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Written by Shirley T
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 00:00 |
 In the mood of celebrating Mid Autumn Festival on the coming 22 September 2010, let us share the joy of this auspicious day of with the needies. For folks who are going to purchase mooncakes for their family and relatives, please consider for 'Six Happiness Moon Cake' this year and obtain them from National Kidney Foundation (NKF) in Penang.These mooncakes are specially made available to public through 'The Gift of Love' campaign organized by National Kidney Foundation. A box of 4 mooncakes is R… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 23:33 |
 Akihabara (秋葉原) or fondly called as 'Akiba' alone is a venue that commercial tour operators usually forget to include in their itinerary. Yet, there is nothing to upset about if it is missing. Getting to Akibahara is pretty straight forward. Hop on a train (JR Yamanote Line) and get off at 'Akihabara Electric Town' station. And it is like taking your right to the door step of Akihabara Electric Town! In order words, welcome to the geek city!Immediately as I got out from the train station, modern… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Sunday, 22 August 2010 23:19 |
 In the recent years, cosplay restaurants or better known as maid cafe or butler cafe are booming all over Japan. Akihabara or the electric capital of Tokyo, is one of the best place to catch this bizarre experience in Tokyo. Despite the name says 'cafe', the concept of maid cafe presents more like a relaxation center for Otaku (geeks) rather than a place to chow down.Maid cafes are typically operated by a group of young girls dressed up like French maids with Victorian style pinafore, apron and … |
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Written by Shirley T
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Monday, 09 August 2010 00:00 |
 Pumpkin is known to be rich in nutrition as what I elaborated in the last recipe of Pumpkin Soup. This attempt would talk about preparing savory pumpkin soup of Chinese-style. I was not aware that a typical Chinese soup brings pumpkin into the picture until I found this recipe from a recipe book entitled 'The World of Nourishing & Fine Soups'. The recipe I am going to share is adapted from a classic Chicken Soup with pumpkin and oyster. However, as usual I would exclude seafood or in this soup o… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Tuesday, 03 August 2010 00:00 |
 Ever since the first day I arrived in Texas, all I heard from people was 'If you want BBQ, you have to try Salt Lick!'. Fine, my first year is almost up and we decided to trek a fair bit from Austin (where we live) to Driftwood to get the feel of 'real' Texas barbecue.It has never came across my mind that the mission of The Salt Lick BBQ was an adventure, passing through cowboy land where signposts of wild animal are prominent and I did not even realize when we arrived. Guess what, the place was… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 18:35 |
 Talking about Hill Country, it is one of the regions in Texas most sought after for great wines. One of our summer adventures brought us to Driftwood for The Salt Lick BBQ, followed by the indulgence in wine tasting at Driftwood Estate Vineyards.Open daily from 10 am through 6 pm (except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year), Driftwood Winery offers an experience to attempt five flavors of in-house wines with only a fee of $5. For premium wine such as Portejas, one has to fork out additional few… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 00:00 |
 There are several variations on how to cook a platter of stir-fried bean sprouts. Despite it is a simple dish, the overcooked bean sprouts do not taste as good as the optimum tossed bean sprouts which are fresh and crunchy. Some cooks even go to the extend to only scald it so that the sprouts would retain its water content.Everyone in our family love bean sprouts so we sort of grow up eating bean sprout day in day out. This is just one of my mom variations, prepared with shrimps, carrot, green p… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Friday, 06 August 2010 00:00 |
 Looking for a variety of light Asian snacks and a cuppa of coffee in Austin? Tam Deli & Cafe is perhaps a good choice. Located at in a strip of single story mall along North Lamar Blvd, Tam Deli & Cafe is a small deli but offers a long list of menu. When food is good, size does not matter. Online review claims that Tam serves one of the best Bánh mì in Austin and that was the main reason that brought us there. Banh mi or sometimes written as Banh my is commonly referred as Vietnamese sandwich th… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Saturday, 31 July 2010 00:00 |
 I have searching for an English word to depict 'kuih' but it comes to no conclusion. Biscuit or cookies are usually referring to baked desserts or snacks. Whilst cake does not describe 'kuih' either though the closest to be. Pastry is far from right, and typically using wheat. Indeed there is no terminology that is similar, to accurately describe 'kuih'. After I did some googling, I am so glad that kuih is recognized by its own name! Proud of KUIH indeed!What I am going to introduce today is 'St… |
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