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North Vietnam - Part II
Despite what our last posting suggests, we really did do more than just eating in Vietnam. As far as sightseeing went, the most compelling destination must be Phat Diem. Off the beaten track for most foreign tourists, the journey there saw us traversing rice fields, limestone landscapes and small towns on xe om (motorbike ( Read more... ) -
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North Vietnam (yes, again) - Part I
Gastronomically, Vietnam left one of the most indelible impressions of all the countries that we've visited. Its food is at once familiar and exotic. You see elements and ingredients you've known all your life, but they are combined and presented so differently as to create entirely new flavours. This ( Read more... ) -
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Lunch at Leeuwin Estate
Our recent spring getaway to wine country in WA. Meaning to visit Flutes at Brooklyn Estate, we ended up in Leeuwin Estate instead. Our confusion was due to the fact that Singapore's own Flutes at the Fort is located on Lewin Terrace. Anyway, pictures...
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Sarawak Laksa
The Singaporean palate has recently been introduced to the Sarawak Kolo mee. Curiously though, the feisty Sarawak laksa has yet to carve a name for itself here.
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A Moroccan Feast
Of the many wonderful foods that we ate in Morocco, the Harira and the Djej Emshmel (Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemons and Olives) were firm favourites. Being the culinary adventurers that we are, we decided to cart back a Tagine pot from the Souks in Marrakesh to cook our own tagines at home!
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Cranberry Chocolate Fudge Cake
Reinventing the our trusty old favourite, the Gooey Fudgy Brownie, we concocted this cake by referring to a cranberry-chocolate cake recipe, substituting ingredients like crazy, and applying the time-honoured culinary technique called aga-ration.
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Dates, Flowers and Nuts
During our recent trip to Morocco, we stumbled upon a tiny bakery-cafe in Marrakech with a staggering variety of tantalising Moroccan and French petit fours on display. Needless to say, we couldn't resist sampling everything (see picture) -- only to establish that there's much truth in the saying about "too much of a good ( Read more... ) -
Risottoing to desperate measures
When the supermarket has neither canned chicken stock nor vegetable stock, there is....Vegemite.
