Taro Bingsoo I'm a sucker for all things sweet and naturally, rarely one to turn down dessert so when I had the opportunity to visit Passiontree, a dessert cafe, to trial some of their desserts I couldn't say no! Epic Hot Chocolates: White Mint, Campfire S'Mores, Peanut Butter Cuppa, Rose Delight ($9.90) We start with the Epic Hot chocolates, which are so amazingly photogenic that by the time we get around to actually drinking them they're not so hot anymore! And epic is exactly what they are, each over the top hot chocolate served in a massive beer mug and so much chocolate dripping dow ..read more

Marshmallows aren't really my kind of thing, but when it's sandwiched between a brownie and apeanutty chocolate crakle....that's a completely different story! You can probably tell from the recipes I post, that I have a bit of a sweet tooth and whilst most of the time I do turn to chocolate when I'm craving something sweet, I also do find that something with a biscuit or wafer is a little more satisfying, perhaps because having to bite through something rather than it melting away makes me feel like I'm actually eating something. Which is why these Marshmallow Crunch Brownies are my k ..read more

The are restaurants and cafes which I visit after reading about it online, and there are restaurants I visit out of curiosity just because they are there. Dumplings Taipei fits into the latter category, a small Taiwanese eatery sitting on the junction of Windsor and Old Northern Roads, a junction where the light is pretty much always red- which gives me plenty of time to survey the area and and check out how busy the restaurant can get during the day- always the first sign of a good restaurant! Given that the next closest place I can get a decent Taiwan beef noodle fix is some 30 or so minu ..read more

I can't really say that I like red velvet cake- to be honest I really don't understand the hype about a plain cake that is coloured bright red- but each to their own! Most of the cakes I make aren't really for myself, so given how popular it is, I it was only a matter of time before a request would come up, so I needed a good recipe to have under my belt. Whilst most recipes are a similar formulation made up of your usual cake candidates- flour, eggs, sugar, butter and of course red food colouring- I have settled for an oil based recipe rather than a butter one..... because a whole block of ..read more

Wildfire Pizza ($17) I'll be the first to admit that I'm no connoisseur when it come to pizza- I can easily count on one hand the number of times I've had pizza this year, and of those times it has either been from one of the major pizza chains or from a pub. So it probably doesn't come as a surprise that Lebanese style pizza isn't something I've tried before, and probably also explains my excitement when Manoosh Pizzeria, kindly invited me to have a taste of their menu! By title, Manoosh is a pizzeria, but have a just have a quick look at their menu, and you'll find that there's a lot mo ..read more

Back in my uni days, weekends were a time for me to get in some more hours of work to earn some money- at one time I was working three jobs, one on the weekdays, one at nights and one on the weekends. When I first started working full time I did try to keep the busy weekends going, making sure I filled my weekends with plenty of activities but much has changed since then, and even though it has only been less than two years since I finished uni, I honestly do not know how I did it! Although I do try to fit in some baking and blogging sometimes, ask me what I'm doing on the weekends now a ..read more

I must admit that I've never really been a big fan of Hollandaise. Knowing that it was just an emulsion of butter and egg yolk didn't excite me all that much, and it really doesn't add all that much for me- to be honest I'd much rather have my poached eggs on toast with just a sprinkle of pepper. It has however grown on me, even if only slightly, a result of living in a household that loves their Eggs Benedict for breakfast. And although I have made a quick Hollandaise on a couple of occasions, I have been on a hunt for a healthier version of this classic sauce. You see, because butter and ..read more

I don't travel interstate often, so I was quite excited when I had the opportunity to spend a weekend in Adelaide for a friend's wedding (which in itself was exciting enough), to also check out the Adelaide food scene which I had heard so much about over the years. And although we really only have one full day to explore the city (i.e. three meals worth) we made sure we made the most of it! Fairweather Due to lack of money and leave, we'd packed in a tight schedule, catching the first (6:50am!) flight in the morning and arriving in Adelaide when it was still breakfast time. With stomachs ..read more

You know winter is actually here when you have to set your alarm fifteen minutes earlier in the morning to allow for the struggle of getting out of your warm bed in the morning. And when your walk to work takes about half the usual time because you're power walking to bring your heart rate up. Ahhhh winter. It feels like you went away not that long ago! I feel like it was only yesterday that I was packing away my winter coats, ugg boots and thick blankets and now I'm taking them back out again! Also making a reappearance is my trusty thermal cooker, which I have started using again on a we ..read more

My life truly revolves around food. Not only do I work in the food industry,  in my spare time I also blog about food, I cook (and bake) as a hobby, I photograph food when I eat out and I even like to spend my evenings sitting watching food documentaries and television shows. Don't worry, I watch other things too, but foodie shows are pretty awesome I must say! A couple of years ago, my friend got me hooked on a Chinese series by the name 'A Bite of China' which explores the history and culture of food in various different locations within China. Having grown up in Australia, the show ..read more