Reel versus Real We all are familiar with the famous Hide and seek advertisement where Hrithik endorses the product. But unfortunately the quality of the product has not been so stabl
What is spicy, tangy, sweet, savoury, crispy, cool, hot, crunchy all the same time? An explosion of flavours in your mouth that will tease and tantalize your taste buds so much so that you keep craving for more long after your stomach's full. Its our all
Among the well-known spicy yet very yummy dishes of the Bicol Region of the Southern Philippines which elicit my appetite are ?Bicol Express? and ?Laing?. The two dishes are both basically vegetable entrees with some pork meat and/or select dried fish or
When I saw this recipe on the Martha Stewart show, I started following Whisk Kid's blog . She does amazing layered cakes. The idea that you can make a cake (and keep it secret what is inside), sounded fun. So I decided to do this for Marcus. He is ha
Historically, Lap means "ritual" in old Chinese, it was very often that surplus meat after the ritual would be cured for use in times of scarcity. These preserved delicacies are called "Lap-mei" in Cantonese and are often mistaken that they are waxed beca
This is my first "BARBIE Cake"...the result of baking course 2 weeks before my little one bday. I made it especially for her 3rd bday. Special cake for special day. She was very happy afterall watching me made a new creation of the cake. She is not the on
It's not too often that I find fresh cockles or squid in the fish market that I go to. On my recent trip there, the 'mogorle' (fisherwoman) in her shrill voice excitedly told me that I must buy the fresh cockles that just arrived. Knowing that this partic
Since I have some mango juice in the fridge I try on making this mango chiffon cake. The flavour is not so obvious and will be better if I add in mango flesh as well. Well is pretty hard to get fresh mango as now is not the season. Anyway I still like thi
Pineapple sheera! Yum! One of my most favourite sweet dishes. Well, I have posted the recipe for sheera twice already but I was simply compelled to write another recipe again, adding pineapple chunks this time. Sheera is something I remember eating as a c
Since I m not too familiar with Filipino cuisine, I thought it would be nice to try something out of our norm. Daniel s friend Larry has a great recipe for Chicken Adobo and he shared it with us, which turned out to be much easier than it sounds! The best
I don't know about anybody else but when I go to a Chinese buffet I load up on 3 things...crab rangoons, egg rolls and chinese donuts. Clearly, I go for the healthiest of all options. Now this is somewhat strange and slightly reminiscent of "A Christmas
Chicken Shervaa makes an excellent side dish for Porotta which is very famous in all over Tamilnadu. It is a Soup with flavourful extract from chicken spices. It is also known as Shorba in North India. Ingredients: Chicken pieces with bones - 1 l
This is my moms favorite recipe. When we were coming back from home she packed me some of the dried shrimp. They are precleaned, prepacked and ready to go. All i have to do is take them out of the fridge and cook them. Its ready....... Preparation tim
World Cup Cricket fever is all over the news whether on TV, in the newspapers, on FB, blogs? I am not at all a sports person but I still enjoy this sprit and am really happy that finally after a lot of nail biting India has won the World Cup :)? A proud m
As you can see (this picture was taken two Thanksgivings ago, at my house), desserts are a BIG deal at Thanksgiving in my family. Big. My mom usually makes about six (or more!) different pies. Yes, six. Two pumpkin, two pecan and most importantly, two but
Maggi Hamburger Seasoning completely transforms the texture of the meat. Hack is chopped in German. Another name is Frikadellen. This is a quick and easy dinner and are great with mustard. You can buy Maggi German products at the Marina Market. M
This weekend, our niece Ella turned two years old! In honor of her second birthday and her Sesame Street theme celebration, we made her a Sesame Street Cupcake and Dessert Tower. Nothing but the best for our niece's birthday party! We used our Round C
Steamed Egg Cake or also known as Ji Dan Gao (???) is one of the tradition steamed cake, which is commonly used for praying purpose during festive occasion such as Chinese Lunar New Year. I still remember vividly when I was a child, I used to help my mum
Fresh from the recent success of baking the chiffon cake recipe, I got a little ambitious and started experimenting with several different flavors for this cake. I was pleased with all the outcome, as the flavoring and texture of the cakes were surprising
Every mom (or everyone for that matter), who is truly passionate with foods or cooking, has her own specialty dishes. Select entrees which can be prepared by heart, without the aid of any notes, and almost always a sure delight for dinners. These would in
Enjoying the beautiful sights, smells and sounds Spring-time brings? I?ve been admiring the swift emergence of cherry blossoms, marigolds and daffodils scattered about everywhere I look. I?ve been detecting the scent of invigorating freshly cut grass thro
and i put Egyptian in the title to distinguish it from the Syrian type of Fattah, which is quite different. ok, continuing with the meat feast theme, as i mentioned earlier, in that season almost everyone who sacrifices an animal ends up with lots and lo
Poori is really a big fare at home as I make it very rare might be once in 3-4 months.So,when I make it we enjoy it to the fullest extent with out bothering about those extra calories.Poori is again a very versatile Indian bread which is paired wi