Breakfast

Breakfast Parfait

March 20, 2012

When C was younger and did not need to go to school early, I had plenty of time to fix a decent breakfast for her. But now she is in the regular school, we have to leave the house really early in order to make it to school on time. So nowadays breakfast is always [...]

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Cafe Besalu @ Ballard, Seattle

August 11, 2011

I have to confess I am a total pastry girl. I could live on good pastry and a good latte everyday. If it is not due to the fact that it is a long drive from my place and there is always a long line out the door, Cafe Besalu is one of those bakery [...]

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Cafe Nola @ Bainbrige Island

October 14, 2010

Taking a little break from bento posts, here’s a post from one of our weekend wanderings. Washington is a beautiful state filled with lots of little island and small towns. So whenever possible, we try to get away for little weekend trips. Last month we went to a charming little island called Bainbridge Island which [...]

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Waffles

May 6, 2010

I remember when I was in high school, I was really crazy over waffles. There was a place near the school that makes the best waffles topped with ice-cream and strawberry sauce. Yum! No wonder I was always so broke during school days!! Nowadays I will still crave waffles once in a while although I [...]

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Trader Joe’s Mini Croissant

April 9, 2010

Looks good, doesn’t it? I wish I made it but I didn’t. It is from Trader Joe’s. It comes either in a pack of 8 mini croissants like the one below or 4 regular-sized croissant. This has now become one of our favorite Saturday morning breakfast. All I have to do is take it out the [...]

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Blue Fox Cafe @ Victoria, BC

April 16, 2009

I am so behind on my restaurant reviews!! So what else is new, right??hehe… I confess, I have been spending way too much time indulging in my latest hobby – couponing!! Check out my latest profit deal here. Another reason for the backlog is getting the photos ready. The sorting, selecting and finally editing of photos takes time. It [...]

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Chocolate Madeleine

August 3, 2008

I am so sorry if you were having problems accessing this blog the past couple of days. I upgraded my wordpress and ran into some trouble. If you are interested, read here. Anyway, it looks ok now. So hopefully I won’t run into any more problems. Please let me know if you encounter any problem. [...]

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Orange Berry Muffin

July 18, 2008

Every month, I would borrow the book From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan from the library, only to bookmark some recipes and returning it every month without making anything. Finally after many months, while my parents were in town, I finally managed to try out one of the recipe that I had previously bookmarked. [...]

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Crepe

September 28, 2007

I love crepes. It’s so versatile. You can have it anytime of the day. Slather it up with orange marmalade or strawberry jelly/jam, you can have it for breakfast. Fill it up with savory filling like tuna or chicken salad, you can have it for lunch and for my favorite crepe, fill it with ice-cream, [...]

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