Honey Green Tea (Matcha) Latte

For the past week, I have been making this green tea (macha) latte.  I like the color and taste of it. This is a better alternative to a regular latte if you would like to consume less caffeine and at the same time want to avoid the chemicals in most of the decaf coffee.     In many of the videos that I saw on making this latte, most of them use a milk frother wand to mix the green tea powder with some sort of liquid. Originally, I wanted to buy a more expensive milk frother...

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Classic Butter Cake

I really want to share this buttercream and cake recipe because it is so easy to make and the result was great too.  The cake tasted moist, it feels like a just right wedding cake (not too dense and not too fluffy) and the best part of it is that it is very easy to make.  I don't bake cake a lot, the only reason I made this last week was mainly for experimenting with fondant and be able to have a pretty looking cake for Baby Sister J.  As a result, I started to look for simple vanilla...

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Strawberry season is here!

It has been a long while since I last blogged. Baby J is no longer a baby, in fact, he is now a preschooler.   Haha .. time really flies, and another summer and strawberry season is here again! We went to the Organics Family Farm to pick strawberries today (also with J's first bff and family). It started to pour heavily when we just started to pick, fortunately, K was smart, he brought his golf umbrella with us and we avoided to get ourselves wet while J and I picked the strawberries. The...

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Pumpkin Soup

Pumpkins were everywhere in October and I made my first pumpkin soup from a pumpkin that Baby J picked. The recipe I followed was again super simple and worked.  Baby J loved it and cleared his bowl. ^^ Pumpkin Soup ingredients 6 cups chicken stock (I used 4 cups of chicken stock and 2 cups of water) 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 4 cups pumpkin puree 1 cup chopped onion I skipped the parsley 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream (I used table...

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Scaramouche Restaurant

We took Baby J to Scaramouche Restaurant a few weeks ago and we soon realized that he has an expensive taste! ^^  Previously, whenever we take Baby J out for dinner (even at Terra Restaurant), he was never a big fan of "western" food, he usually would take in a lot of bread and only take a few bites of the mains (usually some form of pasta).  However, at Scaramouche, he enjoyed everything from the appetizer to the dessert.  Just his portion of the meal was around $40+ and he is only...

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George Restaurant - 4-course Tasting Lunch Menu

K and I feel that it is good to have some quiet and relax time between the two of us for us to recharge once in a while.  As a result, earlier this month, we went to George Restaurant for lunch while Baby J was in school (yay! ^^).  We ordered the $60 4-course Tasting Menu because we had the whole afternoon to ourselves and were able to afford a 2-hour meal quietly. The meal started with a complimentary amuse-bouche -- butter beef with broth.  It was a nice plate to start...

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Shrimp and Scallops Fusilli with Pesto Sauce

Last night, I made pesto sauce for the first time by following this simple recipe. I am using my Baby Bullet as my food processor more and more often now that Baby J doesn't need to eat pureed food anymore and I find it convenient to use because of its size and power. It is becoming one of the most used small kitchen appliances in my home now. ^^ Since the pesto sauce was for Baby J as well, I purposely blended it extra smooth just to ensure the nuts won't get stuck in his teeth. This...

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