September 2011
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A late birthday treat at Canelé
One of the things I’m (still) learning about friendship is that effort is required by both parties. And I’m really grateful for Lydia’s friendship and a very nice late birthday dinner at Canelé last night. As Raffles City is one of my favourite shopping malls (think not as packed as Orchard Road, the Kate Spade shop is there, and my hairdresser’s there and Sushi Tei is...
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A coptic bound book
So far at Notabilia’s bookmaking course, I’ve learned how to make an accordion style book, a Japanese stab bound book and on Saturday, finally a Coptic bound book. My favourite so far is the Coptic coz it lies flat when opened, making it easy to journal in. On Sunday (class was on Saturday), I spent a good coupe of hours hunched over a desk slicing paper, folding paper, poking...
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Joël Robuchon's beef bourguignon
I love trying out new (as well as tried and tested) restaurants and eating out when I don’t need to think about cooking but I also love cooking and trying out recipes and making stuff from scratch. There’s something about knowing exactly what went into a dish that I find immensely appealing. I like the hands on experience and I just love doing, whether that’s paper craft,...
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I made a book!
I am so excited to post these pictures of my first solo book! I mean, I made a book!!! I’ve had a “how to make a book” book for ages - 10 years maybe - but the instructions in the book never really made any sense. So several weeks ago, when I found out that Pooja of Notabilia was conducting a book making/binding course, I jumped.
So this is a Japanese stab bound book with a...
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Forgotten in time
The old medina in Marrakech feels like a city forgotten in time. I know that because much of the income is tourist income, there’s much advantage to keeping things the way they were. It was fascinating seeing the two typewriters sitting in a little stall, waiting for someone to come in and say that they needed something typed out. The last time I remember using a typewriter, I was 4 in my...
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A trip to the supermarket
My parents are away for a few days and I have the whole place to myself and so I needed some groceries! Here’s what I bought yesterday.
The haul included some stewing beef and carrots with which I made beef bourguignon (pics and recipe to come soon), minced beef to make my own burgers, bacon (but of course), some pork loin and Panko breadcrumbs to make Japanese katsu, two punnets of sweet...
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A black & white Instagram day of random people
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People watching in Marrakech
Some people in the old medina.
Sometimes words simply aren’t necessary.
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What we ate in Marrakech
One of the most well known foods in Marrakech is the tagine. It is essentially braising (slow cooking the contents of the tagine) and then eating out of the base of the vessel itself which is why the food is named after the vessel. Because we hadn’t spent a lot of time planning, we didn’t have a list of where to go for dinner and ended up going to random eateries during the day when...
“I’m looking forward to the day where I shout it out for everyone to hear!”
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Moroccan leather
There’s a very big leather industry in Marrakech. Much of the Berber artisan products are made from leather, from shoes and bags to furniture. On our “unofficial” tour of the old medina (for which we ended paying about €20 (pretty affordable for a half day tour for two, of course, the ‘guide’ didn’t tell us his fee upfront and said “just pay whatever you...
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Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
Ever since I sampled the red velvets at Babycakes NYC, I’ve been rather red velvet mad. I love the velvety texture (no kidding when they use the word “velvet”) and I love anything frosted with a cream cheese topping. So this morning, instead of studying like I should have been, I made red velvet cupcakes. The lovely lady who tweaked a recipe for non-high altitudes with me is...
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Dinner at Artichoke
Having been to a few brunches at Artichoke, and by a few, at that time it had been the glorious number of two (now three), we decided to have dinner there on a Friday evening. We even made the reservation on the way out, talk about efficiency.
If you’re a party of 4-6, how does the Lambgasm sound? Unfortunately, we were a party of two but we did order the Berkshire pork - pic a little...
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New York City - an ongoing list of what I where I...
Aldila Trattoria for Italian.
NY Cake, apparently the ultimate baking supply store (I wonder how it compares to Phoon Huat?)
Locanda Verde, a taverna in TriBeCa that is supposed to be uh-maz-ing brunches and we all know how I ♥ brunches.
Baked, a bakery boasting all-American goodness made with the finest quality ingredients.
Roberta’s Pizza - after this review in the New York Times!
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