After a day of head-banging seminars (and I don’t mean this in a way where there was loud, pounding music going on; just that they were pretty intense on the brain) and walking back in the dark and cold wet streets, I knew I deserved a treat. The big treat was of course a day […]

Fish dinners are great. Good for a simple, posh meal or a humble dish between friends; clean taste if you don’t want something too heavy and intense, or that will fill you up too much leaving you no room for pudding! I feel I’m coming down with something too so fish was definitely a healthier […]

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I remember friends from primary school who often had a ‘favourites’ page in their little coloured notebooks. These pages were scribbled with names of singers, actors and famous stars; not to mention favourite movies, songs, food and colours. These were always a great way to start a conversation when we kids, when things […]

This post isn’t just one to celebrate the new year 2008, but is one really dedicated to my mum and her own culinary adventures. The sekihan, also known as osekihan, or Japanese red-cooked festival rice, has been made by mum as well and I proudly present it to you here.
The adzuki bean is the second […]