We decided on a Harry-Potter-themed Christmas mainly because every time we watch the movies, it puts us in a Christmas-sy mood, what with the snow and grand feasts in the Great Hall and all. Replicating the food from Harry Potter was too much of a hassle for me, especially since most of it had to [...]

In brightest day, in darkest night, No evil shall escape my sight Let those who worship evil’s might, Beware my power… Green Lantern’s light! As nerdy as we may be at times, we’re not celebrating Green Lantern’s “light”, but actually referring to the shortest day and longest night – Dongzhi – the Chinese winter solstice, [...]

Queue-queue, cue-cue, or as veteran Singaporean food blogger Dr Leslie Tay from the i-eat-i-shoot-i-post blog calls it “Q-Q”. What is cue-cue? Well, it is the most important thing when it comes to some Chinese noodles. Pronounced Q-Q, it is the Hokkien word for springy or al dente when referring to noodles, or any other food [...]

It’s less than 20 days to Christmas! My favourite time of year! Needless to say, Christmas doesn’t get “pimped up” here in the Middle East as much as back home in Singapore, or most other countries. But we’ll make do In Singapore, the biggest draw this time of year is the Orchard Road Christmas light-up. [...]

I mentioned in the previous post that most items sold at pasar malams are sold anywhere else, any time of the year. However, one thing that is a little more elusive, and more exclusive to pasar malams, is the Ramly Burger. Ramly Burger is a burger created by one Ramly Moknin in Malaysia in 1979, [...]

The ‘pasar malam’ (Malay for night market) is quite different in Singapore compared to Malaysia. Pasar malams in Malaysia are usually a permanent feature, meaning, it is held on a specific night of the week at the same location every week. In Singapore however, pasar malams are like a travelling circus, popping up at any [...]

Two ‘guns’ actually. Each acquired for very different purposes, but boy do they get the job done! They’re my favourite new toys at the moment, making me the trigger-happiest kid on the block. All the king’s soldiers and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again? Well, say hello to my little friend – [...]

If you were to attend a Ball or some sort of event at the Royal Palace, what would you wear? Your Sunday Best? Something formal or official? Something obscenely expensive, or just obscene? Believe it or not, you might actually get some Singaporean girls/women who visit the Istana wearing mini shorts. Yep, they’re the ones [...]

The main look of the blog is done, and what’s left is resizing and reinserting all the images in every single past post to fit this new blog layout. We hope you like our new look! Here’s to more great photos and accounts of our adventures cooking, eating, and anything else before, after or in-between!