recipe

  • Steak Salt

    Bistecca Tuscan Steakhouse’s Steak Salt Recipe

    Hands up if you’re sick of reading yet another boring review of another restaurant… I know I am! And I’m the one writing them! Instead, I would like to share with you a recipe given to me by the team at Bistecca Tuscan Steakhouse. In case you didn’t know, Bistecca has...
  • Vegan Cheese

    Vegan Cheese, an Option for Entertaining “Those People”

    How many times have you planned a dinner party and while agonising over your menu, you realise that someone in the group is vegetarian, vegan or on some sort of prohibitive diet. “Those people”, as you may call them! I am sure we are called “Those People” often because...
  • Walnut Maple Cookies

    Brain Food! Yummy Walnut Maple Cookies

    Say the word “cookie” and you have me! Then when you say, “it’s healthy”, I would probably be inclined to give it a miss. However, here’s a cookie that is delicious and healthy, with no refined sugar (the stand-in being maple syrup) and packed with ingredients rich in vegetarian...
  • Gravlax Recipe

    Gravlax, One of our Favourite, Easy, Swedish Dishes

    One of Peter’s favourite Swedish dishes is Gravlax and he makes this frequently. While I’ve always said, “it’s so easy to make yourself”, this was the first time I actually did it myself. And I can confirm… it’s easy! All you need is a bit of time. When we have...
  • T2 Tea Chai

    Making Warm, Fragrant Chai Tea Without any Fuss.

    I have always loved the warm spice and sweet comfort of a good chai tea recipe. This has come in so many forms for me, the earliest of which is masala chai, drunk while eating a South Indian meal (with my hands) at Little India’s Komala Vilas. The most distinct...
  • T2 Tea

    Matcha and the Language of Love

    I realise that this will date AND reveal me as a hopeless romantic. However, let it also been known that in my 20+ years of marriage, my expectations of romanticism have been leveled… and far below my teenage fantasies. Still, let’s talk about T2 Tea, their matcha recipe and...
  • Fruitalicious Iced Tea Spritzer (by T2)!

    There is absolutely nothing better on a hot, sweltering day in Singapore than a T2 iced tea named the Fruitalicious Spritzer. I recently discovered how easy this was to make and believe me, it’s going to start featuring at any event I host in future. Tangy, sweet (but without...
  • Taiwanese Dumplings

    Delicious Handmade Taiwanese Dumplings

    Dumplings are one of those things that I love to eat, but they always seemed too complicated to attempt, even for someone like me who obsessed with making everything from scratch. After being introduced to homemade Taiwanese dumplings by my dear friend Betty, no other dumplings seemed to ever match that taste...
  • Vietnamese Pho – Comfort Food at its Best

    For all Pho-natics, here is our take on how to make Pho Bo (Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup) Pho (pronounced as fuh or feu) is simply a beef bone broth slow cooked with a hint of earthy, aromatic dry herbs, served with noodles and garnished with fresh, fragrant herbs, beans...