Pinkcocoa Tabetai

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2006-05-30T10:53:00.000+10:00

The old humble computer of mine has once again broken down. Have all my pics in there so fingers crossed I get it fixed soon or perhaps it's time for a new computer.Anyhow, back to the topic, I had the most memorable trip of my life 2 months back. Nope, it's none of those luxurious tour where I get to indulge in exotic & exciting culinary. It was merely an overnight trip. So where exactly did

Pinkcocoa M.I.A yikes

2006-02-06T10:59:00.000+11:00

Oh dear, time does fly. I can't believe it's been more than half a year since my last post! Yup, Pinkcocoa's been having a bit of a hiccups lately re: foodie fun. Just sort of got sick of it all of a sudden. Perhaps the weight gain after the commencement of full-time job is the culprit to blame. >.<""During this down-in-the-valley time , I would have to say a big thank you to everyone who enquire

Computer Break

2005-10-05T09:07:00.001+10:00

Hi guys, sorry for the lack of posts these past few weeks. My dear old computer has once again showed his age and experienced a slight stroke. It is now safe in hospital but would take quite a while before he gets back to all well and healthy state.Fingers crossed he will get well soon. He has got all my yummilicious food photos with him!! :-D

Macchiato Cafe

2005-09-12T14:13:00.000+10:00

♥ Garlic Pizza BreadOur very dear Kendo Maniac aka the Crazy Guy gave us a huge surprise when he really put his words into action - "Pink, I might go back to Sydney next month." No, I didn't believe him at all for he is one who likes to joke with me. But it seemed like I should have believed him at least this once because he was really back!It was a thursday night and everyone was rather tired

Pinkcocoa's Chocolatey Birthday

2005-09-07T12:45:00.000+10:00

♥ Pinkcocoa's Chocolatey BirthdayPinkcocoa has just turned another year older a few weeks ago. You must be wondering what she did on her birthday, in particularly what she ate on her birthday - if there was any fancy restaurant involved, what sort of cake did ShinChan get her, any flowers, chocolates? The fact is the Ageing Monster has started to attack me and old as I am, I actually did not feel

Senses Restaurant - Thai & Malaysian Cuisine

2005-09-05T13:37:00.000+10:00

♥ My Bowl of Fish Head CurryI am a very lucky employer. Very very lucky, indeed. And why is that? It all began with a phonecall that my colleague received in the middle of a Friday morning when the sleepy bugs were attacking everyone.*ring ring*Colleague: Yes, big boss?Colleague: (nodding her head) Oh. Oh. Oh. Ok. No problem.Colleague: (turned to me, with a grin so broad on her face) Hey, free

Chocolatey Start to a Day!

2005-09-01T00:50:00.000+10:00

♥ Frothy Hot ChocolateI had a strange dream last night where Pinkcocoa was found guilty of not regularly updating her blog! *yikes* So here I am, taking a short break from work and writing a short short post on my breakfast drink - what else but hot frothy creamy chocolate!Having hot frothy creamy chocolate in a cold winter (ok, I know it's spring now but I still find it cold) morning and pairing

Apollo Pandan Layer Cake

2005-08-24T20:09:00.000+10:00

♥ Cute Little Slice of Pandan Chiffon CakeLadies and gentlemen, what you are looking at here is the ever so famous Malaysian Pandan Chiffon Cake. How can you tell that it is in fact the famous Pandan chiffon cake, you ask. I only hope that what you see on your screen is a slice of greenish looking spongy little thing - the only justification I have. If it's not greenish that you are seeing, just

Childhood Comfort Food - Taiwanese Style Meatballs

2005-08-11T23:11:00.000+10:00

♥ Taiwanese Style MeatballsThis is one of my favourite childhood comfort food - gua zhi rou wan - Taiwanese pickled cucumber meatballs. This dish is very children-friendly in that the two main ingredients - minced meat and pickled cucumber - are highly popular among children.Mum sometimes get lazy and skipped the step in shaping into cute little balls. She simply placed all the mince mixture into

Reminder: Chinese Valentine's Tomorrow!

2005-08-10T19:03:00.000+10:00

♥ Chocolate Valentine's CakeJust a quick and short one from me for now. If ever you missed out on celebrating Valentine's Day on 14th Feb this year and are gritting your teeth thinking about it, regret no more!Tomorrow, 11th August (7th day of 7th Month of the Lunar Calendar), is Chinese's Valentine's! This gives you another chance to re-celebrate Valentine's Day again. I will have no guilt when

Brunei Fresh Fruit & Veg Market - Kianggeh Tamu Part I: Fruits

2005-08-05T19:19:00.000+10:00

*yikes* Yes, I know. I know that I have not written a thing for two weeks now. What else could I say but a sincere apology *bow*Trip back home to Brunei was extremely short. There were still so much I have yet to eat and drink and see! Once back in Sydney I was thrown straight at work. *yay* Pinkcocoa is now officially an OL (Office Lady). I am still trying to get used to working life. Tell me,

Grandma's 80th Birthday Celebration - Traditional Longevity Goodies

2005-07-21T19:04:00.000+10:00

♥ Longevity Peach BunIsn't this peach such a cutie? Sou tao (literally longevity peach) is a special Chinese steamed bun eaten during birthdays. Not just any birthday but birthday of elderly folks. In Chinese culture, peach is long associated with longevity. It is believed that peach of the Heaven (pan tao) can grant one an extra 500 years of life once eaten. Thus, it is of utmost importance that

Grandma's 80th Birthday Celebration - A Morning of Tea & Thanksgiving Ceremony

2005-07-18T13:41:00.000+10:00

♥ Birthday Gift PackThe morning of Grandma's 80th birthday celebration went past in a breeze with us "kids" being shovelled aside and given some labour-intensive tasks. Apart from running around to do errands, we had also been waitresses serving up sou tao (literally longevity peach, a Chinese birthday bun in the shape of peach) and ang koo kueh (literally red turtle cake, a type of Chinese

Where in the World is Pinkcocoa?

