Yesterday, 8th March, was Shrove Tuesday, or – more commonly known in our all-inclusive society today – Pancake Day. Pancake Day isn’t that commonly celebrated outside the western world, but for those of you in Asia who may have heard about it but don’t know where it comes from, Shrove Tuesday is the day before […]
A couple of my friends know that I’ve been trying to live a smidge healthier of late – a little exercise, aiming for my 8 glasses of water per day, and adding some vegetables into the dietary mix. Nothing too drastic – I’m not giving up meat or fat or beer, and I think I […]
I’ve been in a little bit of a cooking-rut. I’m not entirely sure how it started or when exactly this happened, but for the last couple of weeks, I’ve been starting to feel like I lost my kitchen-mojo. The first instance I remember was when I left a rib of beef in the SVS for […]
As much as I love roast beef (and roast beef dinners), I find that what I look forward to more than the actual dinner is the leftovers. Wafer thin slices of cold roast beef, rewarmed in a little gravy, piled atop lightly buttered bread with various accoutrements like caramelised onions, blistered cheese, mustard, and – […]
This Christmas was quiet for us – a couple of small dinners with close friends but no huge parties, mostly due to the majority of our friends being back (or permanently) in Singapore, so it was a pretty tame affair. The weather’s also been pretty erratic, with Christmas Day itself being rather chilly, which – […]
