A table for two

As you may have noticed, the Chinese New Year festive mood is in full swing here at ATFT! 5 more sleeps to go, I can’t wait to have friends up here in the Coast to celebrate and usher in the Year of Tiger with more delicious food and treats. I have to admit I am [...]

[donotprint] Usher in The Year of Tiger! Seven more sleeps till the Lunar New Year, as you probably would have noticed that there is no slacking off in the ATFT’s kitchen and I’ve been churning up lots of my favourite festive cookies. A fellow Malaysian lady found my pineapple tarts post and she decided to [...]

I’ve made the peanut cookies for the Chinese New Year again. Those little golden morsels of soft peanut crumbs that simply melt in the mouth like eating a dollop of peanut butter never fail to satiate my cravings. I’ve revised my previous recipe a little and yield a better result. You can grab the recipe [...]

The Chinese New Year is only two weeks away and I’ve been a very busy man slaving over hot stove (or oven) lately. Last year we had friends coming up to the Central Coast and we had so much fun celebrating the new year with a 9-courses Chinese dinner banquet. And I am doing it [...]

Let the Wild Rumpus Start! “Rawwrrrrr…..!” Christmas time always brings out the wild side in me. Okay, maybe not as wild as running around the house, knocking things down and smashing things up. But I do think Christmas is the best time to let loose, be carefree; indulge yourself with lots and lots of delicious [...]

Somewhere over the rainbow… is a fork. The Talented ChocolateSuze made a rainbow cake shaped of a fork for a lady who likes to “grab your fork“. Why? Because is Helen’s birthday. It is always a good time to hang out with a group of best friends for some cooking debauchery. Minh, Yas, Helen, Simon [...]

Apologise for such slow update on my South East Asia trip back in August! Things have been hectic around this time of year and the new year is only 28 days away, I think I better crack the whip harder to get all the posts out before my next holiday start in May 2010! I [...]

90 grams, 30 grams, 110 grams, 200 grams. Repeat. 90 grams, 30 grams, 110 grams, 200 grams. Repeat. 90 grams, 30 grams, 110 grams, 200 grams. Repeat. 90 grams, 30 grams, 110 grams, 200 grams. Repeat. 90 grams, 30 grams, 110… … That was my mantra for the last three weeks. That’s the measurements for [...]

The cake sounds horrible in English, but if I put it in French… Gateau au chocolat à la fleur de sel et huile d’olive. The cake definitely sounds so much sexier in French, don’t you think? In short, just as the title says, it is a chocolate cake with olive oil and sea salt (fleur [...]

If there’s somethin’ strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? I’ll say call no one, lock the door, stay inside and bake a cake! That’s exactly what I did. Besides, you definitely would not want to call anybody and share these amazing macarons from this month’s Daring Bakers’ challenge. You heard me right, I [...]

I like my Daring Bakers’ Challenges, because I love playing with new ideas and it is also the only time I can go wild with my desserts! From the quirky Vegemite cheesecake, to a flower Milano Cookie Tuile, oh the possibilities are endless. I always looking forward to that big day when they reveal the [...]

If ricotta is not your thing, then you probably no need to read further. This post is all about ricotta, well not just ricotta, but food made with Perfect Italiano ricotta cheese. Thanks for Fleur at Mark Communications for sending me a huge bag full of tubs and tubs of ricotta cheese. It also only [...]

The Pom is very inspired by the Masterchef Australia show lately, and he even suggested that he will make cupcakes after watching Julie making her “Lemon Diva” cupcakes on last friday night cooking class episode. But soon the Pom realised it is the Queen’s Birthday long weekend here in Australia, he changed his mind and [...]

It’s Domo-Kun! I made my very first novelty cake for the flavour tripping party at ChocolateSuze’s new home. Sorry for the late post as some readers had requested for the recipe a while ago, hope it’s not too late for those who were planning to make the Domo-Kun cake for party. What do you mean [...]