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"Mummy, I can see the Twin Towers", said Baby C! Our kids get very excited whenever they see the Twin Towers, so imagine their delight when we told them that we would be staying at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, KL for the night - right NEXT to the Twin Towers.Last year, we entered a contest organized...
Saint Patrick's Day or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish:Lá Fhéile Pádraig) is a cultural and religious holidaycelebrated on 17 March every year by the Irish. It is named after Saint Patrick, themost commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland. It is perhaps also one of the most...
Meatless Monday is an international campaign that encourages people not to eat meat on Mondays to improve their health and the health of the planet. Although I am a meat lover, I do not mind going vegetarian from time to time, especially for a delicious vegetarian dish such as this brown rice salad from...
Vinaigrette refers to a mixture of oils, vinegar and sometimes flavoured with herbs and spices and is most commonly used as a salad dressing. It is also known as "French dressing". According to Delia, when it comes to dressing a salad properly, we can learn from the French, in her words "they dress their...
Whenever we walk past Canton-i in The Gardens Mall, there is always a long queue outside the restaurant. My curious father suggested we go there for lunch one day. Since I am not a fan of queues, we went early (so no queue but still, a huge crowd inside!).The restaurant is crammed with tables (trying...
This is the flower from the mak choi vegetable plant. When dried, the flowers resemble dandelion with black seeds on the end.
Mother's Day in UK is celebrated at the same time as Mothering Sunday (a Christian holiday) on the 4th Sunday in Lent to honour mothers and gift them with presents. This year, it falls on 10th March. Malaysians celebrate Mother's Day at a later date in May, at the same time as US and the rest of the world,...
Huggies Dry Pants is an easy-to-use diaper option for active infants and toddlers - all you need to do is pull them up, tear and go! It is clincally proven to help prevent diaper rash, and it also keeps your baby's skin dry and healthy with a 100% breathable cover, double leak barriers and Quick Lock System...
Neigh! Hello there, I am the world's smallest species of horse... :)You can find me at Farm in The City in Seri Kembangan..Opening times: 10am to 6pm. Weekend/Public/school holidays 9.30am to 6pm. Closed on Tuesday excluding PH and SH.Location: Farm in The City, Lot 40187-40188, Jalan Prima Tropika Barat,...
I am always on the lookout for easy, quick and delicious recipes and this Delia Smith recipe for chicken in barbecue sauce ticks all the boxes. For readers living in the UK, this will be a great dish to prepare for your mothers or wives on Mothering Sunday (ie Mother's Day on 10th March) this weekend if...
Great British Chefs is a website that provides food lovers with great recipes,tips and how to videos from the very best chefs in Britain including Marcus Wareing and Tom Aikens.I am delighted and honoured to have been asked to contribute to their site. My first article is "5 Top Tips on Cooking...
It's not very often that we get to capture two of the same species butterfly on camera.Beautiful orange butterflies on Thai basil plant flowers
It's always great to explore a city and visit one of their street side stalls to try one of the local specialties. While we were in Prague and walking through the Wenceslas Square from the Old Town Square we discovered a street side stall selling various sausages (local and German) and fast foods such as...
See you later, alligator ;)Crocodile/ alligator shaped cloud spotted in KL last week
I wanted to try a soup recipe from Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course book, and I finally settled for the "Leek, Onion and Potato Soup" seeing that this is one of Delia's personal favourite. According to Delia, leeks have an affinity with butter (she has several other recipes which pairs butter and...
Since Renoma Cafe Gallery opened last September, I have been wanting to visit - mainly because of the photos of beautifully plated food I have seen on blogs and their Facebook page. Originally I wanted to go for their Sunday Brunch but was turned down when I tried to make a reservation as they were fully...
One of Hubby's favourite childhood desserts is bread and butter pudding. Many bread and butter puddings which he has tried in restaurants/cafes in KL is not to his liking (he says they're too soggy). The ones that he remembered having had nice crisp crust with a soft custard centre. Delia Smith's rich bread...
Ladybird after a rainy morning
During one of the school holidays, we took Baby C to Paradigm Mall for some shopping and fun. We stopped by Fa-Ying by Rama Vfor lunch. Fa-Ying is a Thai fusion restaurant / tapas bar operated by the same people from Rama V, since we had several enjoyable meals at the latter, we decided to try the...
Happy St. David's Day to all my Welsh friends and readers. St. David's Day is the National Day in Wales and is celebrated on 1st March every year,in honour of Dewi Sant or St David, the patron saint of Wales. So, to commemorate this day, I decided to make something Welsh.Homemade Welsh cakes.. a real...