Entries Tagged as 'Fuss-Free'

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 […]

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.

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Exo Aglio

I have a friend who hates prawns, lobster, crabs, and everything with an exoskeleton. She says they’ve got an “exoskeleton taste”, all the while wrinkling her nose. I think she’s mad – I love that flavour to bits. Prawns, in particular – not just for the taste but also for the ease with which their […]

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Linguine with Spicy Crabmeat and Pine Nuts

Whenever bunny and I have guests over for a fussy-ish dinner, more often that not, she gets asked if she eats “like this” (read: if I cook fancy, fussy, multi-course dinners with LOADS of washing up after….) every day. Obviously, she doesn’t. In fact, most of the time when we eat in, I cook really […]