Hong Kong – Yung Kee Restaurant

After reading reviews about this restaurant from websites and the Miele Guide, we decided on a recent trip to Hong Kong that a visit to this place is a must. We were surely not disappointed. We arrived at the restaurant early, as we did not make a reservation, and were fortunate to get a seat […]

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Hainanese Chicken Rice

Hainanese chicken rice was one of those things that I had always wished to try cooking, but never got around to it. It seemed all to troublesome. Some time last month however, I decided that trouble or no trouble, I was going to make myself some homestyled Hainanese chicken rice. I searched around for an […]

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Crab Meat Linguine

I absolutely adore the crabmeat squid ink pasta from Valentinos. The richness of the sauce, coupled by the sweetness of the crabmeat – simply heavenly. There are days where I actually crave for that pasta. And there was the day that I craved for it, only to find out that Valentinos was closed. Not for […]

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Lemon Basil Sherbet

What does one do when she has four lemons leftover in the fridge? Think of a dessert to make with them, of course. I came across the recipe below as I was flipping through Alice Medrich’s Pure Dessert. The heading “lemon-basil sherbet” immediately appealed to me because I had two pots of basil growing crazily […]

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CG Dinner Potluck

Our CG gathered for a potluck dinner over the Vesak Day holiday. We were treated to a feast of chilli crab and chicken curry cooked by our beloved CGL. Of course, the others brought stuff like fried beehoon, salad, fried wontons and so on. But the star of the dinner was definitely the chilli crab. […]

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Brunch at Riders’ Cafe

I caught up with some dear girlfriends from church the other day. I picked Riders’ Cafe as the last time I visited, they were having a power outage. We loved how the place takes us away from the hustle and bustle of the city life. Staring at the greenery out of the window, enjoying the […]

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Couples Dinner Night

We had three lovely couples at our place for dinner the other night. I was racking my brains as to what to cook for a party of eight and decided that the theme for the night shall be “comfort food”. It was a fairly warm night, which was a shame because the menu would have […]

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