2005-07-16T11:45:00.000+10:00

♥ Airline MealYup. This is airline meal that you are seeing here, meaning that Pinkcocoa was in fact sitting on a particular airline flying to a particular place. So where exactly is Pinkcocoa now? It's not hard to guess ;-)I am now back home in Brunei for granny's big birthday! *yay* I was flying with Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) and let me assure you, RBA is as good and as safe as any other

A Little Spicy Adventure Part III - Sweet Ending

2005-07-12T17:26:00.000+10:00

♥ Janani Take-AwaySo we walked away with a very full stomach after a great Indian/Sri Lankan lunch but there was just a tid bit that was missing. No great meal is completed without a sweet ending!Right after lunch, I was very eager to head towards the take-away section of Janani, located just at one end of the restaurant but with a different entrance, where Saffron told us we could get some great

A Little Spicy Adventure Part II - Eat Up!

2005-07-11T14:52:00.000+10:00

After a few hours of shopping, we are of course hungry! I have long awaited this moment of us setting food in a typical Indian eatery in Sydney. Having said that, we of course deserved nothing better but the best of Indian and Sri Lankan Food.AG and I were definitely very excited about our little Indian eat-out. We couldn't wait to find out where we will have lunch. This was when Saffron quoted:

Five Favourite Cookbooks Meme

2005-07-07T14:25:00.000+10:00

Seems like there are quite a number of meme going around in the foodblogging world. I have been tagged in two different meme in a week! I was actually rather worried that I might be left out because of my absense lately in updating my post. Oh well, I would have deserved that if I totally abandon my blog!♥ Pinkcocoa's CookbooksSo I was tagged by Clare of Clare Eats to write about my cookbooks.

A Little Spicy Adventure Part I - Sub-Continental Shopping Spree

2005-07-06T16:26:00.000+10:00

Isn't it just so fun to be able to meet up with someone who shares the same interest ie. going crazy over any sort of food, the more exotic the better. Or even sharing the same attitude of "no, you can't touch that plate of food yet until I have snapped up a pic." Oh and the joy of snapping pictures of food/groceries together!♥ Indian Food Shopping Spree - Endless Row of Indian Spices!Ladies and

Bitter Chocolate Kahlua Tart

2005-06-30T09:20:00.000+10:00

♥ Bitter Chocolate Kahlua TartThe thought of velvety creamy chocolate ganache along with the crumbly texture of buttery crust lingering on my tastebuds have been weighing on my mind for a long long time after spotting a bitter chocolate tart with Baileys in Good Living's Winter + Food - Favourite Hearty Recipes from Good Living.The addition of liquer has certainly made this tart popular around

Egg Custard Tart

2005-06-29T10:23:00.000+10:00

After a few inquiries and requests after her sweet short crust, Pinkcocoa shall now reveal what she did with her tart cases. Yes Clare and AugustusGloop, the following two posts are for you gals!♥ Bitter Chocolate Kahlua Tart & Egg Custard TartAnd now for the long awaited moment. Announcing Pinkcocoa's experiment with her tart cases...*drum beating*...Here goes: The tarts Pinkcocoa made were Egg

Sweet Short Crust

2005-06-28T18:00:00.000+10:00

♥ Sweet Short CrustI actually made these tart cases for SHF#9 the other day. These were, in fact, made a few days before I even got around to my pineapple tarts. Oh yes, I did have the pictures all edited and ready to use but I just didn't manage to find the time to go about writing about these tarts before the SHF due date.Be it tarts or pies, both are something that I have never ever attempted

Daan Tart - A Failure!

2005-06-27T17:22:00.000+10:00

♥ Daan Tart - A Failure!I know I have just missed out on IMBB#16 - Eggs. I actually got my hands on early for this month's IMBB. The first thing that came to my mind when the theme - eggs was announced, was the crispy flaky Hong Kong-style Yum cha daan tart (egg custard tart).I had followed a recipe from Leisure Cat but I found the instructions weren't clear enough so I decided to just fool

Pineapple Guava - Feijoa

2005-06-24T14:08:00.000+10:00

♥ Cute Little Green Eggshaped FruitWe were at Fratelli Fresh the other day and spotted this cute little green egg-shaped fruit. Just when I was wondering what this fruit was, a gentleman with a whole basketful of these green fruits kindly told me that the little fruits were feijoa - a type of guava.I was also told that the fruit is quite delicious. Having never tried this fruit before except in a

SHF#9 - Nyonya Pineapple Tarts

2005-06-18T16:03:00.000+10:00

♥ Nyonya Pineapple TartWhen I first found out the theme of this month's Sugar High Friday - Tantalizing Titillating Tempting Tarts, what else could I have possible made but my favourite Nyonya Pineapple Tart!If you have not already noticed my obsession with these tiny bite-size morsels, let me repeat once again - I am absolutely in love with Nyonya Pineapple Tart! *sorry, ShinChan* ♥

Special Guest BloggingGiff's Corner - Hainanese Chicken Rice

2005-06-15T18:14:00.000+10:00

So I have been extremely lazy these few weeks but let me assure you, my heart still rests on this blog. I am *always* worried about not posting anything when I haven't posted for quite a while. But hmm all thoughts only, zero action taken. Ya, call me lazy pink pig if you like :p♥ Giff's Corner - Hainanese Chicken RiceAnyway, my dearest friend of all, Giff has kindly written yet another post for

