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The richness of duck eggs

I’m still desperately trying to visit all the restaurants on my pre-departure eat list but thought I’d share a little treat I whipped up at home last week. Duck egg is the richer and some may say...

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My London: Sweet treats

Hello from Singapore! Thank you so much for your well wishes before I left. I’ve now been here for 3 days and am settling in fine although have not really ventured around the island much. The warm...

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My London: Bocca Di Lupo for a taste of Italy

Bocca Di Lupo was a surprise discovery for me in 2011 (read my review here). I love that the dishes are inspired by actual regional dishes from Italy, from Sardinia to Rome to Bologna. The ‘small...

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My London: Sushi of Shiori – my guilty pleasure

I first read about Sushi of Shiori through Londoneater’s blog. Since then, this little sushi restaurant has become a little guilty pleasure of mine. The quality of the sashimi and sushi has been worth...

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My London…

… today, I am simply missing the quiet in you. Photo taken in Hyde Park, London. January 2012. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: London

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On not-so-familiar ground: My first month in Singapore

Today marks a month since K and I relocated to Singapore. We’ve spent the last few weeks catching up with family and friends in the region, and are settling in moderately well. Why only moderately, you...

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Singapore: Food centre etiquette

Above: Fresh fruits at Tanjong Pagar food centre Over the last few weeks, my initiation into life as an expatriate in Singapore has been enriched by friendly new colleagues who have shared the task of...

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Easing back into the kitchen with a Yum Woon Sen

Hi all! Thanks for sticking around and your continued support on the blog. Unbelievably, Chef K and I marked our three months move here to Singapore a few days ago. Can you believe that we’re STILL...

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No bake Oreo chocolate cherry tarts – because I’m still oven-less!

I haven’t been baking. At all. My excuse since we moved to Singapore in the last 6 months was that we do not currently own an oven here. However, when I saw Mowiekay’s blogpost on these no bake oreo...

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Mentaiko or spicy pollock roe pasta

One of the advantages about our move to Singapore is the easy availability of Japanese ingredients. In London, I used to shop at Japan Centre and a few other smaller Japanese grocery stores along...

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Hello you, gorgeous… uumm…mushroom soup.

Practice makes perfect… and if not, it hopefully makes for at least improvements to whatever the task at hand is. So you know what happens when you don’t practise, you move increasingly further away...

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Recipe for watermelon, feta and black olive salad

Watermelons are sold in abundance here, so is ice-cold watermelon juice. Both are heaven-sent in Singapore’s hot climate. Along with sugarcane juice, watermelon juice makes it to the top of my list as...

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Recipe for my happy minestrone soup

If you kindly subscribe to my blog you may notice that this is my third blog post in as many weeks. After a 6 month hiatus. You know how that saying goes: You wait for a bus for ages and none arrive....

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Celebrating simplicity with a butter loaf cake

Now that I’ve started writing here again, I’ve also started going through some of the food blogs I subscribe to. I’m talking about a hundred food blogs or so here. The thing is, there are so many...

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Recipe for kimchi fried rice

Truth be told, I am writing this and I am absolutely knackered. I have just run my second half-marathon in Singapore. The first one I ran was in December last year and I don’t remember it being so...

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Recipe for stir-fried Korean sweet potato noodles (jap chae)

Hello! Are you starting to think I’m turning Korean – what with my kimchi fried rice last week and now, another Korean recipe? No, seriously, I’m still very much oriental on the outside, rather...

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Seared scallops salad with blood orange vinaigrette

Every once in a while, I come across a recipe from one of the lovely blogs I follow which makes me go “Wow! I need to make that dish NOW!”. Then I’ll look at the ingredients and be disappointed because...

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Avocado and cranberries smoothie

Sometimes, eating out and eating healthily in Singapore is not easy, something which Chef K and I discovered a few months after our relocation here. Sure, there are lots of good food, but most of what...

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A simple mid-week dinner: Spinach and cherry tomatoes pasta

2 months. Has it been that long since my last post? It wasn’t intentional. Honest. In 2 months, I’ve been back in the UK for a couple of weeks, went away for work a week and in between, tried to...

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Lemon and thyme roast chicken pieces with roast vegetables

I love cooking up simple and rustic dishes, and this unassuming yet flavourful dish of roast chicken pieces fits the bill perfectly. There’s minimal preparation and the flavours from the lemon, thyme...

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