From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Bento for Kids #55 – French Toast Square Day

January 29, 2009

As usual, I am behind on my bento posting, so I am sneaking in one here in between the Chinese New Year snacks.

This was a very simple bento consisting of french toast squares with a little raspberry jam/jelly for dipping, whole-wheat chicken nuggets & applesauce with sprinkles.

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Honey Cornflakes Cup

January 27, 2009

For Chinese New Year this year, I only baked a few very simple goodies. Originally I wanted to make pineapple tart, unfortunately the poor pineapple ended up in the tummy of the spouse & kid before I could get to it! : ) I guess no pineapple tart this year.
Anyway, here’s one of goodies that [...]

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Happy Chinese New Year!

January 25, 2009

Taking a break from my Chinese New Year baking to wish all those who are celebrating Chinese New Year -
GONG XI FA CHAI!!
May the year of OX brings happiness, blessings, prosperity, and all the best wishes to you & your family!

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Bento #54 – A Flowery Day

January 22, 2009

The little one never gets tired of the good old macaroni & cheese. That’s why you’ll see it very often in her bento. I love to make it for her too because it is so convenient. I try to get different shapes of macaroni just for fun. Together with macaroni and cheese, I added a [...]

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Having a SuperBowl Party?

January 21, 2009

I am not a big football fan but B is. I know that he will be glued to the chair watching TV that day. Since we are going to be stuck at home anyway, I think it’s a good time for a party! Some friends for me to chit-chat, some friends for B to watch [...]

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Bento for Kids #53 – Happy Bunnies

January 19, 2009

The last time I packed fried rice, Lil’ C didn’t like it. Last week I decided to try again. This time I added a couple of happy bunnies on top of the fried rice. The eyes & mouth of the bunnies were drawn with an edible marker pen. Please excuse one of the bunny which [...]

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Shiang Garden @ Richmond BC

January 16, 2009

It is always hard to decide on which restaurant to go to when we are in Richmond BC. There are just too many choices. That day we decided to try Shiang Garden on No. 3 Road. The restaurant looked really fancy with all their fancy elaborate decos.
According to the notice on the door, Shiang Garden [...]

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Possible salmonella contamination!!

January 16, 2009

If you have Keebler or Austin brand peanut butter sandwich crackers at home, you need to take note. Apparently Kellogg has pulled these crackers from store shelves because of possible contamination from the salmonella bacteria. Even though Kellogg has not issued any recall yet, they are advising consumers not to eat those products pending further [...]

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Bento #52 – Back to School Bento

January 14, 2009

I am so behind on my bento posting! Anyway, this was last week’s bento that I made for C for her first day of school.

What better to start of the school season with some alphabets and numbers, right? Those alphabets and numbers are fruit leather. Under them are cheese sandwiches made with rainbow-colored bread. Other [...]

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Sun Sui Wah @ Richmond, BC

January 11, 2009

During the holidays, we decided that we need a fix of authentic Chinese food. So we headed across the border to Richmond, BC. Richmond is actually part of metro Vancouver, just a little south of downtown Vancouver. It has the best and most authentic Chinese food in north America.
On our last trip, we went to [...]