Pyrmont Growers Market - June

2005-06-14T14:06:00.000+10:00

Oh dear, it was definitely one of the coldest morning in Sydney the first saturday in June. It was so hard to bid farewell to our tender pillows, hearty quilts and we just want to stay snug up in the bed! Alas, we managed to drag ourselves away from the soft and tender bed, and we were off to the monthly growers' market in Pyrmont! *yay*♥ The Sun is Out!As we were driving towards the city, we

Row, row, row your boat

2005-06-10T12:09:00.000+10:00

♥ A Pool of Sticky Rice Dumplings!It just seems so easy to disregard yet another important cultural festival when you are in a foreign land. I wouldn't have known duan wu jie 端午節 (the Dragon Boat Festival or the Dumpling Festival) is just around the corner until a friend tried to drown us in a pool of sticky rice dumplings! Having said that, if you had been to any Chinese-Asian grocery stores

I want Iced Coffee with my Cookies!

2005-06-03T13:35:00.000+10:00

♥ I want Iced Coffee with my Cookies!Mommy, I am all grown up now and I want iced coffee with my cookies and no milk please! (ps. iced chocolate do just as fine as long as it's not plain milk!) Oh and it has to be reduced fat too. No, thank you to full cream!*blush* It's picky Pinkcocoa in action here. I was once an iced coffee addict and it was always always skim iced coffee, please at the cafe.

Floating Glass Island Wedding

2005-05-31T17:11:00.000+10:00

♥ Beautiful Flowers on our tableWe have been waiting for this special day to come for so long and I didn't think any of us could have waited any longer. It's been 7 agonising years and finally the day has come for us to attend a lovely wedding, Sydney-style, on a floating island that brought us around for a night harbour cruise!ShinChan's best friend finally wedded his very pretty fiancee of 7

EoMEoTE #7 - Pinkcocoa's Cincai Chinese Egg on Toast

2005-05-29T17:15:00.000+10:00

uh oh! I completely forgotten it is the limerick edition this time round for EoMEoTE! *yikes* Forgive me, people. For not having any limerick. To tell the truth, I have never ever ever ever written a limerick and not a single poem in my life! Yes, even in primary, I had not done so! Gosh, I hope my entry counts!!I am dedicating this post to our very dear AugustusGloop. Why? If not for the events

Gelateria Caffe 2000

2005-05-26T14:10:00.000+10:00

♥ Very very more-ish Gelato CupPinkcocoa is once again on her Sydney gelato expedition. This time she ventured to the area of Rozelle and *yay* she found some yummilicious gelato that are simply stunning and very very more-ish. There we stood on the street in a very chilly very cold windy saturday afternoon eating mouthful after mouthful of rich creamy Italian ice-cream. The strong wind and cold

Northside Produce Market - May

2005-05-24T17:36:00.000+10:00

♥ Pretty Autumny Northside Produce Market*yay* It's once again the third saturday of the month and where would you find Pinkcocoa and ShinChan? Where else but the Northside Produce Market!It's now May and autumn seems to be finally settling in Australia with streets are so beautiful with redish, orangy and yellowish trees. And look at the cute little baby in the pics, she's just so photogenic and

A wild passion with Cookie Man!

2005-05-22T22:16:00.000+10:00

♥ Cookie Man on my plateI used to dream of having freshly baked cookies with milk right after school. I was always hoping that Mum would invest in an oven and started baking cakes and cookies, just as the typical Mums in American movies would. But Mum was always swamped with work and even busier when my little brother was born so she never did really get into cooking much.Not that we weren't able

SHF#8 - Lemony French Toast

2005-05-20T15:52:00.000+10:00

♥ Lemony French ToastI still had some lemon syrup leftover from the old-fashioned lemon tea cake I made earlier this morning. Originally I intended to use the left-over lemon syrup to make a cuppa hot lemon tea for the cold winter morning. But the idea was quickly scrapped after seeing a few slices of stale bread sitting on the kitchen bench and I thought what's better than a hot yummy french

SHF#8 - Old-fashioned Lemon Tea Cake

2005-05-20T14:34:00.000+10:00

♥ Pucker Up with Citrus!It was almost 7.30am when I shrieked and basically scrambled into my tiny kitchen. What had caused such a stir was AugustusGloop's Lemon Sour Cream Cake post. *yikes* I didn't realise it's time for another Sugar High Friday! Hosted by Alice of My Adventures in the Breadbox, the theme for this month's Sugar High Friday (originally created by Jennifer) is Pucker up with

Hey look, it's kumera & QQ in my teacup!

2005-05-19T23:06:00.000+10:00

There we were, two girls in Chatswood, looking for a place to sit and have a drink. There really isn't that many of a place that we could head to especially since the shopping centres were already closed. And we were picky, very picky in fact. So that was no thanks to both Starbucks and Gloria Jeans. No thanks to the usual cafe too. We were after something hot that's not coffee. And no Hong Kong

Legendary Biscuits from Pearl of the Orient

2005-05-18T12:02:00.000+10:00

It was a tough time deciding what to write next following my seem-to-be-endless easter show posts. There are in fact many many many food I would love to share with you all, most of which are food I had eaten in the past few months or even from the past year! Sorry guys, not much adventure for the months of April and May here though. We were so busy that we hardly appreciate the food we eat. Now

Sydney Royal Easter Show Part IV - Home, Garden & Lifestyle Pavillion

2005-05-16T19:29:00.000+10:00

As promised, this will be my last Easter Show post for the year. Yes, no more Easter-related post. Oh hang on, I still owe an Easter Chocolate post, don't I? So er, should I post about it?♥ Creative Novelty CakeI always make sure I visit the Home, Garden and Lifestyle Pavillion each time I visited the Easter Show. I love looking at the many beautiful, elegant, cute, cartoonish, novelty cake

Pyrmont Growers Market - May

2005-05-13T14:33:00.000+10:00

I don't know about you but I am seriously boring myself to death with my many Easter Show post for the past 3 weeks. (C'on Pinkcocoa, it's only one more post to go!) So I thought I will write something different today.As you can probably tell by now, beside being a dangerous chocoholic, I have also developed a craze for markets, not just any markets but Farmer's Market! Yes, I have once again

Sydney Royal Easter Show Part III - Fresh Food Heaven!

