I made or attempted to make red velvet cupcakes on Sunday and these are my dessert babies!! Well…I’m not going to call them cupcakes but chocolate cakes with cheese frosting instead! 😛 The reason for that is because rather than using chocolate powder, I added melted chocolate, which weighed the cake down. I should’ve added...
Category: <span>Food</span>
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Grace’s Birthday Lunch
Why are there sooo many Birthdays in end July and August? Hmmmm….. Not that I’m complaining! It gives me excuses to eat good food and enjoy company! 🙂 Anyhows, last Sun, we celebrated G’s birthday at Harwood Arms. Loved the relaxed pub atmosphere of the restaurant with the earthy tones and decor. Felt like the...
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Iggy’s surprise birthday dinner
Last Fri, S organised a surprise Birthday dinner for Iggy and dinner was at the The White Swan. It was funny how S was trying to keep the surprise and bring Iggy to the restaurant without him knowing that we were there. They had met earlier in the day and went to Tate Modern. From...
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Had a very packed weekend…more to say
My JC classmate, CC, is in Rotterdam, Holland for training and so, he came to London over the weekend and I met him for lunch last Monday at Galvin. We arrived early at 11.45pm when the kitchen opens only at noon. However, we were not the first ones there. We were given water, the menu...
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Had a very packed weekend…continuation
On Sunday, my bro had organised another get-together with another bunch of friends. This time, we had lunch with them at this fine dining restaurant called Arbutus. Gor and I had eaten at their sister restaurant Wild Honey where they served wonderful honey comb ice-cream. Anyway, I just found out that Arbutus is owned by...
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Had a very packed weekend
I had so many evening events happening last weekend that I am now faced with a serious backlog in blogging. So…apologies if you’re sick of seeing my previous post! 🙂 Well, just an update on what I did last Sat….it was Suzanne’s birthday dinner and we went to this restaurant called Beach Blanket Babylon. I...
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Food reviews!!
I realised that I didn’t upload this picture till just now because it was taken with my phone! This is a dessert from the Chinese restaurant ‘Yautcha” called “Baba (?) Matcha Shochu” if memory serves right. We ate this a couple of weeks ago actually. The eye dropper thingy is what contains the shochu. I...
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Salted Veg Duck & more musings
We held a dinner party on Sat evening, hence my very late blogging updates 😛 Gor & I cooked kiam chye ak…otherwise known as Salted Vegetable Duck soup. It turned out really good!! I actually struggled with the whole duck without a cleaver. I just used the largest knife…which isn’t that large compared to the...
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Eating in a 1 star Michelin Restaurant
Have you ever wondered what it is like to eat in a 1-star Michelin restaurant? Well, my bro and I just did that on Fri afternoon for lunch at Tom Aikens. It was a 2-hour long affair and the food was good. We were surprisingly full after the meal although the portions looked so small....
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Much Ado About London….
This post is entitled “Much Ado About London”…so please be prepared for a super long post. Okie dokes, moving on…I love this cereal. It’s so yummy and its full grain! I can snack on this all long. I’ve been eating this for breakfast for the past week (except when I had scones from Waitrose –...