I was a very, very addicted coffee drinker. I remember buying many different types of instant coffee to drink and to sample. From espresso to white coffee to cappucino to frappachino… my favourite was and still is mocha. I mean, what can a chocoholic and a coffee-holic complain about this perfect blend of chocolate and [...]
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Something for the Coffee-holic – Coffee Walnut Cake
Posted in Cakes, Coffee, Nuts & Spices, tagged birthday, buttercream, Cake, coffee, food, photos, walnut on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Strawberry Jellys with Honey-ed Pistachios
Posted in Fruits, Jellys and Wobbly, Nuts & Spices, tagged dessert, food, Fruits, honey, jelly, nuts, photos, pistachio, strawberry on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Question!
When the weather is unbearably hot, what is the food that you will most want to eat?
A) Ice cream?
B) Sorbet/Sherbet?
C) Semifreddo?
D) Jelly?
Hmmm… tough one, isn’t it?
My answer is… A, B, C and D! Though I will not eat all of them at the same time at one go, but I will want to eat all [...]
Almond Tarts – without the Almond Taste
Posted in Nuts & Spices, Pies & Tarts & Pastries, tagged almond, almond filling, almond tarts, baking, butter crust, Cake, chocolate tarts, cooking, food, fruit tarts, photos, piping, recipes, tarts on July 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’m not joking. These are called almond tarts but they seriously do not taste like almond. There’s not a hint of almond at all. I’m not the only one who said that, two other people have justified it before. But that is why I like these tarts. It may be weird, me liking the tart [...]