2005-05-11T15:24:00.000+10:00

I am almost getting there with my Easter Show post, this being the second last post. I can imagine you must have been getting bored by now with my easter related post especially since Easter was so long ago! Yeah, I know I know. I have always been really late with updating my food adventure. To think I still have lots of other places to write about. Gomene, minna-san~ m(_ _)mWe headed straight to

Sydney Royal Easter Show Part II - Yummy Little Eats

2005-05-03T18:04:00.000+10:00

I am truly sorry for the lack of post lately. I have been so intensely occupied with the preparation of jobsearches that I found I lack the energy to even get excited by food these days! *yikes* I am even getting really lazy to snap pics of the food I am eating. Yes, I have already missed a good chance to blog about Nagasaki Honey Cake. We finished the whole big loaf without even raising a tiny

Sydney Royal Easter Show Part I Kids Carnival

2005-04-23T22:57:00.000+10:00

♥ Sydney Royal Easter ShowSo we made it to the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Yes, we were brave enough to face the crowd. And yes, we squeezed past rows of loud teenagers. And yes, we had to look out for little kiddies on the run. Oh and yes, we had a good smell of, er, animal odours too. *scratch head* It was annoying really but we did have a good time there.We didn't visit too many areas at the

Pinkcocoa's first try at wild games! - Cumin Guinea Fowl

2005-04-19T23:03:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone, sorry for the lack of post recently. I have been busy preparing job applications and the lengthy job application processes are getting a tad too frustrating. Gosh, I never know jobhunting can be so tiring and exhausting! I am feeling all the energy is slowly draining out of me these few weeks. However, I do miss foodblogging. I have been thinking about it ever since my last update

Artisan Gelato at De Luca La Cremeria

2005-04-11T11:39:00.000+10:00

As you may now be well awared that I am a gelato-frenzy, so much so that I almost, at one point, picked up a nickname called "pinkgelato" or "the gelato crazy woman" (nicknames courtersy of ShinChan). I also have the reputation of "easy-to-feed-as-long-as-you-give-her-gelato" girl. Very funny! No?♥ De Luca La CremeriaI know I have just posted about gelato at Dolcissimo last week. There was also

Grave Sweeping Day: Taiwanese Popiah

2005-04-06T18:55:00.000+10:00

It was Qing Ming yesterday. Qing Ming Festival is also known as Grave/Tomb Sweeping Day, the day when the Chinese visits tombs of their ancestors not only to pay their tribute but to sweep and weed graves. This act of tidying up grave sites of ancestors and deceased family members is what we called sao mu ie. sweeping the graves. It falls 4th of April of the normal calendar(?), and not the lunar

Pinkcocoa's Foodblog is One!

2005-04-04T13:05:00.000+10:00

I have been so busy these few weeks that I almost forgot my little foodblog baby is turning one on Saturday! It was on the 2nd of April, 2004 that Pinkcocoa first laid a tiny seed called pinkcocoa's foodblog to sprout and grow.♥ Happy Birthday to Pinkcocoa Tabetai!And look at my little baby now. How it has grown. I am definitely looking at it through the eyes of a loving mother. :) Having moved

Dolcissimo

2005-04-03T01:30:00.000+10:00

You thought I would let a dinner escaped without ending with the grand finale? No way! After our pizza dinner at Napoli in Bocca, we headed across the street to Dolcissimo for some Italian sweets and desserts.♥ SMH Good Food Guide 2005 Best Gelati!Whenever Italian sweets and desserts are mentioned, the first thing that pops up in my mind instantly is none others but the adorable gelato ie.

Napoli in Bocca, Haberfield

2005-04-01T18:45:00.000+10:00

Oh dear. It's really been a long long time since I have included a post on eating out in Sydney. It seems that Pinkcocoa has followed the trend of having more homecooked food than eating out. I guess with eating in, it not only saves my expanding figure but also my shrinking wallet if we eat out. :pHowever it is obvious that when one has too much of the same thing or does too much of the same

Easter Chocolates Part 1:Easter Bunnies and Easter Eggs

2005-03-31T12:51:00.000+10:00

♥ 3 Easter Bunnies protecting Sacred White EggsIt's almost a week since Easter and you know what, I haven't the heart to go and chomp all the cute easter chocolates down. I mean, who would be cruel to devour such a cute looking bunnies looking at you with its glittering eyes?.......*silence*.......*sweats*.......*bigger sweats*......Er, alright! Alright! I admit I am the utterly cruel being who

Hot Cross Bun on Good Friday

2005-03-25T14:10:00.000+11:00

So I have just learnt that hot cross bun is traditionally eaten on Good Friday and during the Lenten period. From what I understand, the Lenten period is the days preceding the Christian holy day of Easter ie. the day to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and you have to give up something you like (ie. fasting) from the day the Lenten period starts - Ash Wednesday.Shamed to say, I don't really

IMBB 13: Volcano Muffins!?

