the most ideal to fulfill my desire. The other day, I made Japanese beef bowl which is known as  Gyudon. Gyudon is very common  at Japanese …

Wafuu Pastuta (japanese style pasta)
April 10, 2010 – 9:51 pm | 15 Comments
Wafuu Pastuta (japanese style pasta)

Just came back from our Easter break in France (Normandy and Paris), it was a very nice holiday as the weather turned out to be better than forecasted which made the whole trip more pleasant.  I have organised …

Heavenly Banoffee Pie
March 26, 2010 – 8:19 pm | 19 Comments
Heavenly Banoffee Pie

The first time I had Banoffee pie was years ago after my final year exam. That evening I went out with my Malaysian friend to a restaurant in Covent Garden. We only went there for a …

penne alla vodka
January 24, 2010 – 6:27 pm | 19 Comments
penne alla vodka

The other day when I saw my friend wrote that she was going to make penne alla vodka, it immediately intrigued me as it was the first time I heard about this pasta dish, apparently …

linguine with tartufata (truffle sauce)
January 12, 2010 – 4:22 pm | 16 Comments
linguine with tartufata (truffle sauce)

This winter has brought a lot of snow across Europe. Honestly I am not that excited about the snowy condition, it brings a lot of inconvenience to our daily life. Having said that I like …

easy chinese steamed eggplant (aubergine)
November 21, 2009 – 10:18 pm | 17 Comments
easy chinese steamed eggplant (aubergine)

 

After the duck nigiri sushi, I need to make something simple last night. This steamed eggplant has been on my to-cook list for a long time. It is extremely easy to prepare.  The minimum ingredients you will …

chinese shrimp roe noodle (蝦子麵) with XO sauce
October 16, 2009 – 4:56 pm | 11 Comments
chinese shrimp roe noodle (蝦子麵) with XO sauce

All of you would be familiar to Italian pasta, Asian rice vermicelli noodles, Japanese ramen, udon, buckwheat noodles, Chinese Ho Fan, Instant noodles, etc. I would like to share the egg noodles which I used to eat a lot when …

Tuscany part 3: stracchino & sausage crostini
August 24, 2009 – 3:37 pm | 9 Comments
Tuscany part 3: stracchino & sausage crostini

So if you have followed my travels, I still have some Tuscan recipes I learnt which I promised to post. Here is one for you today. It is extremely easy to make and great for your …

japanese pocket baked mushrooms
April 8, 2009 – 10:54 pm | 5 Comments
japanese pocket baked mushrooms

I was so excited the other day that I found these mixed mushrooms in the Swiss COOP supermarket, they are like the Japanese Enoki mushrooms. In the pack they have white and brown ones, plus some shiitake. On …

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