As some of you already know, the V & A Waterfront in Cape Town has started a market filled with glorious food. I have check this market out before and found a selection of my favourite local traders there, including The Creamery (Peanut Butter ice cream – yes please), Taste of Taiwan (food that reminds me of home), By Nature dried fruit and nuts, Stokkiesdraai Biltong, Classic Marmalades and Jams, O’ways [...]
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The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節) also known as Full Moon Festival usually occurs over late September or early October (this year it was September 30). Traditionally, we eat “Moon cakes” and pomelo after a family dinner. Family dinner has evolved into barbeques, allowing you to enjoy the beauty of the full moon while eating a family-orientated meal. The “moon cakes” are something quite special. My favourite flavour is made of a [...]
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I recently started a new job as a copywriter at Liquorice Digital Agency and I’m loving it! The agency oozes team-spirit juice and I have to say, it’s quite infectious. Every Wednesday, the Liquorice soccer teams plays Fives Futbol together and every Friday we have Liquorice Fridays, in which the agency organises food and treats for everyone to enjoy. This really helps all the new kids get to know the old crowd. [...]
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Asia’s equivalent of panacotta, but a gluten-free, vegan-friendly pudding. Douhua 豆花 (dòuhuā) is a soy pudding made from soy milk with a velvety smooth and silky texture that’s served drenched in a brown sugar syrup. My papa told me stories of his childhood, where there’d be food vendors pushing around a little cart selling food to the locals. He said if the dohua was still warm, it usually meant it was [...]
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Another Foschini Group feature with Balanced Life May 2012. In this feature, I chose 4 recipes from my blog. Styled by myself and the magazine’s art director: Lesley Mallon Photographer: Greg Cox Pickled cherry Tomatoes with Chinese cured Plums Chicken fried Rice with ginger and sesame oil Chinese Egg Pancake Roll 蛋餅 Taiwanese Cucumber Salad Read the digimag here. Tweet
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For the past few days, waking up has been more difficult than usual with winter creeping up on us, and I think back about my most fond food memories. My ultimate favourite winter dish is my papa’s Sauteed sliced Lamb and Chinese Spinach in Chinese BBQ Sauce with rice dish. When my papa used to make it, this belly-warming BBQ lamb and Chinese spinach swallows the whole house in its heavenly fragrant [...]
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Also known as Winter Solstice Festival The 22nd of October 2011 is a very special day for all yellow folk. Dongzhi Festival, also known as the Winter Solstice Festival, is a very important festival and is celebrated around the December 22 (when it’s mid-winter) when the sun is at its weakest and daylight shortest. In different countries and cities, people celebrate this day differently. Traditionally, in Taiwan, people gather to [...]
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Since I left Taiwan (20 years ago) I haven’t really gone back to experience and understand my culture fully – that’s why, this family trip is very important. Our first stop was in Taipei (North of Taiwan), the main airport is there and we had some family friends who were going to take us around for the day. The drive was long, but I realised that I was a tourist in [...]
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