2005-03-24T15:46:00.000+11:00

♥ My Little Muffin TowerI was still feeling the itch to do more baking after my cupcakes adventure so I decided to do another IMBB contribution. This time, I thought, I might make muffin since Maki of I was really hungry regards muffin as sort of a nude cupcake. So yup, I am going to make muffins after cupcakes as my second IMBB13: My Little Cupcake (or Muffin) project .I had wanted to do a

IMBB 13: My Little Chocolate Surprise Cupcake

2005-03-24T13:03:00.000+11:00

Time really flies. Has it really been 2 months since I last participated in my first ever Is My Blog Burning(IMBB), a very clever and original foodblog event created by Alberto of Il Forno?As a sweet and sugar enthusiast, I of course would jump at every single chance (and a very good reason) to yet indulge myself in dessertland. So I was thrilled to find out the theme for the 13th IMBB kindly

A Very Different Banger and Mash

2005-03-22T00:26:00.000+11:00

♥ Salmon Sausage with Sweet Potato Mash & Wilted Baby SpinachAnd so we gobbled up the pack of salmon sausages from Northside Produce Market over the weekend. Yes, we were just so glutton. Sorry the sausage in the pic looks a little like a fat crawling worm but don't let the look fools you!And now you ask how good were these sausages from the sea? It's absolutely divine!My first ever decent

Northside Produce Market - March

2005-03-21T00:31:00.000+11:00

I think I have a thing for markets. Not just any markets but markets associated with food. My new found passion for the year 2005 is probably food shopping at growers markets! The markets are the only incentive to shove me out my comfy doona that early (think 7am) on a Saturday morning. It's really the atmosphere and all the delicious food tasting that gets me super excited. :)It was not long ago

SHF#6 - Bailey Caramel Sauce over Steamed Sweet Potato Muffin

2005-03-18T22:40:00.000+11:00

♥ Bailey Caramel Sauce over Steamed Sweet Potato MuffinI know I have already missed 5 editions of Sugar High Friday (SHF), a clever (and exciting!) monthly food blog event created by Jennifer from The Domestic Goddess. Being a girl with a passion for sweet things, I have no idea why I would let myself missed out on 5 chances to get my hands dirty and have fun in the kitchen with sweet sweet

Easter in Sydney

2005-03-18T16:46:00.000+11:00

♥ Easter Choc-chicI was not aware how early Easter is this year. One more week and it will be Good Friday. I am sure many of you are looking forward to the long weekend and a perfect reason to indulge in chocolate - lots and lots of chocolate in the form of easter eggs, easter bunny, easter buns! *yay*It is not a tradition back home to celebrate Easter. We are a rather traditional Chinese family

Pinkcocoa and the Giant Peach !?

2005-03-16T15:10:00.000+11:00

♥ The Giant PeachRemember the gigantic peach I bought at Pyrmont Growers Market? Here's a picture of one giant peach. Isn't it cute and pretty with its beautiful redish orangy yellowish colour? I know I have promised to do a comparison of the giant sizes of this peach. I am sorry it's a little late and I have forgotten to place either my thumb or coin in the pic so you know roughly how gigantic

Pyrmont Growers Market - March

2005-03-11T19:50:00.000+11:00

♥ Pyrmont Growers MarketIf you have been following AugustusGloop's post, you would know that I was at the Pyrmont Growers Market last saturday. ♥ tabeshimashita @ Pyrmont Growers Market on 05 Mar 2005The Pyrmont Growers Marketis held every first saturday of the month, except January. We missed out on the first market for 2005 in February so I had to make sure we didn't miss the second one. We

Breakfast Tea Loaf

2005-03-10T13:33:00.000+11:00

♥ Breakfast Tea LoafThis was on our breakfast table this morning. What a big ugly lumpy chunk of loaf we had there. Definitely this is not one of those beautiful loaf that is so pleasing to your eyes that on first sight, you want to swallow the whole loaf.The look might not be appealling but seriously, you got to look far deeper than the outside and search for the inner beauty hiding in this

Chinese New Year Food - Dumplings To bring in great wealth and treasure

2005-03-02T18:15:00.000+11:00

♥ Yuan Bao - auspicious name for dumplingChinese New Year (CNY) is long over and I am still doing posting on CNY food. My apologies in the lateness of the festival posts.In Chinese culture, prosperity is seen as a sign or factor that could invoke success and luck into their life. Chinese New Year, in this sense, serves as a period by means of celebration mode for the people to search for such

Sydney Bloggers' Yumcha at East Ocean

2005-03-01T00:52:00.000+11:00

*shriekkkkkk* I just got out from my dearest dearest softest softest bed to find AugustusGloop has already put up the post on Sydney Bloggers' yumcha! *yikes yikes yikes* *panic panic panic* I better be quick and don't slack and post up mine too after all I was given the onerous task to photograph every single dish! I am sure you are waiting to see how the photos went!So here's it is, first ever

Claypot Chicken Rice ala Spots Style

2005-02-28T16:15:00.000+11:00

So there I was in front of my computer, my eyes dazzling and my mind oozing over the many colourful and attractive (food) pornographic photos. It was friday night and I was musing over whether we should head out for dinner or stay in for dinner. I was in fact very much in my "dont-want-to-do-anything-yet-I-feel-I-should-do-something" mood. You know that guilty feeling that haunts you when you are

Yum Cha: Fook Yuen

2005-02-25T17:10:00.000+11:00

With a Sydney food blogger yum cha meet-up coming up this Sunday *excited*, I reckon it's a good time to post up photos of my most recent yumcha which was way back in January.This time we went to Fook Yuen again. As I have mentioned before, I did find Fook Yuen's food not as spectacular as people have described. But we went there again mostly for the convenience and the time saved on queuing. We

A bite of this and Luck is on your way!

