Last Wednesday, my brain blacked out - short-circuited for a few seconds before it jumpstarted back on again with full sugar power - on a slice of Chocolate Blackout cake. A customer of mine had highly recommended PS Cafe’s chocolate cake and after having a spoon of the warm fudginess soaked in warm chocolate fudge […]

Three generations of women coming together to make dumplings. It’s almost poetic.
The first generation Chinese-influenced. The second generation Japanese-influenced. The next generation (me) Western-influenced. It was a rather thrilling experience to be in the same kitchen working on the same thing and I’m very pleased to say the results were safe to eat (since I […]

When a woman’s feeling blue, hitting the hair salon’s always the best medicine. Finally got my hair professionally coloured and highlighted today by the ever lovely Maeda stylist. One reason I’m in a much better mood - yes, my hair looks pretty good. Not as radical as I wanted it to be, but natural looking […]

True to The Sugar Bar, Diva (pardon the 3rd person reference) has gone back to basics (and also returned from her EN VACANCES status) - cookies ! I’ve of course chosen the chocolate species of cookies that are sumptuous, classic, easy and a favourite staple in almost any home.
Mum was nagging at me to use […]