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Donovan Brothers Pure 80% Cocoa Dark Chocolate
My name is Jean, and I am a chocoholic. Yes, I have a chocolate addiction and I confess to eating dark chocolates everyday, but no, I don't think I have a problem and I am certainly not about to kick that habit. Especially since there are so many types of good quality (read: expensive) chocolates available in Hong Kong, all waiting for my hungry ( Read more... ) -
Cheesy Muffin Recipe
If I had to choose between muffins or cupcakes, I would choose muffins hands down. There's something about the rustic simplicity of muffins that appeals to me. They taste good without needing any brightly coloured icing and toppings, and eating a muffin (or three) feels like I'm indulging in a treat without it being too unhealthy. Most of all, I ( Read more... ) -
Food court eats @ Food Republic (Citygate), Hong Kong
I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with food courts. On the one hand, there's a wide variety of food to choose from that are quite affordable. On the other hand, food quality is a bit of a hit-and-miss, and dining in a noisy hall on a hastily wiped-down table and using plastic cutlery leave a lot to be desired. Last weekend we went out on a ( Read more... ) -
Baked Whole Fish Recipe
When it comes to cooking fish, I think one of the worst things to do would be to dredge it in thick batter and then deep-fry it beyond any recognition in terms of appearance and flavours. Overcooking fish and drowning them in heavy sauces are the other two sacrilegious acts done to fish. Unfortunately, these three fish cooking methods are favoured ( Read more... ) -
Superb Japanese @ Inagiku (Four Seasons), Hong Kong
One of the great things about living in the big smoke is that you don't have to look very hard for an amazing dining experience to sweeten the bad taste in the mouth left by a crap experience. Of course, good and bad have to go hand in hand together, because the good cannot be fully appreciated without the bad. Last Sunday we thought it would be ( Read more... ) -
Spit-roasting at home
Roasting meat on a spit may be as primitive as cooking meat can get, but it actually isn't as simple as I thought it would be. As I briefly mentioned in my Christmas post we'd bought a table-top Delonghi oven that happened to come with a rotisserie spit feature. Although we chose this oven primarily for its size (it was the largest table-top oven ( Read more... ) -
Disappointing sushi @ Sen-ryo, Hong Kong
We had mediocre sushi for lunch last Sunday at the mall downstairs, and we really should have known better. Online reviews of the Sen-ryo restaurant chain seem to indicate that you can get fresh seafood and good sushi at one of the sushi joints, but these reviewers have obviously not eaten good quality sushi before (like the ones from Tsukiji ( Read more... ) -
Noodles @ Lok Yuen Beef Ball King, Hong Kong
It's the second day of the Lunar Year of the Rabbit, and I want to take the opportunity to wish everyone Gong Xi Fa Cai (it means "wishing you prosperity" in Mandarin Chinese). Since noodles is traditionally a "lucky" food to eat during the New Year celebration period (for most, if not all, Asian cultures), I thought I would blog about our ( Read more... ) -
Swedish-style Meatballs
One of the main reasons why I cook a lot at home - other than the fact that I love cooking - is because of my son's food allergies. It is not a simple matter of giving him food from restaurants, shops and supermarkets, especially in Asia where soy is used very extensively and staff don't understand what or why I'm asking about ingredients in the ( Read more... )