2005-02-23T12:07:00.000+11:00

♥ Nyonya Pineapple TartThis is homemade Nyonya pineapple tart, a festive delicacy much loved and adored during Chinese New Year and Hari Raya (Malay's new year). The Chinese believes that pineapple attracts prosperity and will bestowed good luck upon one's self.Pineapple, feng li 鳳梨, literary means the phoenix pear. It is also commonly known as 黃梨: huang li (Mandarin) or wong lai (Cantonese) or

Nian Chu Yi, Pai Pai Qu: First Day of CNY Chung Tian Temple, Gold Coast

2005-02-21T06:45:00.000+11:00

♥ The Golden Rooster greeting us at the entrance of Chung Tian TempleOn the first day of Chinese New Year (CNY): nian chu yi, we rose early to the wake-up calls of the Golden Rooster. The first day of CNY is a day full of joy and festive celebration with homes becoming a buzz of activity. Back home in Brunei, we would woke to the loud but festive sound of the firecrackers. Firecrackers are lit

Chu Xi: Lunar New Year's Eve

2005-02-17T16:28:00.000+11:00

As the Chinese saying goes "xin nian tou, jiu nian wei" (beginning of new year, end of the old year), chu xi is one of the most important occasion in Chinese culture. Chu Xi 除夕 marks the end of the Lunar Year and the start of a bright new year. The Chinese word "chu" takes to mean to discard (qu 去). The term chu xi, in essence, means to discard the old and herald the new. It is celebrated as a

Music in My Kitchen

2005-02-16T17:32:00.000+11:00

I just came back from my short holiday to find an enormous development in the foodblogging community. Ok. I am exaggerating here but for one, there is My Restaurant Rules Blog set up while I was away. (AG and BHR are so secretive!! :p)Then I am witnessing some musical development in kitchens around the world: see here, here, here and here. And then I found myself being tagged here at PhotoSydney.

A Romantic Valentine's: A Pink Rose for Pinkcocoa

2005-02-15T11:51:00.000+11:00

♥ tabeshimashita @ pinkcocoa's cosy home on 14th Feb 2005♥ Pink Rose Cake A$37.50A pink chocolate cake for Pinkcocoa and in the form of a rose too. How perfect for Valentine's! I have to thank AugustusGloop for this one. I dropped very very heavy hints to ShinChan the second I finished seeing a pink cake for Pinkcocoa at Grab Your Fork. So we headed to Sweet Belem right after the Chinese New

A Romantic Valentine's: Creative Sushi Dinner

2005-02-15T11:23:00.000+11:00

♥ tabeshimashita @ pinkcocoa's cosy home on 14th Feb 2005♥ Sweetheart Cookies 2 for A$2.50Happy belated Valentine's! Hopefully it was all sweet, rosy, dreamy, romantic for everyone yesterday.♥ Roll Your Own Sushi DinnerWe had a simple Japanese dinner at home for Valentine's. It was something very simple, requiring minimal effort. All I had to do was julienned up all the veggies, slice up other

My Restaurant Rules Blog

2005-02-14T10:15:00.000+11:00

I am joining BHR from PhotoSydney, AugustusGloop from Grab Your Fork and Bruce from Diary of a Dilettante to take part in the unofficial site of Channel Seven's second series of My Restaurant Rules:My Restaurant Rules Blog.I have yet to contribute to the site, having just finished watching the first 2 episodes.So what's this My Restaurant Rules show?Well, it's yet another reality tv show. To be

Pinkcocoa is back with something cute, chubby and blue!

2005-02-11T16:52:00.000+11:00

♥ Piggy Blue with his tub of candyHiya. Pinkcocoa is back in Sydney after a short holiday in Gold Coast. We definitely feel a little more refreshed and energetic after the holiday. And yes, we came back with rather tanned skin. Something that I dreaded about but heck, I guess I will just have to shove on extra whitening cream now.It's been only a day since we came back and we are already missing

Gong Hei Fatt Choi! Happy Chinese New Year!

2005-02-05T11:33:00.000+11:00

♥ Let's Celebrate the Chinese New Year of Rooster ♥ 9 Feb 2005 to 23 Feb 2005 Chinese New Year is just around the corner. Strangely I feel disconnected with it. Perhaps this is because I am in the land of koala and kangaroo? But then again, there are a lot of Chinese New Year (CNY from here on to save me typing) activities going on in Sydney. So this is the Year of the Rooster. Right now I

Gelatomassi

2005-01-28T13:25:00.000+11:00

We went to Newtown for a walk and some window shopping right after our quick picnic with our favourite chicken roll. It's been probably a year since we last went there. Talk about speed of time! We didn't even realise we hadn't visited Newtown for a little more than a year. Newtown is the place for Thai food. You will find a long trail of Thai restaurants along King Street though we have also

HongHa Hot Bread

2005-01-27T14:31:00.000+11:00

We decided to grab a cheap lunch while we were in the Eastern Suburbs. ♥ tabeshimashita @ HongHa Hot Bread on 26 Jan 2005 - Australia Day! ♥ HongHa Hot Bread So we headed to Mascot for our favourite Vietnamese Chicken Roll. Usually, there would be a really long queue emerging from the shop. There wasn't anyone inside the bakery at all when we got there which was not at all that strange because

Australia Day!

