Dessert

James Chendol in Sitiawan, Perak

January 19, 2010

Along the main road, in front of the Indian temple and a block away from the Store in Sitiawan is a tiny unassuming little store. One that is not flashy and gets all packed up and stored away at night and yet it attracts a lot of customers, many in nice big cars from outstation. [...]

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Ice-Kacang

June 19, 2009

During our last trip back to Malaysia, Lil’ C discovered ice-kacang (shaved ice). She calls it colorful ice because the first one she ate was really colorful with at least 5 different colors of syrup. Since then, she has been asking for her colorful ice. They do serve this at the local Malaysian restaurant but [...]

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Bakery Nouveau @ West Seattle

May 29, 2009

It was supposed to be a week of celebration with mother’s day and my birthday a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately all plans were canceled when I ended up having a major toothache which resulted in a very expensive emergency root canal. Ouch!! Anyway, I finally got a little belated celebration the following weekend. DH [...]

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Trophy Cupcakes

April 3, 2009

Even though I have lived here for 2 years, there are still a lot of restaurants that I have never been. This year, I plan to try out as many restaurants and bakeries as I can. DH has no problems trying out new restaurants but he is not a big fan of breads and desserts. [...]

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Fruit Cocktail Konnyaku

February 2, 2009

On Chinese New Year Eve, we went to a friend’s place for a steamboat dinner. If you have never heard of steamboat, click here to see what it looks like. B & S prepared an generous spread of food for the steamboat. Unfortunately we were all so hungry that we gobbled up all the food [...]

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Lemon Curd Bar

January 5, 2009

I’ve always wanted to make some sort of lemon bar but it could never find its way to the top of my to-bake list till last week. I was cleaning out my pantry when I noticed that the jar of lemon curd I bought from Trader Joe’s was about to expire. So I guess that’s [...]

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Palmiers

September 12, 2008

Since I had some puff pastry leftover from making the Portuguese Egg Tart, I decided to make palmiers. It is another super easy snack to make and very delicious. How to make them? First, roll out the puff pastry into a rectangular shape. Sprinkle a layer of sugar on the silpat or flat board Lay [...]

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Chocolate Mud Cake

August 23, 2008

There are some days when a girl just needs lots of chocolate to cheer herself up and this is where this yummy chocolate mud cake comes in. It is very very rich, chocolaty and so so delicious!!! Thanks to Judy for this delicious recipe. Too bad Judy doesn’t blog anymore ‘cos I’ve got one less [...]

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Fruity Agar-Agar

July 7, 2008

I love agar-agar especially those with coconut milk. It’s very easy to make. This is what I usually bring to a potluck when I am too lazy to make anything fancy. But I usually try to use different molds just to have fun. If you are interested in the recipe, it can be found in [...]

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S’more

May 12, 2008

We just got back from a weekend of camping. It was 40 degrees, wet and freezing. I think we were a little out of our mind but we just got so tired of waiting for the warm weather to arrive. So we packed our car and took off to our favorite campsite, a nearby state park that overlooks [...]

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