My favourite breakfast – it comes a close second to a bowl of fish ball mee from Ghim Moh market – is a slice of seeded brown bread, slightly burnt around the edges (usually by mistake but I’ve got used to it and now quite like it), spread with a nice generous layer of butter and some homemade marmalade (not homemade by me, but by someone with a patient and domestic disposition). Read More
I am off to NYC in a few weeks for an insanely short amount of time (3 days). Before getting there, like any sensible girl would, I am doing a bit of research on what places and shops I will be making a dash for first. Read More
I love old fashioned shops. I have a particular weakness for beautiful old fashioned sweetshops – and not just because I love eating sweets (my guilty secret: the white licorice round ones covered in little blue dots are my fave) but because they are reminiscent of a bygone era.
This one in Burford I came across in December – but haven’t had time to post about until now – is almost too picture perfect for words.
I sometimes feel that if you left your house here in Singapore empty – for more than, say, two months – wild plants and trees would start to squeeze themselves up through gaps in the concrete and you’d return to find a jungle in your backyard. Read More
This is fabulously easy to make, delicious to eat and looks seriously impressive. What more could you ask for?
