24 August 2020
Ester's Potato Bread
This recipe comes from Ester Restaurant in Sydney. The restaurant serves it with a cultured kefir cream, dashi jelly and salmon roe but it the “crusty on the (...)
16 May 2020
Ginger Scallion Sauce
This is a great sauce that you can put on pretty much anything and a condiment I suggest you keep handy in the fridge at all times. It is fantastic over (...)
8 May 2020
Prawns and Polenta
It’s starting to feel like winter in Sydney and I was inspired to make something hearty using polenta. I don’t know why I haven’t used polenta before, I’ve had (...)
3 May 2020
Salt and Pepper Squid
This recipe is roughly inspired by the Salt and Pepper squid bun from Lotus Restaurant in Sydney believe me, a keeper! My husband once went to the restaurant (...)
8 February 2020
Baci’s Sourdough Ice Cream
For 14 years Baci was a source of joy, companionship and comfort to me and my husband. We had always grown up with dogs in our family but as loved as they (...)
6 May 2017
Salmon Poke with Soba Noodles
Hi! I know it’s been ages. You’re probably wondering if I’m here to make an appearance and then disappear after one or two posts… maybe… I don’t know. But this (...)
3 April 2015
Best Ever Superfood Salad
I am one of those people that are always skeptical of anything “healthy and delicious”. I used to think those two words could never co-exist in the same plate, (...)
3 February 2015
Ama’s Grandma Lumpia
I met Pam over a year ago when I held a macaron class to raise money for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan. She signed up for the class and we got along straight (...)
1 February 2015
New beginning hazelnut, labneh and honey toast
Oh wow – how time flies. My poor neglected blog. It’s been nearly a year since I wrote anything and somehow I feel like I have to give you an excuse for the (...)
18 February 2014
Prawn and Scallop Dumplings
A few years ago I attended an eight week career development session with a group of very talented and ambitious ladies from work. There was a lot of coaching (...)
9 February 2014
Nutter Butter Cookies
The other day my husband was raving about a cookie he had tried in a cafe. He said they were called “Nutter Butters” and they cost $5 each. $5 for a cookie?!? (...)
7 October 2013
Salted Caramel Eclairs
I was lucky enough to receive book called “Secrets of Eclairs” by Marianne Magnier-Moreno from my sister and have been thinking it was about time I started (...)
29 August 2013
Prawn Kataifi with Ajvar Sauce
I used to work with a guy whose name I couldn’t pronounce. For months, I managed to avoid calling him by his first name until one day I was in a teleconference (...)
6 August 2013
Mussel Kinilaw with Calamansi
A few years ago I planted a little calamansi fruit tree in our balcony… and then I waited… and waited… and waited some more. My tree never seemed to bear much (...)
29 July 2013
Chocolate covered almonds: tips to avoid tempering chocolate
I have never understood the art of tempering chocolate. It’s one of those things that has been explained to me, that I’ve read up on, watched videos etc but I (...)
25 July 2013
Angel hair pasta with crab, chilli and lemon
My sister once asked me to babysit her son, my two year old nephew. Somehow, I had this impression that she would only be gone a few minutes, 30 at most, (...)
14 July 2013
Best Ever Granola Recipe
There’s a granola movement happening in our family nowadays – we can’t get enough of it. It started innocently enough. I had been wanting to try the granola (...)
1 April 2013
My sister’s leche flan filipino style creme caramel
My two sisters are great cooks and while I love to cook for everyone in the family, once in awhile I like to sit back and enjoy their great food. This weekend (...)
24 March 2013
Beef Ribs with Chimichurri
A few weeks ago I decided it was time to re-organize my kitchen. The cupboards were overflowing with spices, sauces and other goods that were well past their (...)
10 March 2013
Sinigang na bayabas seafood in sour guava soup
The other day SBS Food Safari did a feature on Filipino Food. It’s not very often that Filipino food gets center stage, so it was fantastic to finally see our (...)
6 March 2013
Food safari philippines: pinakbet recipe
Preview to SBS Food Safari: http://www.sbs.com.au/food/video/20560963937/thursday-night-food-safari-filipino-promo Last year I was contacted by the producer of (...)
13 February 2013
The Color Run Salad
Two months ago my husband and I decided to go for a run in a park a few minutes away from the house. I still remember that morning as if it was just yesterday. (...)
11 November 2012
Tuna Poke
Every few months or so, I’ll discover a restaurant that quickly becomes my new favourite. It always plays out the same way, I’ll go back several times in a (...)
