Beef and Fennel Meatballs

  Hello again!! It has been awhile since I my last post..what can I say? I have so much admiration for people who do this on a regular (read once a week minimum) basis. While on the blog hiatus, I have been thinking of what to post. I realise that what I cook for dinner…

Beef Rendang

Slow cooked beef in a spicy, sour, lime-y, thick gravy eaten with coconut rice, some achar and sayur lodeh! Gosh my mouth is watering already. Rendang has got to be one of my favourite dishes. I don't know what it is about the dish that makes it so more-ish. It's M favourite as well, lucky…

The holiday season

December was a busy month; apart of S and K taking turns falling sick, there was S's school winter market to bake for, K's daycare christmas party, M's annual lab christmas party and small bakes that we do for people at our local Saturday market. The gingerbread houses were done as our annual first advent…

Quiche

I am one who generally cooks one meal for the whole family; but that means not eating things that I (we, including M) like, mushrooms is one such example (don't ask, I don't know how BOTH our kids have an aversion to mushrooms).  There are a few dishes that I make exceptions to making two…

Baby Shower cake

I was asked to make a cake for a my friend's colleague's surprise baby shower. I was excited to do this as it would give me a chance to work with gumpaste decorations. I had the idea of making little booties which would sit on top of an 8-inch round cake (victoria sponge with a…

End of 2016

What a year it has been! After Japan, which is where I left off, we spent 6 months in Singapore. It was great to be home, closer to the grandparents and to be able to get good food and fresh asian produce! The kids had a blast, needless to say they were indulged in every…

Japan 2016

I have been a little inactive these past few months, with valid reason. We spent most of December back in Singapore, eating as much food as humanly possible, soaking in the warm tropical christmas spirit and spending time with my parents. January and February saw us on the Island of Shikoku, in Japan, in the…

Japan- Ehime and Tokyo

Matsuyama, Ehime It is an island that is known for its pilgrimage route. There are 88 temples scattered throughout the island and it takes about 45 days to visit all of them, on foot. There was a great documentary done by PBS called “Sacred Journeys” and Shikoku was featured as part of this series.  In…

Leftover day

Any day is leftover day really. I was working from home yesterday and didn't want to head out for lunch, so I poked about in the kitchen and pulled out these ingredients; figured I could make my version of a Waldorf salad. I diced the roast chicken (all of what you see in the picture),…

London

Before Berlin, there was London. M lived there for 6 years and I for 3.5. There were highs and there were lows; we were a Postdoc and PhD student living in London! There was only so much we could do but what we did was a lot of fun! Going back now with kids has…