Happy Chinese New Year, everyone! T’is the Year of the mighty Dragon! Here is a preview of some dishes from my twelve-course banquet next week – stay tuned for some recipes! While the Pek...
Five out of the Top Ten Cities for Foodies are in Asia, with Tokyo and Beijing in the top two places! What is your favourite? From: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/b logs/the-backpacker/the-worlds -best-c...
There is nothing more mystical than the ceremony of kungfu tea (gongfu cha). It is both art and science – from the theatrics of rinsing the tea leaves to the precision of the water temperature. The c...
Eat Drink Man Woman China. With over 1.3 billion tastebuds, food is truly at the heart of the Middle Kingdom. It is a foodie’s paradise, where one constantly stumbles upon something new, exotic and e...
The Borough Markets in London is quite an institution. As one of the oldest wholesale fruits and vegies market in London, it has a history that dates back to medieval times when the market was locate...
Wills chocolate biscuit cake The Queen has put on a banquet in honour of the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Buckingham Palace for around 650 guests. Here’s a peek of the 10,000+ canapés s...
For the last few months now, Mimi and Katie’s food blog has been a source of tantalising distraction in those many moments in between everything else I do when I am not thinking about my next m...
Swoon over Peter Gilmore‘s temple of culinary delights: from the famous guava and custard apple snow egg that featured on last year’s Masterchef finals to the exquisite and beautiful R...
Mexican food is one of my favourite cuisines. Unfortunately, outside Mexico, it has long been associated with greasy and unhealthy fast food. Real Mexican cuisine is completely different – with...
Wok & roll! Our Beef Brisket Rice Noodles with Baby Gailan in XO Sauce may have pleased our meat-lovers, but we have certainly saved the best for all our vegie-loving friends! Dried bean curd is ...
Simplicity is at the heart of everyday Chinese cuisine. All you need is some basic staples such as ginger, spring onion, garlic, sesame oil, Shaoxing rice wine, oyster and soy sauces, throw in one or...
I thought I loathed samosas – greasy packets of stodgy dough filled with a scant amount of potato-heavy filling. So when my (not so) little brother asked me to make them for his next dinner at...
I have always been fascinated by the many claims that a vegan/ macrobiotic/ veg-aquarian lifestyle boast. Despite having grown up in a thoroughly meat-and-three-veg household, I try to give my body ...
“Welcome! Welcome to the new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you!” Headmaster Dum...
I totally thought that I had the adventurous foodie thing pinned down. No offal too slimy, no egg too fermented. But, dear readers, it seems I’ve been outdone. My hold up dates back to birth...
The wait is finally over. Following the feast of decadent entrées and appetizers in our very long Sunday lunch affair (part I), there is nothing like the perfect, slow-cooked Sunday Roast to steal th...
I came across this definition for comfort food on the internet yesterday: “High in fat and carbohydrate, comfort foods are eaten by lazy glutons to help them forget thier woes.” Lazy ? Ti...
The hostess with the mostess... impress your guests with simple, sexy & indulgent treats, like fresh oysters, caramelised salmon deviled eggs, felino salami, olives & feta, and of course, a f...
Got balls ? I do. Vegan ice cream balls. I don’t mean to shock, nor intend to insinuate any sinister connection to the horse semen on offer at a ‘progressive’ New Zealand food fes...
The February 2011 Daring Cooks’ challenge was hosted by Lisa of Blueberry Girl. She challenged Daring Cooks to make Hiyashi Soba and Tempura. She has various sources for her challenge including jap...
Oh boy… not desperate, but decidedly dateless this Valentine’s Day. What’s a girl to do ? “Katie,” the instinctive inner-voice begins, “Gather a tribe of single female...
vanilla ice cream spaghetti, raspberry coulis, almond shavings, whipped cream @ ice + slice The Silly Season was uncharacteristically cool this year in Sydney. We all thought we’d escaped the ...
Sichuan beef in fiery chilli broth - not for the faint hearted! Lovers of hot and spicy cuisine, look no further. If the sight and smell of red hot chilli peppers from a few metres away already sends...
I know it’s childish, but there’s something about coloured cakes that makes me happy. So I’m just mad about matcha powder – all of that gorgeously green goodness and none of ...
Yum cha at the cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant in the world, Tim Ho Wan in Hong Kong. Bite into the crispy skin of their char siu bao (BBQ Pork Bun) & let the sweet juices flow… There is an ...
We were all very fond of the ridiculously French chef-teachers at Le Cordon Bleu. Only a few weeks into classes, we found ourselves doe-eyed and fresh-faced in a demonstration kitchen being taught t...
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