Last post was about doughnuts, it is but natural to post a recipe of the glaze too…so here it goes. Ingredients 1/4 cup whole milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups confectioners’ sugar Procedure: 1. Put milk and…
Archives for April 2011
Homemade donuts
According to my son, a perfect breakfast could either be doughnuts, waffles or pancakes, dipped or oozing in chocolate. The 2 latter request would be easy but doughnuts are of different category. I have never done it in my life,…
French Macarons
I finally got the courage to make my own Macarons. I subscribed to HoneyandSoy’s macaron mastery course and am trying to follow their footsteps. I however followed this recipe from Gourmettraveller. 🙂 Macaron batter: 130 gm icing sugar 110 gm…
Macarons (again)
I finally got the chance to make macarons at home. It is never always a success. I had to try a lot of times and had to experiment from a handful of recipes I gathered. There are a dozen tips…
Strawberry Smoothie
I’m a health buff, or I claim to be so I try to eat as much fruit and yogurt when I can. If I’m up to it, I combine  them, as smoothie! The kids love this too! Ingredients: 1 cup…
Bacon Potato Soup
Spring has arrived…you hear the birds singing its tune, you smell the flowers as they bloom. The trees are growing green leaves, grasses covering the fields. I will miss winter so much…not! I wouldn’t really, but I’d be cooking less…
Potato Pancakes
Ingredients For the potato cakes: 3 eggs 125ml milk spring onions 2 tbsp olive oil 60g instant mashed potato mix 40g plain flour ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp lemon juice For the topping: 75 ml sourcream 1 tsp. horseradish…
Sushi Rice
Sushi rice recipe I’ve followed over the years. Ingredients: 3 1/4 cups water 3 cups Japanese rice 1/3 cup rice wine 3 tbsp sugar 1 tsp salt Japanese rice tends to be sticky compared to other rice grains that’s why…
May Lee (Part 2)
^Tamagoyaki, sake and ebi sushi, sake and kappamaki Finally found these photos. I had a previous review of the place and partly of the food in May Lee, an Asian restaurant serving Japanese and Chinese dishes. It’s too obvious how…