Bastille Day
Yesterday found Mei Yau and myself in the Expo ’70-esque, utopian splendour of Battersea Park. As committed Francophiles, we were there to celebrate French nationhood a few days early at the second annual… Read More
Category Archive: food
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Jin deui for Christmas
The best thing about Christmas is undoubtedly the food. It’s cold and wet outside, there’s nothing good on television so what better time for some messing about in the kitchen? This year my… Read More
Fire and Knives
While I’ve been lazily chewing over the first issue of Fire & Knives, the likes of Eat Me Daily, Serious Eats and Kottke have pipped me to the post in blogging about this new… Read More
Another look at salted lemons
Back in June I prepared some salted lemons in order to recreate my favourite Hong Kong drink from the restaurant Cha Cha Moon, salted lemon Sprite. The chopped lemons have been stewing in… Read More
Coconut tarts
You’ve heard all about the Hong Kong egg custard tart but what about the coconut tart, that other staple of the Chinese bakery? Fragrant and chewy with an adorable cherry on top, the… Read More
Grass jelly
Continuing on a food theme, I present today’s treat: grass jelly. It’s a jelly made from grass, in a tin. For me, that special shade of green on the label evokes many happy… Read More
Willow Pattern Tarts
You may remember that I made some egg custard tarts for our EP launch party a couple of weeks ago. Well, I baked up another batch today and thought I’d share the results.… Read More
