Singapore-based gourmands will be excited to know that Pantry Magic is opening the doors of its first Singapore shop on Monday, 29 Janaury 2007. For those who haven’t visited one of their two stores in Hong Kong or its shop in Taiwan, Pantry Magic is a (relatively) new, Asian chain specializing in cooks’ tools.
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It’s always wonderful to find something really cool that you can’t wait to not only buy for yourself but also for as many friends as possible. The other day, S came home with the cutest new book. Irene’s Peranakan Recipes, published by uber-cool design and custom-publishing firm Epigram, was originally produced as a Christmas gift […]

Sean preparing Prarie Oysters
Several weeks ago, S and I attended a pretty extraordinary dinner. It was a private affair, held at the house of a friend of a friend. Our meal was prepared by two chefs. Upon arrival, we were asked to select one of three cocktails, a blood and sand (scotch, orange juice, white […]

S and I are admittedly a little boring. When going out for a meal, we tend to prefer dining in familiar favourites than checking out new places. There’s a lot less risk. There’s nothing worse than shelling out hard-earned cash on an awful or disappointing experience. It’s so much easier to simply return to places […]

One of the things that I’ve been fortunate to have had the opportunity to do over the past few years is work on a number of pretty nifty books. The latest one to see print is titled French Classics Modern Kitchen (okay, I’m tootin’ my own horn a little here). It’s the cookbook for the […]

Are you a big winner? If you made a donation to this year’s Menu for Hope and purchased a chance to win some amazing prizes, you should head on over to Pim’s blog immediately to see if you have won. To get there, please click here. Congrats to edwf, cookingismypassion, Spike, keaton, Sui Mai and […]

There’s a specific word that, when I spy it on menus, always gets my juices flowing. And while it’s overused a little these days and used inappropriately at times, I still get excited and just a little hungrier than normal when I see the word, “confit”. I love foods that have been prepared this way. […]

I mentioned a few posts ago that my wife S and I, plus 6 other friends, hired Chef Jimmy Chok to cook for us on New Year’s Eve. We had also hired him, with stunning results, the previous year, so we were quite excited to taste this year’s meal. (Sadly, I was still recovering from […]

Okay, nothing to do with food, but oh my lord do I want one of these babies! Don’t know what it is? Click here. All I can say is, “Wow”.

One of my favourite simple meals is a good plate of Cantonese roasted meats served with some rice. I’m partial especially to a beautifully roasted duck. The skin has to be just a tad crispy and the meat juicy and tender. And while I’m usually not a huge fan of char siu (barbecued pork), if […]

This past New Year’s Eve, S and I hosted a small dinner party for 6 other friends. Because neither of us wanted to work too hard that night, we hired a super-talented chef, Jimmy Chok, to prepare our meal. Jimmy had also cooked for us the previous New Year’s Eve. (I’ll write more about the […]

Each year, my wife S and I try to create a fun Christmas gift to give some of our friends. A couple years ago, we gave friends DIY Molten Chocolate Cake Kits. Each kit came with detailed instructions, chocolate, molds, and other essentials for creating this (way too) popular dessert. This past holiday season, instead […]

Zen tempura experience

I’m a big, big tempura lover so I made it a point to ask our hotel’s amazing concierges to recommend a good place to eat tempura. They suggested Ippoh, which they said is both the city’s best tempura restaurant and one of Osaka’s oldest. I couldn’t pass on the idea of eating in […]