Hi everyone! I am currently in London but because the TV monitor input cable isn’t the same 15-pin head as you would use on your desktop monitor, I am unable to hook up my CPU to the telly. What a disappointment. Sigh. Its still Spring here in the UK and the weather’s rather chilly at...
Category: <span>Food</span>
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Sangria Granita!
Made Sangria Granita yesterday and its ready today!!! What’s that you say? Well, Sangria is a spanish red wine cocktail/ drink (there’s a white version nowadays) and granita is like a sorbet just that it is mixed up every 2 hrs while freezing so that it gives u this granular texture. Something like ice kachang...
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Collagen in coffee?
Collagen in coffee? Apparently, that is possible. Nescafe follows the current collagen fad and adds collagen into its 3-in-1 coffee mix. Managed to get a sample (love this try-vertising concept) and verdict is: not very exciting. Haha..how can coffee be THAT exciting right? Well…it tastes normal. Do I believe that consumption of collagen is beneficial...
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Invitation to launch of “Essence” by Narciso Rodriguez
Got this in the mail today – an invite from Harper’s Bazaar to the launch of the new fragrance “Essence” by Narciso Rodriguez. I am really looking forward to this event as it sounds really quite ‘sexy’ and I never turn down free champagne, especially if there’s canapes to go along with it! 😉 7atenine...
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Wow
I do have a tracker that allows me to check whether my readers arrive from a referral link or not. Today was a surprising find of people who searched for a quote about foie gras that I wrote in an earlier post. All thanks to another blogger and I’m really flabbergasted at how she was...
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Backlog – Alex’s Surprise Bday Party
Happy Birthday Alex! We planed a surprise birthday party for Alex (he actually ‘complained’ to his gf that we probably had forgotten about his birthday…HAHAHA) on Fri @ Miss Clarity Cafe, Purvis Street. The whole concept of the cafe kinda reminds me of the cafe version of Surfer Girl where there were bright colours and...
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Backlog…oops
Thanks to the ‘trauma’ of Sunday, I have a mini backlog…but no worries! Here it is!! Went to Anna Sui’s launch of their latest collection of mascara on Saturday. It was held at BHG, Bugis and it was waaaay crowded. Thing is that it was held at Anna Sui’s make-up counter in an already very...
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Dangerous – 5min chocolate cake in a cup
Oh my…I just found this recipe to make a chocolate cake in your mug and it only takes 5mins!! Check it out ‘here’. As the author wrote, its dangerous because this means that you’re only 5mins away from eating a chocolate cake whenever you feel like it – day or night. Don’t let your nutritionist/...
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Burger….& preview!!
As the advertisements go: Don’t tell your cardiologist! I managed to get Mel Li to join me for a Carl’s Jr lunch yesterday as I had a sudden craving after watching an episode of “True Blood”. We shared a meal – just to lessen the guilt PLUS we get to eat the wonderful chilli fries!!...
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Mel’s white chocolate ice cream
I finally made something from my wonderful dessert recipe book! On Tues evening, I made white chocolate ice-cream!! That’s the pic of the ice-cream and I topped it off with a drizzle of Kahlua. I put too much white chocolate as I was being greedy and it turned out a little too sweet but otherwise,...