When I first heard about the KFC Portuguese egg tarts, I was quite skeptical. Skeptical, but curious enough to buy a half dozen of these to try out. Surprisingly, the tarts turn out much better than expected! These creamy egg tart pastries are not to be confused with the traditional...
First, there were the traditional baked skin mooncakes. Then came the colourful snowskin mooncakes. And now, we even have mousse mooncakes. If you are shopping for mooncakes this season and can’t quite decide which ones to go for, head to your nearest Crystal Jade restaurant or My Bread bakery. With...
Nectar at Wangz Hotel is one of those restaurants that you may not hear much of, but the place has been quietly dishing out plate after plate of great-tasting food since opening in late 2009. With the hotel’s location within the charming Tiong Bahru estate, you can enjoy a nice...
When people talk about Emicakes, they will usually wax lyrical about the delicious durian puffs, cakes and crepes. This local bakery chain is all about the durian baby! This Mid-Autumn Festival, the bakery has been churning out its own mooncake creations. We’re talking irresistible flavours such as chocolate, mango, and...
When Raffles Hotel launched the legendary champagne truffle snowskin mooncake in 1994, it triggered a wave of modern mooncakes with novel flavours. Since then, every Mid-Autumn Festival has been marked with exquisite mooncake creations that marry tradition with innovation. For the past month, I have been savouring mooncakes (with the...
Throughout the month of Ramadan (Muslims’ fasting month), the Concorde Hotel is offering a Buka Puasa buffet every night. The buffet takes place by the swimming pool, and includes a range of Indonesian fares. Having enjoyed the hotel’s luxurious international seafood buffet previously, we arrive at the buffet line with...
Every year, fruit pastry fans look forward to two things at Goodwood Park Hotel. One is the Durian Fiesta where pastries and cakes made with D24 durians fly off the shelves. The other would be the fruity snowskin mooncakes during Mid-Autumn Festival. Fruity snowskin mooncakes S$46 for a box of...
The mooncake may be a traditional Chinese pastry. But these days, western cafés and bakeries also impress with their dazzling mooncake creations. COVA Pasticceria is one of them. Established in Milan circa 1817, COVA arrived at our sunny shores in 2008, bringing along its coffee, pastry and chocolate specialties. This...
Guest-contributed post by Razlan Manjaji. Sheung Wan may not feature prominently on your holiday itinerary to Hong Kong. After all, this town located to the west of Hong Kong Island boasts few shopping malls and tourist spots. Unless you are a fan of dried seafood, of which the streets of...
If you aren’t vegetarian, you may balk at the idea of visiting a vegetarian restaurant. Why have mock meat when you can have the real thing, right? And that’s exactly what a group of us did – all ten of us non-vegetarians – after hearing rave reviews about the great-tasting...
