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JJa jang myeon – a Korean noodle dish

August 8, 2012 Korean

There was a period in my life (back in university) when I was completely and utterly addicted to Korean pop music (Kpop) and Korean dramas. I was so engrossed in the whole ordeal that I taught myself how to read the Korean alphabet so I could surf Korean sites easily. I even frequented a Kpop [...]

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Jacques Reymond, Prahran – a 3 hatted affair

August 7, 2012 Fine dining

Some of you might know that it was Yuye and I’s 8 year anniversary a few weeks ago since we first started dating. It’s really been a long and hectic ride at times but we passed the ’7 year myth’ so hopefully we’ll be blessed from now on. The 7 year myth was passed on [...]

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Classic tiramisu recipe

August 6, 2012 Dessert

Have you ever watched Hell’s Kitchen where Gordon Ramsay rips through young chefs in his kitchen with his foul mouth and mean face? Gordon Ramsay has always scared me somewhat. If I was ever going to work in a kitchen, I wouldn’t want him as my boss because I would be too scared to do [...]

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Liaison Cafe, Melbourne

August 5, 2012 Breakfast/brunch

My head was spinning and my stomach was churning. I felt like I had just chugged down a litre of slightly warm milk and GOSH can I actually be lactose intolerant without knowing about it for 28 years? Or am I just terrible at drinking more than one dose of caffeine a day? After having [...]

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Kitsune Udon

August 3, 2012 Japanese

For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while, you probably know that I’m a big meat eater. I’d rarely, if ever, order a salad as a main dish at a restaurant nor would I prefer to eat vegetarian dishes if I had the choice. All of my friends are meat [...]

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Hogs Breath Cafe, Chadstone

August 2, 2012 American

I’ve contemplated time and time again whether or not I should blog about this restaurant. The photos never turn out well because of the lighting and the food doesn’t look all that nice to photograph anyway. I tend to go there a lot because a friend of mine lives very close by and he absolutely [...]

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How to make matcha (green tea), a bit of history and travel in Tokyo

August 1, 2012 Tokyo

Our trip to Tokyo & tea ceremony lesson During Yuye and I’s March 2012 trip to Tokyo, we stayed at a hotel in Ueno (Tokyo Ueno New Izu Hotel) which I will blog about in a future post. The weather was still very cold and on one of the days it actually snowed. We weren’t [...]

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Marinated salmon sashimi salad

July 31, 2012 Japanese

Even though I said in an earlier post that I’m without doubt a meat over seafood kind of person, one type of seafood gets me every single time and that is sashimi (raw seafood slices). For some reason, I find raw seafood a lot nicer to eat (in fact I totally love it to bits) [...]

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Little Bean Blue, Melbourne

July 30, 2012 Coffee

Yuye and I met up with an old friend from high school and university the other day. He’s been studying an MBA course in Singapore for a long time and we were both excited to see him come back for good. Although we hadn’t spoken for a long time, most of our conversation ended up [...]

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Persimmon jam

July 29, 2012 Dessert

I find that persimmons is one of those fruits that people either love or hate. My mum and I both love it to bits and same with Julie, my brother’s girlfriend, but my pattisiere friend Rach wouldn’t touch it. Julie’s parents buy boxes of persimmons every few weeks and goes through them like I would [...]