In this month’s Kulinarya Cooking Club, we feature Leche Flan. This popular Philippine dessert has its origins from the flan from Spain. Melted sugar is poured over a ramekin or pudding container and allowed to caramelize. Then over this, a custard mixture of milk, eggs, egg yolks and sugar (and a hint of flavouring like [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Kulinarya Cooking Club Bakes Leche Flan
Posted in kulinarya cooking club, tagged coconut, kulinarya cooking club, leche flan, palm sugar, pichet ong, the sweet spot on February 28, 2010 | 41 Comments »
Daring Bakers Challenge : Trissamisu – errr… Tiramisu
Posted in Bake, Dare, tagged chocolate and hazelnut tiramisu sandwich, daring baker, tiramisu on February 27, 2010 | 62 Comments »
I must have been very ambitious as a child. I remember one of my goals in life was to have a doll named after me. One day, I would own my very own factory producing Trissa Dolls. They would look exactly like me but in order to increase sales, I would sell Trissa Doll dresses [...]
Family Gems
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged grape jelly, orange jelly, pate de fuit, strawberry jelly on February 25, 2010 | 48 Comments »
My first ever piece of jewelry was given by my grandmother in the first grade. It was tradition in our family that a golden medallion with a religious carving was given to each grandchild celebrating their first Holy Communion. As like many good young Catholic girls, this occasion was one of the most eagerly anticipated [...]
Just my luck!
Posted in Cook, Holiday, tagged aux lyonnais, bistro cooking, paris bistro, quenelles of fish on February 22, 2010 | 41 Comments »
Aux Lyonnais Quenelles of Fish with Nantua Sauce One of my must-go-to Bistros in Paris is Aux Lyonnais which is located in the second arrondissement. The restaurant, of course, is dedicated to celebrating the cuisine of Lyon. I love to go to this restaurant, because you can get a three course meal for around 35 [...]
Cooking Lessons
Posted in Bake, tagged breakfast, caviar, scrambled eggs on February 14, 2010 | 65 Comments »
More than seven years ago I attended my first ever cooking class. Actually, it was a week long “Introduction to Cooking” class at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE). My husband (then fiance) was studying in New York and that time I visited him he had accepted a summer internship which meant long days (and [...]
Forgiveness
Posted in Cook, tagged chocolate pistachio fritters, fritelle di chioccolato, mario batali on February 10, 2010 | 48 Comments »
Forgiveness is a funny thing… we all know it’s hard to forgive… but also sometimes, just as hard to ask forgiveness as well. I remember as a child going over to my friend’s house playing in the family lounge room. I took her wedding barbie and she started chasing me for it. Things somehow got [...]
Alone
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bouchon, smoked salmon, tartare, thomas keller on February 7, 2010 | 54 Comments »
Smoked Salmon Tartare adapted from Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Cookbook December and January were extremely busy months. Between trying to spend as much time with my parents who were here on holiday, trying to finish work commitments and catching up with friends for the holidays, I still don’t know how I managed to get out a [...]