I went to a cooking demo with culinary anthropologist Nithya Laila as supported by Orchard Grapes and I thought that I’d like to share with you Laila’s interesting dessert of Masala Chai Rice Pudding with Roasted Grapes because it is a real fusion of East and West. Plus…it’s just a lot more interesting than your...
Category: Recipes
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Fruit Salad with Burrata and Proscuitto
I first tasted this wonderful fruit salad at Pizza4P’s in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and was wonderfully surprised at how refreshing but yet creamy and a whole lotta satisfying this salad was! The saltiness from the proscuitto balanced the sweet from the fruits and the burrata was just a lovely cheese to tie it...
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What Does Pizza Hut’s Slice of Simple Really Mean?
If you have seen this ad by Pizza Hut Singapore recently, you might be wondering what this is all about and what is this “Slice of Simple”? At first, I thought that Pizza Hut was going back to basics and serve up what the Italians have been producing all these years – simple, unadulterated, thin...
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Wholesome Savour New Vegan Menu
Welcome to the newly revamped menu of Wholesome Savour, a more casual dining cafe of its sister Frunatic. Similar to Frunatic, the food served at Wholesome Savour serves vegan food that contains no gluten, no dairy, no peanuts, no eggs and no preservatives. All their ingredients are also washed with alkaline ionised water to remove...
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Healthy Breakfast Smoothies
I’ve been making smoothies for breakfast recently thanks to my brother who started it all. I must say that it really is a healthy and quick way to get all the essential nutrients into one meal. Best part? It really fills me up till lunch. For the full recipes, you can read it here. Above...
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Grilled Salmon Head with Sweet Potato Mash and Broccoli
This is not the first time you’re seeing a salmon head here as I’ve cooked a salmon shioyaki before. The difference is that Meidi-ya now knows that we love to eat the salmon heads too and have increased the price from $1.50 for half a head to $4 for a full salmon head. Oh well….it’s...
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Review – COMO Cuisine at Dempsey
I was invited to the media launch of a new supplement in Singapore – Tru Niagen, which was held at COMO Cuisine at Dempsey. But since this is my food blog, I’ll be reviewing the food part of whole event while I’ll blog about the supplement in my lifestyle blog www.melfann.com. Located at 18A Dempsey...
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Lazy Egg Croissant
I woke up one day with the craving for scrambled eggs stuffed into a croissant and I think this was probably influenced by the fact that my brother had bought a couple of boxes of pastries and a couple of them were croissants! Since I no longer have a helper, and I’m also the household’s...
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Review – High Tea at Fullerton Bay’s The Landing Point
Met up with some ex-colleagues over high-tea at Fullerton Bay Hotel’s The Landing Point. Fullerton Bay has 2 restaurants that offer high tea: The Landing Point as well as The Clifford Pier. If you prefer local fare, then head onto The Clifford Pier. But if you want something more traditional, then The Landing Point is...
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Simple Christmas Dinner for 4
For some weird reason, this year’s Christmas dinner with the family suddenly became my responsibility. I think it has something to do with the fact that a friend gave me 5kg worth of wagyu (uncooked) as a Christmas present. So here’s what I ended up cooking for Christmas dinner: roasted vegetables (broccoli, sweet potatoes, potatoes...