Pandan tea for tea

Pandan grows wild, it needs no maintainence at all. It is a hardy shrub and will multiply like crazy if given the space. Pandan is used in all sorts of Asian cooking, sweet and savoury. I love my cup of pandan tea and the fragrance just drifts throughout the house when its being made. Besides [...]

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My new MOKA

I have a mild obsession with Starbucks. Yes, I am among the thousands who have helped turn Starbucks from a single café in a sleepy town in America to a multimonster billion dollar company it is now. My love for their vanilla ice latte has required me to spend tens of dollars weekly. I spent [...]

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A green milkshake

I couldn’t resist buying these huge avocadoes from Indonesia at the Geylang market. Indonesian avocados defer from the expensive Sri Lankan or Australian ones found in supermarkets. These are huge with smooth green skin, not wrinkled purplish brown skin like the others. The flesh is thick and perfect when pulped and whizzed into a milkshake. [...]

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Sunday morning hot chocolate

Hot chocolate is a lazy Sunday morning ritual for H. It’s the prelude to sometimes the only home cooked meal of the week. Its been made more special with a nifty tip from Jamie Oliver. Heating the milk till boiling, and then shaking it vigorously in a tightly capped bottle produces a lovely froth as [...]

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