My friend Mich from Melb was in the Europe for her choral group tour. She bought me these amazing pralines (chocolate) from her Euro tour. It is nicely packaged in a little box with a green ribbon. So beautiful!
I finally opened it and find a variety of pralines inside. I have tried a few but I decided to keep it to share it with friends. Too sweet for the tooth!
I tried the famous Hummingbird’s cupcake last weekend.
It is beautifully packaged. Awfully sweet. Always recommended with a cup of tea or coffee, unless you can take just the sugar rush on its own.
I think the beauty of cupcakes is that it can be eaten during tea time with a group of friends while sipping a cup of hot English tea. Maybe redbush tea, if your friends wish. I would opt for coffee, perhaps. On the other end of the spectrum, cupcakes make the most wonderful birthday gifts as well. It is sweet, simple and most likely to be well received.
Err.. Yes. I watched this ‘Seducing Mr Perfect’ starring Daniel Henney. I just think it is typical ‘fairy-tale’ sort of story line. There are some interesting points embedded in the movie.
For example. Don’t feed his ego. Don’t pick up the phone. If he is really looking for you, he will call you a few times.
I mean.. playing hard to get? Bleah! I don’t know!
Having said that, I had this really sweet pavlova while watching.
Okay la.. I shall just award the COTD to Daniel Henney.. just because I haven’t blogged COTD recently.
This 31-year-old dude is an American with Korean blood. Despite speaking very little Korean, Henney became a household name through the South Korean hit TV drama, My Name is Kim Sam Soon. Following his success in Sam Soon, he has continued to work as a professional actor.
There you go!
I subscribe to Jillian Michaels’ newsletter which gives various tips on how healthy living. Today’s Be My Organic Valentine article is quite interesting.. so much of the “organic” buzz going around among us. Every time I look at the ‘organic’ label, I will be laughing secretly. It is just so………… you-know-who!
There was one season when my mum’s all into preparing ‘kiao’ (wanton or chinese wet dumplings?) for breakfast. It is just minced meat wrapped in popiah skin (made of flour, I believe).
Yums!
But if you are in London craving for this ‘kiao’.. it is extremely expensive to get the materials (presumely, in Chinatown?)…
How do you then do the cheapskate budget way?
A couple of days ago, I learnt that there is something similar in the western world. It is called tortellini.
You can cook it in broth or just do it the ‘kolok’ style. It has meat wrapped in pasta ’sheets’. I think it is quite similar to wanton/kiao/dumplings. I think it affordable, simple and makes a good meal. Toss them with extra virgin olive oil, some oyster sauce (don’t forget you’re chinese, after all), soy sauce, basil and pepper. Sometimes, you can also add some colours to the dish. Long beans can do the greens while tomatoes give the vibrant redness.
Improvise your meal. Stretch the dollars!