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That Time of Year Again: Pineapple Tarts

By Changmoh • Monday, 20 January 2014 • Festivals, Food & Drink, Recipes

Since I have been away for ages and hopelessly silent on the blog front (mainly because of the sheer volume of cheese I consumed whilst away in France; eating seemed to occupy alot of my time) I thought I’d start 2014 with an ultra topical foodie post, what with Chinese New Year being just around the corner.

Pineapple tarts.

For my UK based readers, pineapple tarts are the CNY equivalent to mince pies at Christmas, except that everyone likes them. Alot. And like mince pies, the best ones are always homemade.

Who’d have thought that the traditional technique for making one of the culinary cornerstones to Chinese New Year celebrations would be brought to you by an angmoh charboh (read English girl)? I am seriously thrilled that it is, even if I can only lay claim to the recipe by marriage.

Happy Angmoh New Year

By Changmoh • Tuesday, 31 December 2013 • Festivals, My Holidays, Travel

What are you doing for, arguably, the most over rated night of 2013? I’ll be crunched up in economy class on SQ, with my knees somewhere near my chin, swigging warm champagne I hope to have successfully smuggled on board.

Happy 2014, wherever you may be and thank you for being a Changmoh reader!

Oh…and PS: New Year’s resolutions? I do have just the one: not to lie to myself about making certain lifestyle changes that I know, in my heart of hearts, don’t stand a chance of working. Daily yoga will just have to keep for yet another year, weekly runs too for that matter.

My New Best Friend

By Changmoh • Monday, 30 December 2013 • Day Trips, Fash, My Holidays, Online Shopping, Shop Local, Travel

In between unpacking and repacking and scoffing a bit of turk, washed down with copious amounts of red wine, I have had just enough time to develop a spot of blog envy. I have fallen in love with whatever it is that Peony Lim (A Proper Blogger) does so brilliantly.

To distill what has now become her business in a few trite sentences, she wears her own immaculate wardrobe really rather well – it helps enormously that she owns several birkins in her own right – juxtaposed with a bunch of clever high street finds, all beautifully photographed. She also has an online shop.

The photos on my blog are mere snaps by comparison. In fact, it’s not unfair to say that they are snaps, full stop.

Beauty Buy: This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray

By Changmoh • Thursday, 19 December 2013 • Beauty, Brit Stuff, International Sites - No Shipping Charges, My Holidays, Online Shopping, Travel

I am lucky in not suffering too badly from jetlag, but having flown to London from Singapore for a few days before heading on to New York for a few more, then doing the whole thing in reverse with a day in Singapore to have a complete re-pack before heading off to Thailand (what sort of idiot takes all their holidays in one go?), I do sometimes get that feeling at night, just before my head hits the pillow, that I won’t be able to sleep.

Meeting Quentin Blake and Dinner at Home House

By Changmoh • Monday, 16 December 2013 • Brit Stuff, Day Trips, Food & Drink, Hotels & Places to Stay, My Holidays, Restaurant Reviews, Travel

My last day in London is always fraught. It’s when I invariably rush around trying to buy an extra suitcase because I realize I have done way too big a Tesco’s shop (angmoh version of Fairprice but better value) but this time my panic was arrested – or maybe amplified – mid hand flap by the chance to meet the legendary illustrator (and latterly, author) that is Sir Quentin Blake. Where to buy a squashy overflow suitcase was pushed momentarily to one side.