During Chinese New Year, I love making and eating this sweet and chewy nian gao (年糕). We eat this rice cake because cake in Chinese ‘糕’, sounds like the Chinese word for tall ‘高” and 年糕’s direct translation is ‘year high/tall’. So by eating this cake, we are wishing each other a new year with…
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Hvala – Singapore’s best and most instagrammable matcha cafe
When I travel, I always look for matcha cafes to visit and Hvala was on the top of my SG list for a few years! Hvala is an insta-worthy Japanese cafe serving all things matcha in tea, cakes, gelato and pastry form. They serve delicious food and beverages and have a gorgeous Japanese zen garden…
How to Make Strawberry Snow Skin Mooncakes Recipe
Serves 12 Ingredients for Snow Skin Mooncakes (mochi) 35g glutinous rice flour 35g rice flour 25g wheat flour 135g homogenized milk (3.25% milk fat) 16g neutral oil 30g sugar Ingredients for Snow Skin Mooncake filling (custard) 2 whole eggs 1 cup of freeze-dried strawberries, powder 70g sugar 30g cake flour 150g milk 45g unsalted butter,…
Tea Cubed launches new Mid Autumn Themed Ice Cream Puffs, Milk Tea and HK Lemon Tea Slush in Vancouver
Tea Cubed is celebrating Mid Autumn Moon Festival with their newest ice cream puff, tea slushies and desserts for Mid Autumn Moon Festival. These creations are available at Pricesmart Station Square at the deli section from August 19 to September 11th for four weekends only (Fri- Sun). Who is Tea Cubed? Tea Cubed is a…
You need to try this 40pp afternoon tea at the Fairmont Vancouver Airport
Manifest travelling by heading to Fairmont Vancouver Airport for their 2-for-1 afternoon tea deal! Enjoy buttery scones, heavenly desserts and savoury bites while overlooking airplanes for $40 pp (This price is after the applied coupon amount and does not include tax and tip. Original $79 pp). Also, you get 3 hours of free parking –…
Typhoon Shelter Chicken (避風塘雞) |Easy One Pan Asian chicken recipe
You might have heard about typhoons in Hong Kong but my Typhoon Shelter Chicken recipe will only be a whirlwind of spicy, savoury and umami flavours paired with tender and silky chicken (No raincoats required). What is Typhoon Shelter Chicken? Typhoon Shelter is a style of seasoning or cooking style that originates in Causeway Bay…
Earthling Foods offers a gluten-free afternoon tea set!
Earthling Café and Foods launched a gluten-free afternoon tea set and it’s available Thursday to Saturday from 12 PM to 3 PM. Enjoy Earthling’s famous sweet and savoury dacquoise, Beiju Foods‘s cassava waffles and sip on tea and coffee from Nunshen and Paragon Tea Room! I brought my fellow foodie, Melody from @blackholetummy, to experience…
Teaspoons & Co. reopens Vancouver storefront with a refined menu and new products
[Aug 15, 2020] – Teaspoons & Co. is the new name representing Passion Tearoom and its bubble tea kit sister brand. Still located at 1020 Howe St., they are now offering specialty drinks such as Kurozato Matcha and customer favourite, Ca Phe! Ca Phe with pearls Their Ca Phe drink is Vietnamese coffee with chocolate…
Ember Indian Kitchen | African & Indian Fusion Food
Located on the edge of Steveston, Ember Indian Kitchen is serving Indian food that has East African influences. The owner, Mr. Amin Sunderji, is a kind soul and he helped us choose what to eat! Small Share Plates Spinach Bhajia (must try!) This dish is made by Mr. Sundreji’s wife! She takes fresh spinach and…
JOEY Shipyard | New Restaurant in North Vancouver
JOEY Restaurant is opening a 6000 square foot restaurant in North Vancouver’s Shipyards on January 23! I got a sneak peek of the ambiance, view and most importantly food! Smalls + Sharing Plates Oshi Sushi: Seared Salmon Sushi Normally, I go to a Japanese restaurant for sushi but surprisingly, they executed the Oshi sushi pretty well!…
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