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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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Chocolate cake with olive oil and fleur de sel

November 11, 2009 Baking

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 de [...]

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Victoria Sandwich for the Queen’s Birthday!

June 7, 2009 Baking

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 [...]

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Adriano Zumbo – Balmain [ New Winter Collection 09]

May 24, 2009 Dessert

Trench coats, falling autumn leaves, aromatic coffee, french air kisses, Sydney is slowly turning into a romantic city. But there is also one man who is bringing the real Paris to your doorstep, and that person is Adriano Zumbo. Need no introduction, Zumbo has become a household name among all food bloggers, and reached celebrity [...]

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How to make Domo-Kun Cake (どーもくん)

May 20, 2009 Baking

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.
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Bernard’s Bakery – Bathurst, NSW

April 16, 2009 Cafes / Bakery

Our friend, Big D was born and grew up in Bathurst. He inherited all his father’s knowledge of the town, who was a historian and written a numerous books about the whole town of Bathurst. This explains why Big D knows every single street and shop in the town like the back of his hand. [...]

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Lindt Chocolat Cafe – Martin Place, Sydney

March 3, 2009 Dessert

After galleries hopping and a tasty lunch at Bills, we hopped back into the car and drove into city for one last exhibition at State Library of NSW. The sky was looking gloomy and started to rain as we came out of the gallery, so there is no better excuse as we quickly dashed into [...]

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Flourless Chocolate Cake with Pistachio Ice Cream

March 1, 2009 Baking

My very first take on the daunting Daring Bakers’ Challenge. I didn’t know what to expect, except follow some rules, and bake a cake! I love cake, I love desserts, and I love chocolate, so I wouldn’t mind to join in the fun. And my first challenge is to bake a chocolate cake, well a [...]

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Henri Charpentier – Ginza, Japan

November 15, 2008 Dessert

Hello all! and I am back from Japan! Needless to say I had a fabulous time, lots of eating, lots of sightseeing, lots of socialising, and did I mention eating? Food are everywhere at every corner no matter where you go, from sidewalk food stalls, to standing-up ramen shops, to a full course traditional Kaiseki [...]

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Victoria Sandwich, a birthday cake for moi!

October 7, 2008 Baking

*Disclaimer : I didn’t make this!
The cooking virus in this household is contagious! Everyone is in the cooking mood, and even Mr H decided to bake a classic Victoria Sandwich for my birthday! A total Iron Chef baked-off! It is very thoughtful of him to bake me a birthday cake, he even called up his [...]

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