2005-01-27T13:11:00.000+11:00

It was Australia Day yesterday. We were thinking about joining the crowds in the city for some Aussie celebrations. Afterall, it's my first Australia Day in Australia. Er... This sentence sounds a little weird. What I mean is I have never been around in Australia when it's Australia Day. Anyhow, the two of us came down with a cold last week so the idea was scraped. Instead we stayed home (beside

IMBB11 - Soy Milk

2005-01-24T15:33:00.000+11:00

This is a follow up to my IMBB11 - Mr Bean Breakfast post. I thought it would be good to post about how I went about making my own soy milk at home from scratch. This is just a series of photos snapped during the soy milk making process. Not much typing involved in this post, I guess. I will, again, let the photos do the talking. ...alright...I admit I am lazy to type.....*blush* ♥

IMBB 11 - Mr Bean Breakfast

2005-01-23T23:07:00.000+11:00

♥ Mr Bean Breakfast This is my first IMBB participation. It is the 11th edition hosted by Cath of My Little Kitchen and she has picked an interesting theme: Beans! I have always watched with great admiration the creative recipes everyone has come up for every IMBB. My recipes aren't at all creative. IMBB 11 has come in the right time, I would say because I have just started making my own soy

Northside Produce Market

2005-01-21T17:40:00.000+11:00

♥ Tabeshimashita @ Northside Produce Market on 15 Jan 2005 I headed to the Northside Produce Market last Saturday since there was no Pyrmont Grower's Market in January. Needed to stock up my pantry with goodies so I decided to head to the Northside Produce Market held every third Saturday just outside the North Sydney Council. Not much of writing this time. I will just let the photos do all

Yutaka Japanese Restaurant

2005-01-17T17:01:00.000+11:00

This place is definitely for the budget conscious who is not fussy over quality and taste. YangWoon and I headed to Yutaka for buffet lunch last week. It's A$12pp for adult with a 60 min limit or A$16pp for 90min. Definitely dirt cheap, considering the restaurant is in the city. ♥ tabeshimashita @ Yutaka Japanese Restaurant on 12 Jan 2004 The restaurant was already quite packed when we got

Goodies for You: Banana Bread

2005-01-13T13:00:00.000+11:00

♥ Tabeshimashita @ Goodies For You Bakery on 11 Jan 2005 ♥ Goodies For You Bakery Banana Cake The weather in Sydney is finally warming up. With the hotter weather approaching, I find myself getting a little low in energy and rather unmotivated to do anything. Human body is just amazing. It can pick up on the nutritions that you lack and send you off to a particular cravings on certain food. My

Smoothed and Refreshed!

2005-01-11T22:13:00.000+11:00

♥ Strawberry & Orange Juice Smoothies Following days of warmer weather and an addiction to smoothies, we enjoyed a refreshing (and cheap!) home-made low-fat, low-sugar and dairy-free version of smoothies. This should really be refered to as an ice crush or frappe or in mandarin 'bing sha' (crushed ice as smooth as sand) because I have no added any milk of any types nor is there any ice-cream or

Asian Vegan Inspired!

2005-01-10T13:04:00.000+11:00

♥ tabeshimashita @ home on 07 Jan 2005 ♥ Vegetarian Curry Dinner This was the dinner we had before ShinChan left for Kuala Lumpur. We were trying to clear the fridge before he left. Rumbling through the fridge and pantry, I found: - cabbage - firm tofu - carrot - onion - Jap curry cubes - egg - sweet corn Not sure of what I could do with them, suddenly Asian Vegan creative dishes popped into

Pick me up to heaven: Homemade Tiramisu

2005-01-09T13:56:00.000+11:00

I had been meaning to post this up last november. Alas, I got lazy and this became my third post for 2005. This luscious chocolatey dessert is given to us as a house-warming foodie gift when we moved last year. What a perfect gift for the two foodies! ♥ Kiki's homemade Tiramisu This is homemade tiramisu by our cute friend, Kiki. Looking at the amount of chocolate flakes on top, I couldn't wait

East Ocean in search of Good Fortune

2005-01-08T16:42:00.000+11:00

On the second day of 2005, we decided to start the year (we slept through the first day *yikes*) with wholesome meal. We headed to East Ocean Restaurant for yumcha because of its auspicious relation to chinese proverbs: fu ru dong hai , meaning to have good fortune as immense as the East Ocean. East Ocean Restaurant has always been a popular yumcha spot for students. Back in the care-free uni

A Good Breakfast to Start!: Pinkcocoa's Savoury Egg Roll

2005-01-06T18:08:00.000+11:00

Sorry about the lack of updates lately. I am experiencing a tiny glitch in food blogging after hearing about the tsunami tragedy. But, I am back now. Yes. Once again. I am back. Sorry to have taken so many holidays on food blogging. *blush* I shall update on my Christmas dinner soon. No new year food pics though since we decided not to do anything. ♥ Pinkcocoa's Taiwanese Scallion Egg Roll To

Asia Tsunami: Shocking Waves to End

2004-12-30T14:50:00.000+11:00

Asia Tsunami: what a shocking waves to end the year 2004. An earthquake peaked at 9.0 on the richter scale claimed its anger over a vast area of the continent on 26th December 2004. A day that was meant to be filled with joy and love. Instead the quake brought with it a terribly gigantic tsunami which has up until now claimed the life of more than 80,000 across South East Asia. The news, stories

Chrissy Barbie Part2: By the Beach

2004-12-30T14:03:00.000+11:00

I joined my uni friends for a second pre-Christmas barbie by the beach. Weather was gloomy and we were worried about the rain. Thank God, it didn't rain until we had all our food cooked. This was a more Aussie barbie with beers, meats. And then more beers and meat. And more beers and meat! ♥ tabeshimashita @ Bronte Beach on 23rd December 2004 ♥ BBQ Chicken Wings Sweet and succulent chicken

Chrissy Barbie Part1: On the Balcony

2004-12-30T11:32:00.000+11:00

I had quite a few early Chrissy celebration this year. With friends heading overseas during the Chrissy break, we decided to celebrate Chrissy a little early. When in Australia, the best way to celebrate Chrissy is of course Aussie Barbie (Australian Slang for Australian Barbeque)! My first Chrissy barbie for the year was very typical of the Australian. We would have done the barbie in the

