1) Taho
In the Phillipines, sellers walk from house to house with buckets of Taho ingredients yoked over their shoulders.Pearl sago is boiled until sort of gummy, then stirred into brown sugar syrup. Silken tofu is stirred until it's sort of custardy, and the sago syrup mixture is poured on top.

2) Tong suiThe Chinese term for sweet soup, it's ( Read more... )

1) Cendol
It's from Java, whereupon it's found all over Malaysia and Singapore. You get some bright green noodles that have been dyed with pandan. You then pour over some sugar, some coconut milk, and some shaved ice.You can also add those sweet red azuki beans.

2) Put Chai KoIt's from Hong Kong, and the name literally means "little pudding cake ( Read more... )

( Five word meme )

Bread. Andy loves it, bring home big store-baked lads from Sainsburys which are gorgeous, but I'll bet I could learn to do better at a fraction of the cost.

My bread-making exploits are well-known, as is the fact I had to give up after it caused the last round of antibiotics.

Wait, wait, wait, wait. I've just seen the description of something ( Read more... )

I've just taken a bite out of a cheesecake so good I can feel my synapses rewiring*. What makes this shiny is that I made the cheesecake!

( This is how cheesecake occured )

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I have a pretty arm!

Sirisha at work had been practicing mehndi on me, she's learning to do them for weddings and such. Photos will be forthcoming, because while she only did it in pen,it's still not come off. It's quite faded, though.

Someone at the BBC Magazine has a geeky sense of humour. I need hardly add that I approve of the photo ( Read more... )

I have a question for the culinary-inclined among you ( Read more... )

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If I was ever going to write a childrens' book, well, I'd be able to figure out where the bloody apostrophe after "childrens" goes for a start ( Read more... )