I have fond memories of this dessert. It’s a flapjack-like base but is commonly called a pancake. My buddy, Candice, came over the other day and my mama made this for us. Biting into the soft cake-like dough contrasted by the crunchy brown sugar and flavoured with toasted ground peanuts takes me back to my childhood. Like generic pancakes, the recipe is simple and extremely easy to make. My mama said [...]
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Morinaga Milk Caramel is one of my favourite Taiwanese sweets when I was a lightey. These sweets are milky caramel flavoured with a wonderful chewy taffy-like texture. Morinaga is a Taiwanese product and you’ll find it in many Chinese supermarkets. Tweet
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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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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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Before going to Taiwan, my cousin, Christine, advised us to take a trip to a certain cafe. It’s become one of my favourite cafes and is called 85 °C Cafe and Bakery. This coffee shop specialises in desserts and afternoon tea. Their menu has quite a variety including: full cakes cake slices cheesecake rolls pastries decent coffee flavoured teas (hot and cold) lattes mocha slush smoothies and one of my favourite Taiwanese beverages [...]
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I don’t actually celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, but I thought these cupcakes fit in perfectly with the theme. One of my favourite new baking ingredients is green tea powder.The very first time I had a green tea flavoured anything was green tea ice cream in Australia. The flavour was sweet with a light bitterness, and deliciously creamy. In South Africa, you can find green tea ice cream at various Japanese restaurants [...]
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Valentines Day. Meh… So I’m not a loyal supporter of this “holiday” but I will never say no to roses and gifts My plans on making rose-petalled cupcakes were disrupted by a series of unfortunate occurrences, and needless to say, I didn’t manage to make them on time. Something else, you could make to share with someone special is a Chinese sweet red bean soup. If you dine at a Taiwanese [...]
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Inspired from Add to Taste’s red velvet cupcake recipe (which you can find on her blog), I used her same recipe to create the cake inside the truffles. Much to my disappointment, I found most red velvet truffle recipes online were made with box mixture – box mix is not a recipe… sies. My friend, Blair, and I took the lovely Sunday before the day and made red velvet chocolate [...]
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This delightful little restaurant is in Sea Point, nearby where my old flat used to be. Caturra Coffee Bar is one of my favourites for a reunion with a friend. I will admit I always have the same meal every time I visit, which includes their savoury pancakes of sautéed mushrooms and chicken, and their hot chocolate. I can’t say much for the other meals, but I can guarantee that [...]
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