03
Jun
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Japan Food Review: Our Tokyo Breakfast Adventures
We arrived Narita early in the morning very tired after a restless flight. Here we were, finally, in Japan! I totally harboured secret Japan-lust for a very long time. Okay, so it wasn’t really a secret. We were starving and after we booked ourselved a tiny (seriously tiny, tiny as in 1.5m x 2.5m) room...
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03
Jun
How to Boil an Egg in the Microwave
I know this sounds really simple but humour me for a second. I still get people telling me ‘omg! you cannot possibly put foil and egg in the microwave!’ There are only about 3-4 things I make in the microwave (in fact I only make boiled egg in the microwave when there is only one...
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01
Jun
Melbourne Food Review: David and Camy Noodle Restaurant, Box Hill
I am going through a dumpling phase. When I say dumplings, I’m talking about the Chinese-style jiao zi (or gow gee in Cantonese – wow I sound like I know Chinese languages. No. I just have the internet, isn’t it awesome?) Basically, dumplings are steamed little parcels of mince and vegetables. You can get them...
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31
May
Vegetable Biryani
I made this last week and I’m having a hard time trying to remember how I made it! I always order Vegetable Biryani at Indian restaurants and they are always so yummy and buttery and somehow I haven’t been able to replicate that. I guess I’m not game enough to put in more oil and...
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31
May
Stir-fried Rice Noodles with Soy Bean Sprouts and Ginger
I based this on Kylie Kwong’s recipe in her My China book – it didn’t really turn out the way I thought it would be. It’s a bit plain on its own so it’s best served as a side dish. The recipe was called stir-fried rice noodles with bean sprouts and ginger but it, strangely...
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