It’s been a slow week in the kitchen and a hectic week at work. The result is that I haven’t had any real time to roll up my sleeves and make anything worth blogging about. That said, I’ve decided to entertain myself with two items, both of which are accompanied with pictures taken on my […]

photo from www.wildrocket.com.sg
Tonight, at a dinner party, my wife S ran into an old schoolmate. Willin Low is one of those guys whose stories make you smile and laugh. I liked him immediately. But what makes him of particular interest (to this blog and all you foodies out there) is that Willin, once upon a […]

The latest meme that’s been making the food blog rounds is called Childhood Memories. Once tagged, we’re supposed to write about 5 childhood food memories that have shaped our current culinary predilections. Last week, the wonderfully sweet Tara made me “it”, along with The Domestic Goddess and Nicky and Oliver, the hugely talented couple who […]

Okay, I’ll admit this post has absolutely nothing to do with food. That said, I’ve just spent the past hour having a great time. Some wacky designer in Germany has set up a site that allows you to create your own customized South Park-ish characters. S stumbled upon it earlier today and alerted me to […]

S and I like poking around supermarkets and gourmet stores. We especially like doing so when we’re travelling. Obsessive gluttons that we are, we’re always thrilled to find new and exciting products as well as old favourites that for some reason or other are either hard to or impossible to find in Singapore. We even […]

I rarely take part in Sugar High Friday. Unlike über-dessert chef-bloggers like Keiko or J, I’m much more comfortable cooking savory entrées and main courses. As I’ve written before, dessert is the domain of my darling wife S.
This month’s challenge is being hosted by Elise of Simply Recipes. Elise has asked us to make custard-based […]

There are days when I’m inclined to perform the culinary equivalent of a Cirque du Soleil act in my kitchen by attempting to create a menu degustation involving multiple recipes from the French Laundry Cookbook. I do love the challenge of it all. But there are other times when the occasion calls for simple, honest […]

S and I got married on 9 September 2001. To celebrate our anniversary this year, we decided to recreate our wedding dinner–for ourselves and for two close friends who weren’t able to attend the wedding. We were married at the Sandalford Winery in Swan Valley, Western Australia. And unlike many other couples that we know, […]

I have to admit that I really only became a real ramen fan after watching Tampopo, one of the best and funniest food movies ever made. For those few of you who haven’t seen this delicious and delightful film, boy are you in for a treat! I’ll try not to spoil too much of it, […]

While typing my last post, something kept bugging me. No, it wasn’t the golden retriever sitting on my foot asking me if, by chance, I had any treats at hand. It was the fact that I was forgetting to do something. This morning, it hit me. In that post, I mentioned three blogs that I’ve […]

It feels like years since I last posted. In reality, it’s only been a little more than a week. But it feels much longer. The past couple weeks have been really busy. My team at work has been involved in a huge project that’s taken up days, nights and even our weekends. But it’s now […]