I have been busy with Spring cleaning, never like cleaning but don’t know why I got into mood of tidying up things. There are days like this, I suppose. Our garden is now in good …

With some asparagus and lemongrass stock left from the asparagus bacon risotto. I made two glasses of asparagus cappuccino as starter the following day, it was like the frothy soup I have tried in the …

I was meant to finish posting this a few days ago but was distracted with other things in particular in doing the ground work for moving to my new domain. And today I have finally …

What is Gobo (burdock root)?
Gobo is a root vegetable and also known as a medicinal herb. It is a very common in Japanese cuisine.

Gobo, before peeling
The first time I tried Gobo was in Hong Kong some years …

 
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 …

Onigiri, the Japanese rice balls, is very common to eat at lunch or as part of the bento (lunchbox), in the past I would occasionally buy a piece of onigiri from the Japanese supermarket and eat as …

Found some very fresh big scallop this afternoon and thought of sliced them up and make a scallop sashimi. Then I thought can I do something different, here I came up something really good as …

 
I still have a pumpkin bought from a farmers’ market earlier on in late Autumn keeping in the garage, I have not checked for a long time and thought it has turned bad and luckily it is …

My hands are getting itchy from not needing to do any cooking in the last days. Therefore I have offered to prepare the New Year’s Dinner at my in-laws home for the family. I have …

When I woke up this morning, I see everything was covered white outside. It was said that it may still be snowing for the next couple of days. Luckily my car has just got in time …

 
 as seen in TasteSpotting #28577, 09.12.08 & Photograzing, 18.12.08
Learnt from Rosa’s Yum Yum’s post on Pecan Sandies that there is a worldwide cookie event called “Eat Christmas Cookies” by Susan at “Food Blogga” (USA), so I …

Food Event: A-Fruit-A-Month (AFAM) initiated by Maheswari from Beyond the Usual
Recently I was referred to a food event called A Fruit A Month (AFAM) by Ivy from kopiaste. And the Fruit selected for September was Gooseberry hosted by Vani from Illatharasi. …