Day 2 was a whirlwind of activities, after a a delicious breakfast of dough fritters (youtiao) and soya bean milk (dou jiang) and a shared bowl of yummy wanton noodles and assorted side dishes among 9 people, we got on cabs that we hired for the day to bring us round. Stop 1 was Jiu Fen…… Continue reading Day 2 of 4 in Taipei – WALK, EAT AND SHOP TILL YOU DROP!
This is my 1st time making chiffon cake and boy does the cake deflate upon cooling! Josephine’s Recipes made making this very straightforward and the recipe was easy to follow. From pureeing the strawberries to taking it out of the oven, the whole process took me about 2 hours and it took the cake about an…… Continue reading Monday Bakes – Strawberry Chiffon Cake
I don’t necessarily need more bags, but I saw this on Markkit, fell in lust and decided to add it to the cart. Browsed around a little more and found another bag, threw it in the cart, waffled about which to get and said “heck it, I’m getting both.” I’m justifying it by telling myself…… Continue reading Bags, Bags, Bags
One box off my bucket list. I’ve been wanting to eat at Red Star Restaurant for the longest time. The draw was not only delicious dim sum but that they still retained the old style of having the dim sum ladies pushing trolleys of dim sum around the restaurant. Once a prevalent practice in most…… Continue reading 红星 Red Star Restaurant – Dim Sum Heaven
Another book, another recipe. I had to stop reading in order to search for a suitable recipe when the book I was reading mentioned a raspberry twist coffee cake. Granted, I thought there was actual coffee in it, but no matter. After searching through tons of recipes for raspberry coffee cake online, I came across a…… Continue reading Decadent Raspberry Crumb Coffee Cake
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