Mkoko House BBQ Gambas
Your feet will get wet. You arrive by boat with all your airport gear, luggage, maybe even a hat for the sun, but the island laughs at your formality. The strong sea breeze knocks off your hat, the sand engulfs your toes, the salt water licks at your jeans. With your shoes in hand, you […]
Popsicle Week 2016 – Mango Pandan Vanilla Bean Popsicles
Ah summer. You are finally here. Summer in Asia brings sweaty backs, sticky legs and rain showers. The scent of suntan lotion and mosquito repellent blend together on your skin to tell the world that yes, summer is sticking around for awhile. In Europe or colder places, the long awaited summer sounds more like THIS. Oh […]
Down-time Cranberry Cream Scones
The best scones I can remember eating were at the top of a small hill in Devon. A quaint little tea room just like the ones you imagine to find in the English countryside, had a blackboard set up outside announcing Cream Teas were being served. We had hiked along the stunning rough coastline and with […]
Survival Granola
I never thought I would be so obsessed with nap time, not my own, but my child’s. And not only for his well-being, but for my own sanity. The last time I took a nap was probably in grade school, unless you count falling asleep on trains and buses while travelling or an afternoon in […]
On New Motherhood and Grapefruit Lemon Loaves
People tell you it is the toughest job, that it is not easy, but you don’t really realize what that means until you go through it yourself. How hard can it be to take care of a little human? You see women at cafes chatting over coffee as their babe snoozes in a stroller, you […]
The Non-Definitive Guide to Dim Sum – Part I
How could you not fall in love with a type of meal that literally means “light up the heart’? A whole array of dishes, mostly steamed, some deep-fried, others occasionally baked into the crispiest of feathery light pastries, all with the sole purpose of igniting joy. Dim Sum 點心 has a dedicated following anywhere Cantonese […]
Culinary Travel Week 2016
“Food is our common ground, a universal experience,” – James Beard When we left Brussels for our overland journey to Hong Kong, we knew that we wanted to explore the land and its people through food. Over the past 18 months, there has been no better way of connecting with local cultures than through the […]
The Impossible Perfection of the Soft-Boiled Egg
I get it. It’s only an egg, what is the big deal? Julia Child devoted a whole chapter of Mastering the Art of French Cooking to the glorious egg. Often we hear that the mark of a good chef is in how they handle the simple egg. People who cannot cook usually say, “I can’t […]
Brussels Farewell Biscotti
There is something about farewells and rain that go hand in hand. The heavy grey skies of Brussels looked down on us as we raced from lunches to dinners to drinks to parties, all in the name of seeing as many friends as we could before leaving. The thick clouds mirrored our mood, reminding us […]
Late Summer Fig Tart
Is there any fruit more stunning than a ripe fig? The fragile thick skin waiting to burst open with a slight pull, the glutinous sweetness oozing out from the round bottom and the fragrant flowers moist and succulent within. When the apricots and peaches start to disappear from the market stalls, the figs come in […]
