Kaya Toast
Homemade Kaya Toast: A concoction of fresh eggs, coconut milk and sugar, infused with the heady scent of pandan leaves, and served slathered between crisp slices of toast that hide a generous chunk of salted butter.
Tag: Singapore
Mummy’s Chicken Soup
My thoughts on the recently-published A Tiger In The Kitchen and a recipe for Chicken Soup.
On Marriage
Thoughts on marriage according to Kahlil Gibran.
Memories
A breakfast encounter brings me on a trip back in time.
A Singaporean Thanksgiving
Right up till last Thursday, Thanksgiving was an alien concept to me, despite having been in the US for all of two years. It wasn’t the first time we spectated on the manic preparations leading up to one of the biggest American holidays of the year, but it was certainly …
Onde Onde – A Sugar Bomb
As Muslims everywhere celebrate the annual festival of Hari Raya, or Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end to a month of fasting, I thought I’d try my hand at making a popular Malay kuih in Singapore. Less of a dessert (in the contemporary sense, at least), Onde Onde (pronounced ‘on-day’) is …
Bubor Cha Cha
I know what you must be thinking. No, this dessert is not a joke, and yes, its name actually resembles the seemingly mindless babble of an 18-month old. Don’t let that, or its unusual appearance for that matter, put you off reading the rest of this post. It doesn’t contain …
Summer Holidays
We leave today for two weeks in Southeast Asia, including a couple of days at this beach resort in Thailand, which we’re very excited about. I hope to have time to post on the trip, and will be thinking fondly of these little shoots of summer in our garden. Tomatoes …