Gratitude, Leisure, Life, Mommy Adventures, Wanderlust

Mommy Adventures + Wanderlust: Sony Wonder Technology Lab [Part 1]

Mommy Adventures + Wanderlust: Sony Wonder Technology Lab [Part 1]

We’ve been MIA I can’t believe we’ve been on this side of the world for almost a year now. Boy, time is moving awfully fast, eh? I know, I know! I should have been blogging about our new life, but priorities always get in the way. I’m happy to share that we’ve been blessed to ... ...

Taste Buds

Taste Buds: Cottage Pie – Shepherd’s Pie with Beef

Taste Buds: Cottage Pie - Shepherd’s Pie with Beef

So last time, we went to Morocco. Now, with all my sabbatical planning for England, it was inevitable for me to crave for shepherd’s pie. BUT not exactly shepherd’s pie, but what the English call as cottage pie. What’s the difference? One thing. The meat. Beef instead of lamb. Anyone who knows me well can ... ...

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Taste Buds: Moroccan Chicken Soup with Couscous

Taste Buds: Moroccan Chicken Soup with Couscous

I always have lots of fun when one of the ingredients in my dish is couscous. It’s really because it’s one of those “just add water” things that enlarge when they absorb the liquid. In reality, there’s not much to it, but it is reminiscent of my childhood full of playing outdoors with my friends, ... ...

Culture, Leisure, Mommy Adventures, Wanderlust

Wanderlust: Bainbridge House

Wanderlust: Bainbridge House

This post is long overdue.  When traveling with Captain Awesome and Little HRH, I make sure that we always get to experience something new and unique. Thankfully, we are the kind of family that have very diverse interests. The trip-planning challenge does not lie much in coming up with fresh travel ideas, but in choosing ... ...

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Taste Buds: Tiramisu Parfait

Taste Buds: Tiramisu Parfait

I have posted a tiramisu recipe once before here on Taste Buds, and that is definitely still my number one. However, for Chef’s birthday dinner last month, I decided to try this quickie version I found on Foodista. I remember revising the recipe a bit just to taste so the one below is based on ... ...

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Taste Buds: Delectable Molten Chocolate Cake

Taste Buds: Delectable Molten Chocolate Cake

According to Chef, this has propelled to the number one spot of my most successful desserts. Winter calls for some warm desserts so actually, for the past couple of months, we’ve been ordering molten chocolate cake, aka chocolate lava cake, pretty much everywhere. The one from Bottega has been my favorite so far, which inspired ... ...

Random Musings

25 Ways to Wear a Scarf

25 Ways to Wear a Scarf

  See, one of my New Year’s Resolutions is to finish work before the Captain Awesome and Little HRH are home from school. That means, I should not be blogging at this hour. But, my blogger friend, Ces, shared this video of 25 Ways to Wear a Scarf last night and I find it really, uhm, ... ...

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Taste Buds: Spanish Rice that’s not Paella

Taste Buds: Spanish Rice that’s not Paella

Chef and I have been together for 6 years and I never learned how to make Spanish rice until now. I love it, obviously, and I can’t get enough of it whenever we have Mexican food. We discussed over and over what this really is called because it’s been labeled as Spanish rice, though it’s ... ...

Le Critique, Mirror Mirror

Le Critique: Mirror, Mirror: Sibu Beauty

Le Critique: Mirror, Mirror: Sibu Beauty

New Year, new channel! We are launching Mirror, Mirror as a new channel for our Le Critique series to showcase our reviews on beauty vanity products. We are not particularly experts in these, but we’ll try our best.  Like many other unfortunate souls, I suffered from horrible acne breakout in my teenage years. I tried ... ...

Celebrations, Guilty Pleasure, On the Loose

On the Loose: @ideeli Christmas Shopping

On the Loose: @ideeli Christmas Shopping

It’s been a while since we did an On the Loose post. Not that we haven’t done any shopping. On the contrary, I think I have reached my [self-imposed] quota for 2011. Now, before you play the world’s smallest violins for me, 2012 is just a few days away. I’ll be resetting my shopping count ... ...

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Taste Buds: Russian Tea Cakes

Taste Buds: Russian Tea Cakes

Happy Holidays, one and all!! Yes, yes, my greeting, along with blogposts, are a tad bit delayed. Nonetheless, it’s never too late for a good dessert recipe. There’s actually quite a story behind my Russian Tea Cake mini obsession. Three years ago, I took an interim position at another department and met a funny group ... ...