Archive for the 'Desserts' Category

Joez coconut jelly @ Jalan dato Keramat, Penang

I had such a fun day gallivanting with my two sisters around Penang town. My sister’s phone had GPS but it was lagging so most of the time we just used our eyes as guide. We had cars honking us and overtaking us from behind. Argh! Penang drivers have no patience at all. Nonetheless, we [...]

Monday, April 11th, 2011

The real Italian ice cream company

I had the pleasure of having an ice cream on a very cold day in Bath the other day! Am I crazy or what?? Actually my friends were the ones who wanted to have ice cream, so since everyone was having, why not? I had one scoop, but one of my crazy friend had 5 [...]

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Chinese New Year Cake

Whilst I was in town looking for light fixtures, guess what I found ?? Yes.. it is chinese new year cake! So I bought another one, since I have finished the one I bought from London! Did you have any Chinese New Year Cake this year?? We Chinese call it ‘Lin Ko’. Every year without [...]

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

I can’t do without Krispy Kreme when I travel to London. There is a branch in London Paddington station, so I can never resist getting some as snack when I travel on the train back home. This time, I bought 2, one classic iced doughnut, the other maple syrup doughnut, I remember my friend recommended [...]

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Craving for some brazilian churros

I had some really delicious brazilian churros for the first time when I visited Camden Market, London the weekend just past. I can’t believe after 2 days, I am craving for it already! I remember, the last time I visited London a month ago, I have seen this famous brazilian doughnuts in several markets i.e. [...]

Monday, February 7th, 2011

My snacks from Exeter Chinese store

I am so excited when I discovered this new Chinese store, selling almost everything I need to stock up. They sell all sorts of balls, and fish cakes, Asian snacks and drinks, my favourite mushrooms (kam gu) and Japanese egg tofu. Are you like me?? Do you get all excited when you find stores like [...]

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Custard Fruit Tart

Did I bake this tart you may ask? Do you think I’d bake?? Haha, of course not, my friends. You’d know I don’t bake. I was craving for custards tarts recently, so a friend of mine gave me this brilliant idea that I never thought about, buy readymade tarts from marks and spensers, buy fresh [...]

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

Greenwich, London

Last weekend I went for market hopping in London. One of the markets I visited was Greenwich market. The reason I went there was for the supposedly delicious and cheap tempura! Tempura is my favourite, I would go all the way to Greenwich to try it, call me crazy! Besides visiting the food market, I also [...]

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Ben’s cookies @ Bath

You may wonder why I bought cookies since I am not a big fan of sweets and desserts. I don’t even like cookies! But apparently Ben’s cookies are famous, and there are only several branches in the country, mainly in London. You can also find Ben’s cookies in oxford, Leamington Spa, Coventry and Brighton. I [...]

Sunday, January 9th, 2011

Custard crave

Due to my recent cravings for custard desserts, when I was in Brixham Deli getting my lunch today, I also bought their custard tart; I was contemplating between the tea loaf and the custard tart, so I asked the lady to decide for me! She said go for the custard tart. Given that I was [...]

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010