A table for two

Is there anything more exciting to see a 5kg tub of Nutella sitting on the shelf in a restaurant? Especially when it is only an arm’s stretch away right above me. “When I saw the 10kg Nutella in Italy, I want to get them and bring them back, but for some reason, no one seems [...]

Table for 2 ‘ate’ Table for 20. We time it to arrive at the restaurant around 7pm but to find the front door is locked. It is pitch black inside with a few candles flickering on the tables and no one inside. A note is stuck to the glass window on the door with the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“How do you spell Carluccio?” I ask Helen. “Aiyahhh Billyyyyy…. C.. A.. R.. L.. U..” she bemoans. Sorry Jedi Helen, I can only defend myself and my ignorance that English is still my second language let alone spelling an Italian name. Besides, I’m one of those people that never good with names especially during first [...]

He’s been everywhere, Man. … and I tagged along with Amelie to Australia Capital Territory, Canberra. The Pom, AKA the “Everywhere Man“, has now travelling over 9500km and visited 40 towns out of the 93 places written in the song “I’ve been everywhere, man”, by Geoff Mack. Funny how the words spread, the Pom is [...]

Long weekend, also means a long table of food, food, and food. Apart from the panna cotta I made over the weekend, I have also cooked up a storm and invited our good friends who I haven’t seen for a long time over to our home for a lovely lunch. I’ve been spending a whole [...]

Is grass always greener on the other side? Because there is an award-winning restaurant literally 400 meters down the street from my house, but somehow I am still getting inside the car and drive 1.5 hours into Sydney for dinner. Two years, with a very good reason, I finally have my first dinner at Onda [...]

Why would I want to eat spaghetti when I can have all the yummy local Malaysian delicacies? And I am always over sensitive and cautious about eating raw sashimi in a hot tropical country like Malaysia, Salmonella is not what I am looking for on the menu that’s for sure. But when they mix it [...]

Rolling my own pasta eh? When I signed up to be a daring bakers, I was expecting challenges like baking cakes, cupcakes and all those sweet sweet yummy desserts. Who would have thought this is my only second challenge and I have to roll my own pasta, and make a lasagne dish. The March 2009 [...]

It is TGIF PLF – I called it the Pub Lunch Friday! The battered food, the amber liquid, and the extra hour long lunch relaxing in the beer courtyard soaking up the sun, what not to love about PLF?! Not to mention, the local hotel is only few paces down the hill from our place, [...]

“Where can I get a good coffee?” I twittered on my iPhone. It didn’t take long for me to realise I’ve sent the message too soon without telling people where exactly I am. Soon enough my twitter is flooded with recommendations all the way from US, telling me to go to Starbucks. “Where can I [...]