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Beer tasting dinner at Mumu Grill – Crows Next, Sydney, NSW

February 11, 2010 Australian

Food. Booze and Moo…

…Grass fed in particular, is seemingly to be the hot topic that circulates around the table this evening at the Beer Tasting Dinner at MUMU Grill, a preview event organised by owner and head chef Craig Macindoe, who is also an avid slow food advocate. After a few tweets away, Craig able [...]

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Video of how to make Pineapple Tarts

February 9, 2010 Baking

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 [...]

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Kuih Loyang / Kuih Rose / Honeycomb Cookies

February 8, 2010 Baking

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 order them [...]

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February ATFT Food Tee – One Bite More

February 4, 2010 food art

ATFT Food Tee February Edition is hot out of the oven!
First of all, I would like to thank everyone, especially to the happy owners of the first ATFT t-shirt last month, for all the support and feedback I’ve been given on this little project. For those who don’t know what I am talking about or [...]

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Maggie G’s of Morpeth – Morpeth, NSW

February 3, 2010 Australian

Yellowglen bottles as salt and pepper shaker, ingenius!
Morpeth, one of the most beautiful little towns in New South Wales that I’ve visited. Only a 2 hours drive from Sydney, Morpeth is tucked away just a little further north in the Hunter Region. I first discovered this tranquil little hidden gem when I joined the Hunter [...]

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Chinese New Year Peanut Cookies (花生饼)

February 2, 2010 Baking

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 [...]

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Pineapple Tarts for Chinese New Year – 凤梨酥/黄梨酥

February 1, 2010 Baking

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 [...]

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The Salt Tasting Event – William Blue Restaurant, North Sydney, NSW

January 29, 2010 Event

How many types of salt have you tasted?
For me, I would say possibly two or three, until the day I found myself surrounded by chefs, salt purveyors and food writers all in one room, slowly curing ourselves like an aged meat with 15 different kinds of salt from all over the world. Big thanks to [...]

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Lamington Tiramisu for Australia Day

January 28, 2010 Australian

Lamington – “Those bloody poofy woolly biscuits”.
That’s how the Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901, Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, described this iconic Australian dessert. Don’t blame him, he probably would have wanted something more manly and macho like a chunky beef pie to be named after him, and not to be associated with [...]

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Nanaimo Bar with the Australia Day touch

January 27, 2010 Canadian

Nanaimo Bar, sounded like a crazy Japanese snack when I first heard it. Only then realised that Nanaimo is actually a city on the Vancouver Island in Bristish Columbia, Canada. The Nanaimo city so proud of this confectionery chocolate squares, they even have a page fully dedicated to the Namaimo Bar on their official website. [...]

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Dark Soy Pork Spare Ribs – 老抽炒排骨

January 22, 2010 Chinese

My new food regime of back to basic continues after my steamed pork mince with salted duck egg proven to be a popular dish among food lovers with oriental background and I am so surprised to read how most of us can really relate our childhood memories to this simple dish. I am actually quite [...]

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Masuya Japanese Seafood Restaurant 鱒屋 – O’Connell Street, Sydney CBD, NSW

January 20, 2010 Japanese

The Ootoro has sold out, we’ve been told.
After hearing Richard raving about the fatty tuna ootoro at Masuya Japanese Seafood Restaurant, it is the only one dish that I am really looking forward to experience. To my dismay, we are informed by the waitress that it has been sold out for this evening, sadness. But [...]

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Rowda Ya-Habibi – Newtown, NSW

January 18, 2010 Lebanese

The lady is in town, and we fed him lady finger.

And yes, the lady is a “he” but without asking too many questions about the name, “Lady Iron Chef” or his real name Brad, is one of the top food bloggers in Singapore and we are lucky enough to be able to meet up with [...]

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Postcard from Cambodia – A Day at KILT (Part 2)

January 15, 2010 Cambodia

This event took place over 5 months ago in August 2009, I will try to remember every single detail as possibly can.
During my stay in Cambodia, apart from checking out all the ruins in Siem Reap, I also spent a day with the KILT and it is definitely one of the highlights of my vacation [...]

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