Buon Natale : Panettone - Italian Christmas Cake

2004-12-23T12:45:00.000+11:00

Buon Natale!! (merry christmas in Italian) I was itching for a panettone after ST's post on her chocolate coated panettone. You really should see the beautiful shiny chocolate coating on her panettone. Her post also reminded me of my first encounter with panettone. My Italian homestay offered a large slice to me, toasted and spread generously with butter, but not on Christmas day. So I never

Farewell Winter! : Dong Zhi

2004-12-22T17:00:00.000+11:00

We pigged out on large bowls of chinese glutinous rice ball (tang yuan, literally soup ball) immersed in a delicious sweet soup to bid farewell to winter last night. We also grew one year older. We celebrated Dong Zhi, the second most important date in the Chinese Lunar Calendar after Chinese New year. Dong Zhi or Winter Solstice Festival literary means winter (dong) has reached the end (zhi);

Chrissie is Just Round the Corner!

2004-12-20T11:45:00.000+11:00

It's my first Aussie Chrissie (Christmas in Australian slang). It's also my first Chrissie in a Western country. So lots of white (snow), red (santa), green (mistletoe?), gold (lights) and lots of silly songs were expected. Then the fact came rolling through. Summer = No snow Oh, I think I just saw Santa surfing. Skinny and well-built one too! *drool* Summer = green plants = lotsa mossies *itch*

I am a little dreamy at WildEast Dreams

2004-12-17T18:30:00.000+11:00

It felt like a dream, a wild one from the east! We found ourselved back home in South East Asia in a very unlikely location in Sydney. WildEast Dreams is located right in the middle of the un-Asian Leichardt (The Italian precinct). We have been wanting to visit ever since we first went past it last year. Long time, isn't it? My desire to head there grew stronger after reading Sean's visit here

Kylie Kwong at Macro Wholefood

2004-12-14T11:06:00.000+11:00

♥ Take a Macro View The largest organic store in the Southern Hemisphere, Macro Whole Foods, officially opened in Crows Nest Last Friday (10Dec). We missed out on the chance to see Simon Johnson's cooking demonstration on Friday. We almost missed Kylie Kwong's on Saturday. ♥ tabemashita @: Macro Whole Foods on 11 Dec 2004 ♥ Kylie Kwong Cooking Demonstration Luckily we didn't miss out on too

Totoya Japanese Restaurant

2004-12-13T13:11:00.000+11:00

Looking at the comprehensive list of Japanese restaurants that Neutral Bay has to offer, it was just too hard to pick one. In the end, we settled for Totoya upon being assured by Ken's statement: "The chef of Azuma is a regulars at Totoya" It was a tiny farewell dinner with a very special friend with whom I have bonded greatly ever since the first day we met four years ago. I could still vividly

Last Indulgence before Detox (NOT!!): kolomee with soy sauce chicken

2004-12-09T11:33:00.000+11:00

Latest Update!! oh hm. I will just keep this short. The 15 day detox program idea (see below) has been scraped after much consideration and discussions. Just thinking about missing all those yummilicious christmas functions.....*aiks* So hm, the detox program has been postponed to after christmas. This is also a sound advice from a friend who wisely suggested that we pig out to the max during

Special Guest Feature: Giff's Corner: Dakjjim Korean Seasoned Whole Chicken

2004-12-06T18:00:00.000+11:00

I have been really lazy these days in updating. Sometimes, I just wish someone would write for me once in a while. Don't we all wish so? Ha! My dream comes true today! Pinkcocoa has the honour to introduce to you: *taaaaa daaaaaaa* Giff, my best friend from high school. We share many wonderful memories of culinary adventures as a newie. I still remember the time when we set up a barbeque pit in

Summer is Here: Mango Pudding

2004-12-03T20:04:00.000+11:00

♥ a spoonful of mango pudding It's mango season now. We bought a large box of mangoes for aud$5 from Paddy's Market. On counting, the box had about 16-18 mangoes. So for the past week, we had been feasting on mango: mango sorbet, mango smoothies, mango-orange calpis drink. Just to name a few. This was my second attempt at mango pudding. The first time I made it, it turned out to be a mango

Hot Weather Cold Food: Summer is here!

2004-12-01T18:15:00.000+11:00

We had our first bout of summer heat wave yesterday. It was a scorching 40c yesterday. Definitely too hot for any sort of hot or even warm food. Too hot to even have an appetite. The only food that I could think of perfect for such a hot day is chocolate sorbet. *yay* Oh. hm. Sorry. Typo there. Now you know what I have been thinking about all day long. *blush* Right. Let me start over again. On

katsu katsu! A Sure-Win Meal: Chicken Katsudon

2004-11-26T09:04:00.000+11:00

♥ chicken katsudon with miso shiru This was our dinner last night. My first encouter with this simple Japanese rice dish was from a tiny Japanese stall tuck away almost at the corner of a food court in Adelaide. For Aud$5.50, you get a generous serving of katsudon with a bowl of miso soup and a side dish of japanese pickles. I got hooked ever since then. Katsudon or tonkatsu donburi is one of

Long Over-due Hari Raya Celebration!

2004-11-24T13:20:00.000+11:00

Okie, my apologies! Once again, my mind had slipped off the date of Brunei's most important celebration for the year: Hari Raya Aidilfitri, the day of celebration. This is celebrated by Muslims all around the globe at the end of fasting month known as Ramadhan. It usually lasts for a month so I guess I am still not too late? happy belated hari raya! selamat hari raya aidilfiltri! em..I wonder