I am barely catching my breath after Christmas and now Chinese New Year is around the corner! Did anyone else notice how Chinese New Year songs and snacks started filling supermarket aisles the day after Christmas?!? I wanted to scream ‘At least let me have 12 days of Christmas!’ But no, there is absolutely no time … Continue reading
Can you believe it? Christmas is almost here again! Yet another year has whizzed by and before I can catch my breath, it’s the first week of November already. Malls are starting to get decked out in bright lights and tinsel while back at home we’re busy making plans for Christmas. Lately, I’ve been thinking … Continue reading
It’s been a while since I posted my last recipe here and you might (or might not) have been puzzled at my sudden silence. Well, lots has happened since then and by lots I mean major life-changing stuff. For one, we had a baby and transformed overnight into sleep-deprived, junk-eating, google-everything parents. It’s true when … Continue reading
Yesterday, I awoke to a thunderstorm. ‘There goes my exercise,’ I thought, since the possibility of a morning run in the park was now but a dream. There is very little else to do on a cold and rainy Saturday morning that is vaguely interesting or exciting. Rain just makes me wanna stay home, but there was no food … Continue reading
About a month ago, we celebrated Valentine’s day. As couples exchanged flowers, chocolates, and lovey-dovey words, I was at home baking a batch of banana walnut muffins for my husband. I know what you must be thinking… MUFFINS?!? I should have been making something more romantic, like chocolate lava cake instead of chunky muffin tops that … Continue reading
Chinese New Year is here again! This year, due to my filming and traveling schedule, I haven’t been able to make as many treats for CNY. But I did manage to make a few kueh lapis (thousand-layer cake), some bak kwa (Asian-style pork jerky), bak kwa cookies, cornflake cookies and pineapple tarts. And…. I also made my first instructional cooking video … Continue reading
I’ve been a little slow in posting recipes lately because I’ve been doing a lot of traveling these couple of months. Last month I went to the slums of Cebu and this month, I made a trip to Nepal. Both trips took quite a lot out of me, physically and emotionally, as they weren’t the … Continue reading
