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Let’s talk… (sweet) Potatoes! #1
Hello everyone! Welcome to this sweet potato series, which will be featuring the Sweet Potato Fries recipe and Creamy Sweet Potato Mash recipe. 🙂 How much do you really know about potatoes?! When we hear the word “potato”, what do we think of? CARBS. Are carbohydrates really our worst enemy? The popular answer in our community these days seem to be a big Y-E-S, extremely contradictory to the food pyramid that we are all familiar with. It is funny how people can never decide whether a type of food is beneficial or harmful to us. As my mother always says, “Everything in moderation.” I grew up surprisingly disciplined when it…
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Easy French Macaron Recipe
I won’t lie and say that it has been a busy period, but I will admit that I have definitely been procrastinating as I experienced the Christmas / New Year snooze. I had made plans ahead for Casa Du Duchess, but with the holiday season and Christmas feast(S), I spent so much time watching TV and taking naps. Heck, I had turkey meals 4 days in a row! Uffh. But it is a new year and I am feeling very much motivated again! 🙂 Last Christmas, I really wanted to bake some macarons with a slightly special filling – Bailey’s Irish buttercream! The filling was an experiment that was very…
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Braised & Spiced Lamb Shank Recipe
A very happy New Year you all! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a non-memorable (for being too drunk) New Years! 🙂 When I was a kid, my family and I would occasionally go to Secret Recipe (Malaysian café-restaurant) for family dinner nights. Secret Recipe have these delicious and considerably affordable cakes – so good that for any birthday celebrations, we would buy our cakes from them 99% of the time. However, second to their cakes, the lamb shank was my favourite dish for the night. As a kid, the lamb shank was a luxury to me: it was the most expensive dish on the main menu, known…
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Burnt Basque Cheesecake Recipe, San Sebastián – La Viña
Last summer I found my all-time favourite European beach-city – Donostia-San Sebastián. Blessed with a breathtaking stretch of uninterrupted coastline, featuring white sands and surfer-friendly waves of Playa de la Concha. A 2-hour hike up and over several luscious green hills eastward gives you a panoramic view of the sun-kissed coastline, after which you will arrive at the charming fishing village of Pasaia. The natural beauty of San Sebastian is worth a visit in its own right but even this cannot compare with the real treasure this place holds – FOOD. San Sebastián has the most Michelin stars per capita than anywhere else in the world. However, the city…
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X’mas Special: Triple Chocolate Mousse (“Moose”) Cake
Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la la la la la! In lieu of the festive season, I have prepared a special recipe perfect for any Christmas celebration – Triple Chocolate “Moose” Cake! 🦌 Christmas has always been my absolute favourite holiday. I love hosting dinner parties and putting in lots of effort into food preparation. Last Christmas I had a lot of fun making this dessert. It put a smile on my face while decorating them and it made my friends laugh at the silly pun too (please tell me you get it?). Though to be honest, I don’t actually understand the connection between Christmas and…
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Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Hi peeps! I am very excited to be able to finally share my classic chocolate chip cookies recipe with you. I have experimented with many test batches and received many heartwarming compliments, particularly those from people I have never even met! So if you are looking for a speed dial recipe, you’ve come to the right place. 😉 Now I know chocolate chip cookies should have more chocolate chips, but I replaced most of them with chocolates chunks as they give that wonderful gooey and melted chocolate effect. It is pure goodness and yet deadly sinful once in your mouth…. OOOOH! I do highly recommend chilling your cookie dough…
