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After numerous indecisive thought process, I came out this salad. It’s really awesome. The objective was to prepare something low carb. I wanted to use the quinoa to make sushi and came out too wet ...
Daal in my liking Vegetarian Lunch Menu from Jay’s; the yellow portion is daal. A week ago or so I had lunch at Jay’s Indian Restaurant in Basel, I chose the Vegetarian lunch menu as I didn’t ...
Taken during a stroll on Sunday afternoon in Reinach, Basel Land Summer is approaching and it’s time again to attempt to slim down a bit. I am jotting down these efforts that I am hoping to ...
A Chinese appetizer shared by my friend Carmen which she experienced in her trip in Guangzhou, China some time ago. Ingredients: 1 pig trotter, cut into 3 pieces 2 bay leaves 20 white peppercorns 3 tbsp salt Ice cubes Sauce: 2-3 Chinese black ...
Just came back from a short trip to my hometown Hong Kong, 10 days for me is very short. However, this time I am travelling alone, in a way this made it much more effective ...
We don’t usually celebrate on Valentine’s day but I am just in the mood to make some Molten Chocolate cakes. I haven’t made this for a few years before and after Marc was born. I ...
From time to time, I would crave for a nice US beef steak. However, US beef is very expensive in Switzerland. I would either buy in Germany or even better recently, I came cross Aldi ...
Happy New Year to you all! I have been very quiet in the blogosphere. One excuse I have is because of busy lately in the Christmas and New Year Period. However, when I looked back ...
I have always hesitated to use Swiss Chard in my cooking but some time ago I had lunch at a friend’s place and she prepared Bulgar with Swiss chard and shrimps for me that day. ...
It’s nice to stock up some pumpkins at home, however, once cut opened, do you also have the same problem with me? That is to think of different dishes to finish them. I have made ...
In early September, I was lucky to spend a long weekend in Lake Como; and last weekend I was fortunate again to spend another weekend in Limone sul Garda at Lake Garda. It was just ...
After living in Basel for several years, I have collectively got to know these Asian groceries stores which you can buy namely Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Korean, Japanese and Indian cooking ingredients. There seem to ...
Made Kaisendon or chirashi (Japanese Sashimi Rice Bowl)before which require cutting the raw fish more skillfully. Lately I have been making Korean Sashimi Rice Bowl again and again because it is foolproof. Hwe Dup ...
I had 6 weeks holiday in Hong Kong. Had so much good food that I have to slowly go back to my cooking mood. I had hardly cooked during these 6 weeks. I miss the ...
Last week, after my German class, I went to Lily’s for lunch. Weather was so hot that I did not feel like to have curry with rice or Pad Thai which I normally would order. ...
Last Saturday I finally visited Lörrach food market in Germany which happens every Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. I was never keen to go to the food market across the German border but since I have ...
Hubby has gone for a long business trip for 10 days, I am using this opportunity to eat as little meat and carb as possible. Today is Mother’s Day, to be honest, Marc is not even ...
Last week, I finally got the grip and took out my pasta machine which had been untouched for a while. Made a batch of fresh pasta and then I thought let’s experiment and make some ...
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Thanks to Cara for introducing Scamorza to me, it’s similar to mozzarella but firmer and the one I got here is smoked, known as scamorza affumicata. Cara and her friend came up a bagel sandwich ...
A few weeks ago, my friend Monica came over to my place with her baby Simon for lunch but the main purpose was to let Simon and Marc to play together. With kids at home, ...
Had lunch at a friend’s place recently, and she showed me her new cookbook: Yotam Ottolenghi’s PLENTY. It’s a vegetarian cookbook, she said she is cooking more veggie dishes is because her daughter’s bf is ...
Feeling pretty bad that I cannot post regularly lately, one of the reasons is that I have finally decided to take some German lessons. I have always had phobia to learn German due to previous ...
Mango pudding is a very common and popular dessert in Chinese restaurants but not all of them taste good. I have learnt years ago using mango jelly powder but the outcome is not so good ...
Today is creative Wednesday, this afternoon I have prepared roasted pumpkin for tonight’s dinner but I have not planned what to go with it. While I was cooking the risotto, I thought just pumpkin and ...
I have always wanted to try making Tom Yum Goong (Thai Hot & Sour Soup) from scratch but never made it until a few days ago, always thought it’s very difficult but oh my, I ...
Recently I have received an email from Wikio that my blog is ranked 27 in the Travel & Tourisms category which was quite pleasing but at the same time feel pity because I have not ...
Yesterday was Swiss National Day, every thing was closed in Switzerland. So I thought of visiting somewhere across the French or German border. I was thinking of going to an open-air farm museum in Alsace ...
Marc has just turned to 1 year old. He is now showing huge interest of our food but sometimes not all food is suitable for him yet. So I have to try to cook something ...
Even though I cannot understand Dutch, when I visit the foreign countries supermarkets, i would not miss a chance to browse through the free copies of their recipe magazines. Here in Holland, I was browsing the ...
Making homemade pasta from scratch has been outstanding in my to-cook list for a few years. I have always hesitated to try as I felt I could not roll out the pasta dough but it ...
In Switzerland, it is very easy to buy mozzarella, in all sizes. These mini mozzarella (mozzarelline) is perfect to serve as a snack with an aperitif. I have a lot of basil leaves at home ...
Finished product, see below for a photo before added the dressing. This year we have a very nice and hot May, many sunny days, I recalled that last year it was so wet that I could ...
One of my neighbours always has some marinated or non-marinated olives at home, because their daughters love them so much. I have always want to make myself some as the way she told me sounds ...
I admit that I love meat especially a nice piece of steak or rack of lamb. I cannot imagine myself can become a vegan totally but occasionally I would have some meat free days especially ...
Time flies, it’s already a month. The last two weeks I was in the States, one week in NJ and one week in NYC. Unfortunately I could hardly spend any time in Manhattan except a ...
It has been a long silence of my blog. Recently I had spent five weeks in Hong Kong with Baby Marc visiting family and friends. It was a good time to be in HK as ...
I was meant to write this for some time, made this several times but the photos were not too satisfactory. Anyway, I would love to share this with you, this dish is adapted from a ...
Last year this time, I was carrying Marc in my belly, this year’s Christmas, he is having his first Christmas with us for the first time. I feel a bit wordless this year, just simply ...
Sorry it’s pasta again… The last two weeks had been very busy but special, my secondary schoolmate, Cynthia came to stay with me all the way from sunny San Francisco to snowy Basel. I guess if ...
Having Marc around, I have to cook something quick and easy most of the time these days. Pasta is quick to prepare and can have so many variations. I had some fresh pork sausages kept ...
Oh dear oh dear, it has been a month since I last posted. It’s really hard to find time blogging or visiting my favorite blogs. Anyway, last Monday I was able to have a free evening ...
It has almost been a month seen my last post. I do miss blogging but right now, my first priority is really the little one. Although I do not have much time right now but ...
After Marc is born, life has changed dramatically. Breastfeeding every other two to three hours has taken almost all my time. I have not been able to cook much in the last weeks because I need ...
Further to my previous baby announcement, I would like to share this Bun Thit Nuong with you all which was prepared just before my labour began. I have written the draft of this post that evening ...
Dear readers Last Thursday 15 July 2010, our new family member, Marc Chun-Yan Wijngaard has arrived. Feel so blessed that the delivery went smoothly and it was a truly amazing experience when I could finally hold the baby in ...
