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a fusion chicken curry 2008-09-29 16:30:00
It’s almost end of October, just in time to join the monthly Foodie event: Royal Foodie Joust created by Jenn’s The Leftover Queen’s Forum-The Foodie Blogroll. Each month, the previous month winner will pick three ingredients for the following event.
Last month’s winner, Peter from Souvlaki for the Soul had made a tempting Greek dessert-Halvas of which his [...] Read more:fusion
quick & easy japanese sashimi rice bowl (kaisendon, 海鮮丼 ) 2008-09-23 19:15:51 Kaisendon (Japanese sashimi rice bowl), as seen in #5592 foodgawker/ 25.09.08
I love sushi and sashimi!!! Last week I was craving them again. Instead of going out and eating in a Japanese restaurant, I made kaisendon at home, it was a spontaneous decision, I did not want to make sushi rolls this time as it would be rather time [...]
my snowy coffee milk powder dispenser 2008-09-23 11:08:34 as seen in #5813 foodgawker/ 24.09.08
This item you see above is supposed to be a sugar dispenser
, I bought it in Strasbourg, France this summer. However when I tried it at home, it did not seem to be very easy to fill up as the opening was not too wide. Secondly, the sugar particles became small clumps when exposed to air moisture and [...]
another milestone …. 2008-09-19 13:37:08 Thanks to Karen from Rambling Spoon for passing the Diamond award to me. This is the second time I receive this award, I wish this were a real diamond, just kidding!!! Actually I have only discovered Karen’s blog very recently, her post “Are there any Good Food Writers?” have drawn my full interest and attention to read her post from start to end. I [...] Read more:milestone
best way to preserve garden herbs: freezing method in ice cube trays 2008-09-17 17:43:07 Freezing self-grown basil herbs (basil) in ice cube trays for winter use
as seen in #21975 TasteSpotting/18.09.08; #5524 foodgawker/18.09.08
This year the summer was over in Switzerland rather early, I remembered when I first arrived Basel three years ago, also in mid-Sept, it was not this cold. I felt the warm weather just disappeared all of a sudden without [...] Read more:method
my best pumpkin soup ever !!! 2008-10-14 16:25:08 Autumn has arrived, I took my camera out to capture the beautiful colors of the Fall before it dimishes. The different grading of yellow/ orange of the leaves brightens up the surroundings.
Ruin Pfeffingen
When driving around in the countryside, you can find pumpkins decorated outside the houses or some people just put them outside for sale.
Taken in Alsace
I [...]
a culinary tale of two cities: part II amsterdam 2008-10-09 19:30:44 I was very lucky with the weather in Amsterdam as it had been raining in the last few days. It’s still a bit chilly in the morning so I went into a patisserie for a nice cup of coffee and ordered Ossenworst.
Ossenworst (in Dutch: ossen means oxen; worst means sausage)
The waitress thought I could speak Dutch because I ordered [...]
a culinary tale of two cities: part I london 2008-10-08 05:46:48 Last week I did not cook anything special or exciting as I was travelling between UK and Holland back and forth. Or neither I went to any fancy restaurants this time but still I have come across some interesting food and places where I shopped for food that I would like to share.
Part I: London
I spent one afternoon [...] Read more:london