Mar 31, 2024 | Blog
Taillevent is listed in the book “1,000 Places to See Before You Die”. Pour moi, the ultimate Ms. Check-Off, I had to dine there some day. Life is short. Taillevent means “cut the wind” and the nickname “Le Taillevent” referred to Guillaume Tirel. He was born in 1310...
Jan 5, 2024 | Blog
Enough of procrastinating. It is time to blog once again and the topic of “Curry” fits right in to beat the wintry cold in the northern hemisphere. I have been meaning to write about spices since my visit to Zanzibar back in July. “You really want to visit the...
Oct 13, 2023 | Blog
I have yet to make it to Portugal. And when I do, I will probably say that there are so many things there that remind me of Macau. It will be just the same way I felt when I saw Paris for the first time and innocently quipped, in awe and astonishment, that those...
Aug 29, 2023 | Blog
I woke up on New Year’s Day trying to figure out what task it was that I was reminded to do. Aha! Jeffrey had texted me that slots would open up on Jan 1. He runs Nonya Bong – a popular Peranakan private dining that requires you to book months in advance....
Jun 28, 2023 | Blog
My rendang recipe is non-conventional. Here is a disclaimer, I am not Indonesian. That said, my cousin has just added an essay in the second print of my updated cookbook, where he states that Peranakans are actually descended from the indigenous Indonesians, during a...
May 31, 2023 | Blog
For intellectual relaxation, I am reading a book by a royal renegade. Ginger is the clue. For me, ginger is a culinary ingredient that holds vivid memories. Years ago, my mother and older sisters regularly engaged an Indonesian masseuse to our home for lazy afternoon...