Entries Tagged as 'Eating In'

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Hot Chocolate and Lane Crawford

Lane Crawford is a shopping haven for the well-heeled in Hong Kong. If you’re not familiar with the brand, think of a department store, then replace every single item in it with luxury brands, like Prada, Zegna, and a few dozen other less-known (but equally expensive) ones. But we’ve already established that I’m not really […]

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

Full Cats Are Happy

There are three happy cats in this house. Nomnomnomnomnom. :)

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Lemon Ginger Bundt Cake

I’m really more of a cook than a baker. I like the heat of the kitchen, the reliance on taste, sight, smell and feel to prepare and execute a dish whose flavours meld together on a warmed dinner plate, hastened by that rush of adrenaline where everything has to be brought together, seasonings corrected, and […]

Friday, December 12th, 2008

The Most Important Meal of the Day

Sadly, the most important meal of the day is also often the most neglected. Because I’m the farthest thing you could find from a “morning person”, I’m rarely in the mood to cook anything that takes longer than 3 minutes to rustle up. In other words, my breakfasts – when they actually manifest as a […]

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Basil Fro-Yo

If I were to be completely honest, I’m not a huge fan of yoghurt. I don’t particularly like it plain, and I don’t even really like the fruity versions (apart from the strawberry-flavoured Meiji single-serve tubs I used to find in Cold Storage in Singapore). But this? I love.