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12 More Mooncakes You Don’t Want to Miss in 2009 – A Remix!
Dining / HolidaysUpdate: Here’s the compilation of the mooncakes in Singapore for 2010. The Mid-Autumn Festival is less than two weeks away! Have you bought your mooncakes yet? If you have enjoyed my compilation of the 12 most interesting mooncakes you can find...
12 Mooncakes You Don’t Want to Miss in 2009
Dining / HolidaysUpdate: Here’s the compilation of the mooncakes in Singapore for 2010. It’s mooncake season! Many families, mine included, are busy checking out catalogs and shopping for mooncakes. The mooncakes these days come in a dazzling array of colors,...
Kia Hiang Restaurant – Mooncakes Packed with Tradition & Innovation
Dining / HolidaysIsn’t the Mid-Autumn Festival colorful? Year after year, hotels and restaurants create new mooncake flavors quicker than you can say champagne truffle mooncake. It’s always fun to see what they whip up to please the diverse palates of Singaporeans. Kia...
Raffles Hotel Mooncakes 2009 – Have You Ordered Yours Yet?
Dining / HolidaysEvery Mid-Autumn Festival, I look forward to two things. One is the sight of children carrying lanterns and lighting candles at night. That innocent scene always brings back fond childhood memories. The other is the Raffles Hotel mooncakes. More specifically,...
Loong Fatt Tau Sar Piah – The Original Balestier Tau Sar Piah
DiningThey say imitation is a sign of flattery. You know you are successful when other people start emulating your idea. Just look at how the Ya Kun success story spawned numerous other air-conditioned shops also selling kopi and toast not only in Singapore...
Mini Kaya Delights in Malaysia
Travel / MalaysiaAlong the way to Malaysia, I picked up some of these cute little pastry snacks that are filled with kaya (creamy coconut jam) and other types of paste. These are probably the simplest things to bake and most delightful things to pop in your mouth as...
Bakerzin – Multi-colored Macaron Delights
DiningI have a riddle for you. What’s crispy on the outside, chewy and moist on the inside, and resembles cute little buns? Here, I’ll give you a hint: they come in a plethora of irresistible colors and flavors! Okay, just one last clue. They are...
Hua Ji Bao Dang – Pau, Handmade with Love
Dining(if you are like me during this holiday season, your diet probably consists of chocolates, chocolates and more chocolates. That is why I thought throwing in some Chinese snacks here would be good.) Have you noticed that in recent years, people have taken...
Kuehs and Snacks – Aunts’ and Grannies’ Best
DiningIn the mood for Teochew kueh (chinese pastry, typically steamed)? Get it all at kuehs and snacks, a bakery shop along Bukit merah lane (near Alexandra Village food centre). While its English name is descriptive enough, I personally prefer the shop’s...
Tong Heng – Tasty Traditional Chinese Pastries
DiningThe Tong Heng confectionery has a long history dating back to 1920. This humble little shop in Chinatown is best-known for churning out popular Chinese pastries such as egg custard tarts (in a distinctive diamond shape) and wife cakes. But did you know...
Rich & Good Cake Shop – This Is How They Roll!
DiningSwiss roll fans definitely wouldn’t want to miss this. Or all pastry fans, for that matter. This little bakery has been raved about time and again by journalists and bloggers alike. Yet I find it absolutely necessary to blog about it at least once,...
Mooncakes with a Difference! (Part 2)
Dining / HolidaysAs promised, here’s the last of my 3-parter series on unique mooncakes. You’ve seen champagne truffle mooncakes as well as rainbow-colored ones. Now here are some with really interesting shapes besides the conventional round ones! Photo by...
Mooncakes with a Difference! (Part 1)
Dining / HolidaysThe commonest mooncakes that we see during the Mid-Autumn Festival are typically round or square in shape, with either a baked brown crust or snow-skin exterior. Then in 1994, Raffles Hotel created the innovative and highly sought after champagne truffle...
Raffles Hotel: Snow-skin Mooncake with Champagne Truffle & Ganache
Dining / HolidaysThe Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival if you prefer, is here again! Of course, what’s Moon Festival without mooncakes right? Therefore over the next 3 days, I would be featuring some unique and yummilicious mooncakes. We’ll start off with...
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