Procrastinating Sunday
Today is all about taking easy, bake some cake, make some dessert soup, look after the herb garden and try some candies from overseas. I’ve also decided to take my Polaroid SX-70 out for a spin. I love my polaroid camera, it is an oldie, but a goodie. It is a shame the film has been discontinued and now I am slowly burning the last few packets I have left in the stash. So sad…
Anyway, I went to a local candy shop that sells candies and lollies from overseas and got myself some goodies. I have to save my all time favourite is still the Reese’s peanut butter cup. I think I buy them almost every single time when I go to that shop, and I was actually gasped when I saw a 2kg tub of Reese’s peanut butter jar inside the shop! I was so tempted to get it. But this time I decided to try something different. As you can see, I got Wispa (UK), Baby Ruth (USA), and Twix Peanut Butter (USA). I can’t wait to try them, and I also would like to know what you guys think is the best candies from UK or US. Let me know and see I can hunt them down next time when I am there.
Mint (Mentha)
Don’t you just love the scent of fresh mint?! We have started growing our own little herb garden since last October and finally it is taking shape and all the sprouts are now fully grown and healthy. In the herb garden now we have Parsley, Mint, Thyme, Chilli Padi and Aji Pepper. I love my chilli and Chilli Padi has become an essential ingredient whenever I make fresh salad. They are not cheap at supermarket and sometimes they are not that fresh and shrivelled up. So I kept some of the unused chillies and left it sun dry at the window sill, and used the seeds to grow the chilli myself.
L to R: Parsley, Thyme, Mint, Chilli Padi, Aji pepper tree
Actually me and gardening don’t mix, I don’t have green thumb what so ever, and more of a plant killer. So I am quite chuffed that my little herb garden is doing so well. I can’t wait for my chilli plant to have the first harvest, and the joy of picking my home grown chillies. 
I would love to expand my herb garden once it has stabilised and can maintain itself. Here’s a few that I would like to add to my collection: Basil, Rosemary, Kaffir Lime Leaf and Pandan Leaf. Would like to know who has their own little herb garden and what is in their collection, maybe can do a little swap?
The only cooking I did today is make a chinese dessert soup – Red bean soup with mandarin peel. I suddenly craved for this dessert drink and makes me homesick so decided to get the saucepan out, and make a big pot of it. The mandarin peel in the soup is not commonly used, but it does give the soup a nice refreshing zest taste to it. I will have a proper post with recipe of this soup soon.
Hence, this is my little quiet Sunday, doing what I do best – “EAT”. 
So, how’s your Sunday?
A Table For Two (ATFT) is Billy Law's food blog that features best eats in Sydney and around the world with drool-worthy food photography to salivate your appetite. I also throw in a smidgen of my food and travel photography for good measure. Billy Law also happened to be a contestant on MasterChef Australia 2011. 
lol i have most of the collection you want: rosemary, kaffir lime and basil… oh and we’ve got a curry leaf tree ooh and coriander! and lemon grass!
chocolatesuze’s last blog post..ikea [1]
I love the nostalgia of the polaroid camera. And your vintage looking photos – they look like they were taken over 20 yrs ago!
Karen’s last blog post..Löwenbräu Keller
oh! cute herb plot
ours is all overgrown and bestraggeldy. (do let me know if you find a pandan plant – i’ve been looking for one since forever and they smell so so lovely when you walk past them!)
ps) i heart red bean soup with mandarin peel. so. comforting.
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Love those peanut Butter cups, but I am a HUGE fan of the peanut butter M&M’s…….mmmmm!!
ooh nothing beats the joy of specially imported candy bars! i love peanut butter cups too, but some others I love are
1. Tunnocks Caramel Wafers (UK) which are super sweet and sticky. Best eaten in stages with lots of tea
2. Milk duds (USA) – a box lasts me ages because they’re so sweet. Like a condensed nugget of Rolo!
3. Junior Mints (USA) – partly for the Seinfeld connection and because they are so minty fresh and chocolatey!
Baby Ruths are great too
Helen’s last blog post..Eveleigh Farmers’ Market
My fav so far would be the stroopwafel, a Dutch waffle with a caramel core.
Ohhhh I second what Helen says for Milk duds! It’s one of the most dangerous snacks you would often be tempted to et at movie theatre. Hmmmmm.
Yas’s last blog post..Dinner @ Blancharu
Man I haven’t had a whisper bar in ages! YUM!
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@chocolatesuze: oh good good, I’ll wait for my invitation to your house next CNY then I can come and pick some flowers!
@Karen: Yeah, is an oldie but a goodie. You simply can replicate the look and feel of polaroids, sadly one technology will soon extinct.
@shez: Yeah it is not easy to find Pandan leaves for some reason, I am not sure whether sydney weather is suitable for the growth, but worth a try.
@Nicky: Peanut M&Ms? Must try to hunt them down.
@Helen: Milk duds eh? Can I call them milky nipples instead? I’ll see what else I can get next time I am there. Still tempted to buy that 2kg tub of peanut butter!
@Simon: Oh I think I saw that in the shop, they do have a NL section in there. Will give it a try next time
@Yas: Hahaha trust you with your food! You are too dangerous to be around! You eat everything!
@Monkeyboy: Hehehe, the poms sure do like their sweets?!
I like the cheap and cheerful Caramac too! 