Do you consider yourself adventurous when it comes to food? Would you try new things that you’ve never had before? Are you interested in learning about seemingly strange ingredients and different cooking methods? If you answered yes to these questions then the up coming Asian Garden Market Graze is the perfect thing for you. Some [...]
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The first time I ever ‘won’ anything was back in year 9. It was one of those unpopular gold coin donation charity events at school where we had a chance to guess the number of Easter eggs in a jar in order to win prizes. I was peer pressured into the donation and as a [...]
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Like many Melbournians and other fellow hibernators, on a cold evening in winter, I’d rather sit at home and curl up on the couch with a hot cup of soup. There’s hardly anything that could tempt me out of my comforting corner and sheltered soul to battle the wind and rain outside. Even when I [...]
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Since I’m from Shanghai, “how does Shanghainese food differ from other Chinese cuisine?” has been a question that many people have asked me before. After some thought I’ve come up with the conclusion that Shanghainese food tend to be a bit sweeter, some dishes a bit more sour, not as oily or chilli than other [...]
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As the Chinese New Year celebrations will continue for 15 days (and they really started a few weeks ago as well), Melbourne will be seeing a lot of festivity in the major Asian populated suburbs – for dates and locations of festivals, refer to the end of the post. I was lucky enough to be [...]
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The Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Silvan (near Mt Dandenong) is currently open to the public. We were fortunate enough to have gone on a beautiful Sunday about two weeks ago while school holidays just started and the place was so full of people we had much trouble taking photos of flowers without anyone in [...]
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Although Melbourne’s weather is unpredictable to say the least, the occasional glimpse of sunshine and rare days of higher temperatures remind me that Spring is indeed upon us. As Spring is here, what can be better than going to a fun-filled day of eating, drinking and bringing back wonderful and fresh produce. That’s right, a [...]
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The Good Food & Wine Show took place this year in Melbourne between June 3 – 5 2011 in the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. We only had time to go on Friday since batasan had work on Saturday and we were busy on Sunday. I was a little upset that I didn’t get to [...]
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