Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節) – Win 1 of 3 ‘Over The Moon’ mooncake deluxe box

by Billy on September 3, 2010

中秋節.

I know is spring time in Australia, but there is no reason why we can’t celebrate mid-autumn festival (中秋節), especially when there is food involved, right? One of my favourite Chinese festivals has to be mid-autumn festival, and it falls on 22nd September this year. As you can see, I have blogged about it every year and of course there is no exception for this year. It is a very typical Chinese thing to do during the festival to have a reunion dinner with families or friends and share some mooncakes after meal over a cup of Chinese tea.

This year, ATFT has teamed up with Amyson again and 3 ATFT readers will be the lucky winners of these gorgeous ‘Over The Moon’ Mooncake deluxe boxes. Each box consists of four mooncakes inside with four different flavours – pumpkin taro, pandan with 1 yolk, jade custard, and macha red bean. Read on and find out how to win.

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Clafouti Aux Cerises (Baked Cherry Custard)

by Billy on September 2, 2010

Spring time is here and we are already three quarter into the year. Spring time only means one thing for me – lots of baking. To be honest, I’ve been procrastinating during winter and haven’t really done much baking than I should. But I can’t wait to get back straight into it, I have promised myself to make more Malaysian cuisines as I haven’t touch any of the cookbooks I brought back from Malaysia! So watch out for lots of nyonya delicacies in this space! But first, let’s bake something!

When I was flipping through the “Nobody does it better…” cookbook (still one of my favourites) by Trish Deseine, the recipe that really caught my eye is the extraordinary looking dessert called Clafoutis. Clafoutis is baked custard using a light crepe batter with fruit, usually cherries, half submerged in the custard that makes them looks like little alien eggs about to hatch. (I can think of more grosser examples, but I won’t go there.)

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Matterhorn – Wellington, NZ

September 1, 2010

The suave man with chisel face and slick hair style is wearing a stiff olive green military uniform, he is keeping an eye on us in case of any sudden movement, not to attack but to service. This fine young gentleman is not a soldier but a friendly wait staff at Matterhorn, an iconic institution [...]

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Video log – Postcard from Laos

August 31, 2010

This is my last video log of my food trail in South East Asia last year. It is only a very short video filmed in Laos, where I visited Vientiane and Luang Prabang. I didn’t stay long enough to have enough videos to make a proper log, not to mention it was also my last [...]

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Bells at Killcare – Killcare, Central Coast, NSW

August 29, 2010

The Pom is going back to Pommieland for 2 weeks for his mum’s birthday and decided to fly back unannounced to give her a big surprise. I would have loved to go along with him, but since I’ve just got back from New Zealand for Wellington On a Plate, and it would also be difficult [...]

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WLG ‘Pop-Up’ Restaurant – Wellington, New Zealand

August 27, 2010

WLG ——————————-> SYD A three hours flight across the pond, the quaint Wellington city in New Zealand will be landing in the big smoke of Sydney some time in September. The New Zealanders are going to perform in group, but not with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet, chanting over a Haka traditional dance [...]

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Logan Brown – Wellington, New Zealand

August 26, 2010

Hunger for the WOAP. Please forgive my ignorance, I have to admit that I actually never heard of them but on the other hand, John was rather excited to check out Logan Brown when we found out that it is one of the restaurants we are going to visit during our trip to New Zealand [...]

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Grand Marnier Pecan Pie

August 25, 2010

Pecan Pie, how I love thee! I am a die-hard True Blood fan, how I wish I am in Bon Temps, dining at Merlotte’s, having a slice of pecan pie and wash down with a bottle of True Blood, “AB-, thank you very much.” I have had the best pecan pie at South restaurant in [...]

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Sake Master Dinner at Ocean Room – Overseas Passenger Terminal, Circular Quay, Sydney CBD

August 24, 2010

Kanpai! Sake – Do you like it hot or cold? I can’t say I am an expert on the fine art of fermented rice wine, an alcoholic beverage made from rice that has been appreciated since over a thousand years ago in Japan. A lost in translation, most Japanese restaurants in western countries believe that [...]

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Yum Cha with ATFT and win movie tickets to The Kids Are All Right!

August 23, 2010

Would you like a day out with ATFT? *UPDATE* – Due to unforeseen circumstances, there is a slight changes to the competition. Hopscotch Films has just informed me that the movie double passes are only available for Monday to Friday normal sessions. Hence, we can’t really use it on Saturday after Yum Cha. But the [...]

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Postcard from Cambodia video log

August 21, 2010

I haven’t post a video log for a long time, and last night I finally managed to dig out some old travel footage I shot during my vacation in Cambodia and compiled into this little video. Gosh, I almost forgot how much I love editing video. Food photography is always my favourite, but have to [...]

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Menu Tasting at Garfish – Manly, Sydney Northern Beaches

August 20, 2010

Come rain or shine. I’ll be there, so long there is food involved. Despite the ill weather conditions tonight is particularly one of the most extreme in Sydney this winter, The Pom and I still brace ourselves through the gusty wind and horizontal rain, we eventually find ourselves on the north side of Sydney harbour [...]

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Devour Gala Dinner @ Wellington On A Plate 2010 – Wellington, New Zealand

August 18, 2010

Wellington on a Plate. Let’s devour to our hearts’ content. I seldom see a whole snapper being served at a dinner event, unless it is a traditional Chinese dinner banquet. So when the waitress brings out a whole roasted Northland snapper, proudly resting on a plate and surrounded by Cloudy Bay clams, I simply can’t [...]

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Fondant Au Chocolat

August 13, 2010

Death by chocolate. You know that question, “What will be your last meal before you die?” I always find it fascinating where different people have different answers and usually the meal is related back to the childhood, or something they are really craving for right there and then. I actually don’t know what my last [...]

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